The high life: Victoria Beckham, pictured this week in a skyscraper pair of Fendi platform slingbacks
Her penchant for towering heels has become her trademark.
But years of wearing six-inch stilettos have taken their painful toll on Victoria Beckham - she is facing surgery to remove her bunions.
Style may be everything for Posh, but she is in such agony that friends have revealed she is being forced to put ice on her feet and do daily exercises in a desperate bid to avoid having the bunionectomy operations advised by her doctors.
The star has said the pain is affecting her perfect posture.
A friend has told the Mail: 'The Beckham household is all about feet at the moment: David is having painkilling injections for bone bruising on his foot, while Victoria is in agony with her misshapen feet.
'She is suffering from shooting pain from the bunions. Normally, she kicks off her shoes in the house, but she has been out so much recently in high heels that she is really feeling it.'
Mrs Beckham continues to insist she will not resort to flat shoes.
'I beyond hate ballerina flats,' she says. 'I can't walk in them. Unless they're on a ballet dancer doing ballet, I just don't get it. I love heels.'
To combat her agony, Mrs Beckham, 35, has been doing exercises, such as standing on a step and lowering her weight onto one leg, and lying on her back to stretch her legs.
If Posh has the surgery, she could face at least two months out of high heels.
'Victoria calls her feet "the bane of my life'', but she is worried about having the operation because she fears they will compromise her ability to wear heels and ruin her stylish look,' says her friend.
'She puts up with the pain, but the doctor has told her she seriously needs to consider a bunionectomy or ditch the heels for a few months to let the inflammation calm down. She has not got that long to decide what to do.'
Mrs Beckham is believed to wear corrective insoles in some shoes.
The pin-thin star, whose high-end fashion range counts supermodel Elle Macpherson among its fans, loves shoes by designers such as Christian Louboutin, which cost from £500.
Ouch: Victoria's bunions are apparent in her Gina 3in shoes, £350
Teetering: Victoria's extensive shoe collection includes 6in Louboutin heels, £1,000 (left), and a £460 pair of Giambattista Valli 5in heels
The mother of three, who uses heels to boost her modest 5ft 6in height, is often seen tottering about on shoes in the most unsuitable locations.
She wore Louboutin heels when she visited Universal Studios theme park with her sons and a pair of heel-less, Antonio Berardi PVC boots at the designer's show in Paris.
Towering: Victoria in a pair of £485, 6in Yves Saint Laurent heels (left), and 5in, £400 Louboutin heels
Recently, as she watched her husband play for his team, LA Galaxy, she couldn't resist teaming her casual outfit of a vest top and jeans with £600, 51/2in Louboutins.
Bunions - a deformity of the big toe joint, which grows at an angle to the foot - can become a major problem if not treated.
A pair of metallic £350, 4in Dolce & Gabbana sandals (left) and an infamous pair of Antonio Berardi 7in PVC boots, £3,300
Posh has previously admitted her feet are in poor condition.
'I hate my feet - they are the most disgusting thing about me,' she said.
Last night, a source close to Mrs Beckham said: 'Victoria has not made it a secret that she has problems with her feet.'
These Dolce & Gabbana padlock shoes, £500-£700, feature teetering 4in heels
Know your bunions: The bony lump that makes life a misery
Many women will have winced at the sight of Victoria Beckham's gnarled feet in her killer heels. That's because 15million of us can feel her pain - we, too, have bunions.
A bunion is a bony bump at the base of the big toe joint - as your shoe rubs on this, it becomes painfully inflamed.
Pointy spice: Beckham in a pair of Dolce & Gabbana 4in shoes, £420
Sufferers tend to have lax tendons and ligaments - these are the bands of fibrous tissue that join the bones and muscles.
If these aren't as taut as they should be, the top of the big toe drifts towards the little toe. This causes the bottom of the toe bone to stick out, creating a bump on the side of the foot.
It is overwhelmingly a female problem, largely as a result of high heels. A towering heel throws your weight forward onto your splayed out toes and forefoot, putting pinching pressure on the big toe joint.
The more you wear high heels, the worse the problem. Once you have a bunion, custom-made insoles in flat shoes can help alleviate the pain, but surgery is the only way to resolve the condition.
There are 100 procedures used to correct the deformity. Most common are variations on what is known as a bunionectomy or open osteotomy.
The surgeon makes an incision in the skin and cuts into the toe joint (a bit like jointing a chicken), then re-aligns the toe bone and secures it with screws.
After the operation, patients can suffer severe pain and have to spend six weeks wearing flat shoes with wedges inside the heels to prevent pressure on the forefoot.
It can take up to three months for the swelling to subside before you can wear normal shoes and six months before you can get back into your Jimmy Choos.
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