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Paul Harney has developed the LISA (Lightweight Inconspicuous Shapely Active) leg for amputees who want to wear high heels and don't want unsightly lines on their backsides - often caused by the prosthetic limb's edge.
"What women want is a functional, pretty leg. Women can wear a 2-inch heel with this leg and go barefoot," said Harney, owner of the FDR Center for Prosthetics and Orthotics, Inc. (New Hampshire)
Olga Vigna, a Russian-born woman living in Belmont, developed a disease at a young age that prevented her left leg from growing. Doctors amputated it when she was 19 so a prosthetic leg would fit better. Vigna, 32, loves her new LISA leg. She wears it to work and to clubs. "It's very beautiful and very sexy. I can wear jeans. I can wear a skirt," said Vigna, who works at FDR. "It allows you to adjust your shoe so you can wear sneakers and high heels when you go out."
"What women want is a functional, pretty leg. Women can wear a 2-inch heel with this leg and go barefoot," said Harney, owner of the FDR Center for Prosthetics and Orthotics, Inc. (New Hampshire)
Olga Vigna, a Russian-born woman living in Belmont, developed a disease at a young age that prevented her left leg from growing. Doctors amputated it when she was 19 so a prosthetic leg would fit better. Vigna, 32, loves her new LISA leg. She wears it to work and to clubs. "It's very beautiful and very sexy. I can wear jeans. I can wear a skirt," said Vigna, who works at FDR. "It allows you to adjust your shoe so you can wear sneakers and high heels when you go out."
