Rings made from cow bones, sliced with her husband's surgical saw and chemically treated to keep them from decomposing, became the initial adornment of choice.

NPR: Lenny's Rise From Garage To Brazil's Bikini Queen

One of the simplest procedures, with a relatively short recovery time, is called an exostectomy, in which the bump on the head of the first metatarsal is thinned or shaved off with a surgical saw.

WSJ: Young People Also Weigh Surgery to Relieve Ugly, Painful Bunions

Sitting before this perfectly coiffed blond businesswoman in a sun-lit corner office in her Rio de Janeiro headquarters, it's hard to picture her hacking though bovine femurs with a surgical saw to make ornamental loops for her first bikini bottoms.

NPR: Lenny's Rise From Garage To Brazil's Bikini Queen