Feet

[davebro]

Do feet keep growing throughout life?

I used to be a comfortable size 10 now the only pair of my existing shoes I can get on are a pair of size 12 trainers. What's going on?

[mallyh]

have you moved to the shires :-) x

[Sqad]

At about 20 years of age the bones of the feet stop growing,perhaps a little earlier in women.

That is the bones, however during life there will be a change in shape and also a change in size, due to age related disaeses e.g osteo arthritis and the formation of abnormalities such as Gout and Bunions.

So in answer to your question....Yes and No.

[Ellipsis]

Also, trainer sizes are usually different to dress shoe sizes, and even vary between brands, e.g. you may be a different size in Puma and Nike.

[davebro]

I think they are just swelling up - like the rest of me!

[Sqad]

dave.........LOL......cud be.

[Barsel]

Stop standing in that pot of compost!

[Hopkirk]

I think they stop growing, but start spreading.

[meaghan72]

I was told by someone in a shoe shop that as you get older the arches in your feet drop, therefore making you up to one shoe size bigger as your feet become flatter and longer.

[Peter Pedant]

Ears ( cartilage) famously dont stop growing
just about everything else does

[Patsy33]

I used to be size 4. After having the children, they seem to have grown! I'm a 5 now, sometimes a 6, depending on width. ( I have quite a wide feet)

[jourdain2]

A lot depends on the fitting. I used to be a standard size 6. Then about 30 yrs. ago the sizes seemed to change and I was told that manufacturers were responding to people being bigger. I don't know if that's true or not. Anyway, I suddenly became a size 7. Trying to buy cheap shoes means 8s usually don't fit - either too big or too small.

I definitely feel that my feet are wider and so I had them measured - size 6-and-a-half EE fitting. I've 2 pairs like that & they're comfy - except a bit short for a long 2nd toe! I give up!