The Kardashians are no stranger to a Photoshop fail - but none have been mocked as roundly as Kim and Kylie Jenner's 'sixth toe' in their latest fragrance ad.
The of the Keeping Up With The Kardashians stars, but one doctor has suggested it may not be an illusion after all.
A podiatry expert has revealed that it could actually be bunions brought on by wearing high heels on a daily basis.
Thoughts that 38-year-old Kim and 22-year-old Kylie have been blessed with an extra digit on their feet has been debunked by the foot doctor.
Speaking to Hollywood Life , Dr Daniel Geller, a sports podiatry expert who works in foot and ankle surgery, has said that: "This is definitely not a sixth toe."
He has also denied that it could be a 'usual bunion' as it is on the wrong toe.
Dr Geller explained: "Typically, a classic bunion deformity is the swollen, painful imminent on the big toe."
This doesn't mean that it is not a bunion though, as Dr Geller continued to explain: "When there’s a deformity on the outside part of the foot, that’s called a tailor’s bunion which is what this appears to be."
Getting to the technicality of what could be wrong, he revealed: "Essentially what you’re seeing is the fifth metatarsal bone that protrudes outward a little bit, which almost creates an optical illusion that she has a sixth toe."
So, it could be a bunion that has brought so much humiliation to the Kardashians and Dr Geller has said that it could be due to wearing high heels.
He continued: "In this case, it’s usually the result of wearing high heels or shoes that are very narrow in the forefoot that really squeeze the toes together.
"As you squeeze the toes together, the metatarsal bone protrudes outward."
However, this is not the only explanation for the mystery 'toe', saying that it could be a "bursa, which is an overlapping sac over the bone."
This painful sounding condition is "bursitis, or inflammation, over the bursa of that joint which can also make it look more pronounced,” Dr Geller added.
It seems that it could easily be sorted out but it may require surgery, which would mean not wearing heels for four to six weeks.
Dr Geller said: "Typically, once it’s corrected, it’s corrected. There are some people with a tendency for the deformity to recur based on certain ligaments, certain hypermobility, but once you correct the bone it’s very unlikely that it would come back."
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