Back in 2009 I had surgery on my left foot and after the surgery all my left shoes would be too tight for me to wear and it would cause so much pain. I wish I would have known about the shoe stretcher before I gave away so many shoes that hurt my feet.  I really didn't think that it was going to work, but I was wrong. I put the shoe stretcher in the tight fitting shoe overnight and was able to wear it all day long the next day without any pain.  All I can say is AWESOME!!!