Columbia woman featured on E! plastic surgery show, looks for relief for toe pain

The story of a Columbia woman’s struggles with her toe deformity touched the star of an E! television show.

The show “Botched by Nature” features plastic surgeons Dr. Paul Nassif and Dr. Terry Dubrow as they travel around the country meeting patients who have been “botched” by genetics or traumatic incidents.

The show is a spinoff of the popular revision plastic surgery show “Botched,” where the surgeons attempt to fix mistakes made by previous plastic surgeries

The doctors visit Columbia in an episode that originally aired Aug. 10 where they see a patient named Chrystal. Chrystal has a condition called brachymetatarsia, where her fourth toes on both feet are abnormally short, which has caused her psychological and physical pain.

Nassif opens up after the other doctor suggests amputating the toe and shares he has the same condition.

“I have a toe like that,” Nassif said in the show.

“Shut up,” Chrystal responded in disbelief.

Nassif said he wanted to help Chrystal because he understood her situation.

“Of all the patients that we’ve see, Chrystal is the one I can most relate to,” he said.

The show even named the episode after Chrystal’s situation, dubbing it “This Little Piggy Went to Surgery.”

The doctors also stopped by California Dreaming, 401 Main St., where they attempt to set up a Tinder account to help find Nassif a date.

The show also followed Chrystal and her friends as they shop for shoes at Vestique in Five Points.

The episode next airs on E! at noon Saturday. Customers of certain TV providers can watch the full episode here.

This story was originally published August 18, 2016 at 10:01 AM with the headline "Columbia woman featured on E! plastic surgery show, looks for relief for toe pain."