Will a pedicure do the job?

pencilsharp

Hi all,

My feet are in a bad way with hard skin (yuck!!) and I want to get them sorted so I can start wearing my sandals! I've never had a pedicure before and was just wondering if that would sort out my yucky feet or would I be better off going to see a chiropodist?

Thanks!

Dotcomdolly

A chiropodist will do a more through job on the hard skin, using a blade rather than just pumice, then just go to a beautician for a file & paint on your toenails.

smileysurfer

A beauty therapist will do the whole foot, not just the toes.
A full pedicure ( usually 30 mins) involves a foot soak, removal of cuticles, nails filed and buffed, dry skin filed off feet, polish and foot massage. A good beauty therapist will be able to remove a lot of the dry skin and make the soles of your feet feel smooth and soft.If there is a large build up it may take a few treatments to get rid of it completly but It can be done

Tabitharose

definitely a chiropodist - much better job at removing hard skin build up

fillefatale

Dotcomdolly wrote: »

A chiropodist will do a more through job on the hard skin, using a blade rather than just pumice, then just go to a beautician for a file & paint on your toenails.

A blade? This sounds terrifying, I'll just have to put up with my feet! :eek:

lainey316

fillefatale wrote: »

A blade? This sounds terrifying, I'll just have to put up with my feet! :eek:

It's really not. You can buy them in Boots! Generally it will be a guarded blade.

If it's really bad I'd go to a chiropodist, but a decent pedi would probably do the job - the chiropodist is probably cheaper tho!

MaxCharlie

why not try going to a type of spa where little fish could eat your dead skin off. i know lots of people who go and have said that it has better results that a pedicure and a choropidist.

Pythia

fillefatale wrote: »

A blade? This sounds terrifying, I'll just have to put up with my feet! :eek:

This is a foot blade:


They are really excellent for getting off hard skin. Use them when you're just out of the shower and it will work wonders! I got mine in the USA but I saw them in M&S I think in the beauty dept.

Daisy2010

Hey,
I love pedicures. I'm sure a good pedicure would do the job nicely. Go for a full peicure with removal of dead skin etc. If you go for a cheapy or mini pedi you won't get that. Anything from €40 upwards usually. Hope that helps.:)

Jennypops

Hi OP,

I suffer the same with my feet- hobbit feet I have!!

Chirpodists are fab and will do an amazing job but obviously if you are looking for pretty toes as well then a good pedicurist will be able to sort you out.
If you check out your local salons and see if they have an add on to pedicures called Callus Removal, this is a product applied to the build up of hard skin and breaks it down. I have had it done and its amazing and believe me my feet are dreadful for hard skin build up along the heels.
If you get this done and then grab yourself a tube of heel balm, any boots or chemists will stock this, lash it on your heels every night and pop a pair of socks over, leave on overnight and you will find a great improvement. The trick is to stay on top of it as much as you can..when your feet are all soft you can drop back the nightly sock wearing routine to a couple times a week.
Just always remember to continue to moisturise the foot area when doing your legs etc.
I have done the fish pedicure and while yeah its a nice relaxing treatment it is not the same, or anywhere near as good as a professional job. The fish dont actually eat the skin away, they merely suck at it and the immersion of your feet in water aids in the feeling of soft skin. They do clean up your feet nicely though but for anything deep you need a professional

J

Conor Bourke

Hi OP,

When you get your feet looked after either by a chiropodist or beautician, you'll need to take good care to prevent all that dead skin building up again.

I am a nurse, so on my feet a lot, and spend a large proportion of my time looking at people's feet, so it has scared me into minding my own

I stumbled across a product a few years ago and I consider it a lifesaver, dunno what I did without it. It's called Pedamed, there's a cream and a powder. It contains peppermint oil which is lovely and refreshing for your poor oul piggies. I keep a bottle/container/packet (?) of the powder in my changing bag and sometimes on a really hard shift I pop a wee shake of it into my shoes just to help cool my feet down a bit. After my shower and pumice I use the cream and again I just find it so refreshing and softening.

http://www.ricesteele.com/products/pedamed_medicated_foot_powder_and_cream.492.pedamed.html

Just reading the blurb on the page there, had forgotten it was anti-fungal as well, but thankfully I've never had athlete's foot or anything like that (touch wood)

Hope it helps

fillefatale

Pythia wrote: »

This is a foot blade:


They are really excellent for getting off hard skin. Use them when you're just out of the shower and it will work wonders! I got mine in the USA but I saw them in M&S I think in the beauty dept.

Oh GOD! Still terrifying, how do you use it?

Posy

I had a chiropodist use one on me once and I didn't feel anything because it's just dead skin. You have to be careful is using it yourself though, but the premise is you just trim off thick hard skin with it, if you have any.

Has anyone got one of those 'fish' pedicures done? I'm intrigued by the procedure.