This kind of shoes with soles as thick as cakes. A survey by research institutions in Britain and Japan found that women who wear these shoes are easy to get hurt. In Britain and Japan, "platform shoes" are called "shoes of death" together with other high heels.

Because the heel of high-heeled shoes is too high or the bottom of "platform shoes" is too thick, it is easy for people to lean forward and lose their center of gravity when walking, sprain their joints, ankles or ligaments, and cause bone fracture or other serious injuries.