Actress Melissa McCarthy made headlines this week after telling reporters on the Red Carpet that she was using CBD oil between her toes to relieve those high-heel woes.
With marijuana鈥檚 legalization in Canada last year, cannabis beauty products are a relatively unexplored frontier.
But in Hollywood, they鈥檙e old hat, with several actresses going on the record extolling the virtues of CBD oil to deal with the pain of wearing high-heeled shoes.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the trick has been a favourite of celebrity stylists for years, who have turned their clients to luxury CBD brands.
CBD, or Cannabidiol, is a non-intoxicating cannaboid found in cannabis and hemp.
CBD has risen to popularity as an alternative to traditional pain relief medications, with finding that CBD relieved pain in test subjects suffering from chronic pain.
But podiatrists aren鈥檛 convinced that the oil is the solution to foot pain.
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Lindy says that while there is no reason to discount that CBD works for stars like McCarthy, it may not be effective for everyone 鈥� especially for a topical treatment.
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