If you can't imagine going a day without wearing your favorite heels, you may want to rethink how long you wear them for, podiatric surgeon Jackie Sutera, DPM, told Self. "When you are in any kind of shoe that has elevation or a heel, your weight gets shifted forward to the ball of the foot," she said. "It misaligns the whole skeleton and that's in a nutshell why it's really bad for you." Any stress placed on the ball of the foot can lead to painful foot conditions, like calluses, hammertoes, and fractures (per Women's Health).

So how long is too long when wearing high heels on any given day? Well, according to Women's Health, this depends on the activity and heel height. For instance, a low heel — 1.5 inches or shorter — is better for more active activities, like shopping, according to podiatrist L. Kelsey Armstrong, DPM, who also told the magazine that women should probably limit low heel time to a max of four hours. If you plan on wearing heels 3.5 inches or taller, limit your standing time to an hour, he added.