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Originally Posted by
oreobliz 
Hi, I am a 20 year old college student with Bunions...Should I really get them done just because I am embarrsed?
It is hard for me to identify with your situation since I'm 63. Personally I don't think getting them because your embarrassed is a good enough reason. This is significant surgery on feet you will be using for the rest of your life. Get the procedure because your doctor recommends it for your health.
I like to say the surgery is a piece of cake but the recovery is a bitch. When you have one foot done, you will be significantly disabled for about 4 months and even after that you will be babying that foot for a while. Then you do the other foot. You will be disabled to some degree for a year.
If your surgeon says to do both feet at once, run, don't walk, away from that doctor. The only reason you can get around at all after doing one foot is because you've got another good one to take most of the weight. If both are done at once you will not walk for several months.
Get the opinion of your GP, then if he concurs get the opinion of the surgeon, and then get the opinion of a second surgeon. Take this decision very seriously.
After my two surgeries, I got a very good correction on my left foot (first one done), but not so much on the second one. That's something else to keep in mind, they don't guarantee the results.
