Shame on all of you "nay sayers" out there! I bought the same flip flops last summer, just to wear while around the house. I got the same v shaped rash. The first time, I was out in the yard and I thought maybe I had come into contact with poison ivy, because the rash seemed to look like that. But the peculiar thing was, a couple of weeks later when I wore the flip flops for no more than 10 minutes, I experienced the same rash, only more severe this time. Realizing that it was the shoes, I threw them in the closet with the intention of throwing them away at some time. While the rash lasted nearly 3 weeks and itched unbearably, the outline of the v is still present on my foot, the skin darker and scarred. So all of you that were insinuating that this woman was a liar, I think there is plenty of proof from numerous others with the same reactions, to make you look like the sanctimonious idiots you are!