Hi Jennifer, My grandmother is a diabetic also and I give her pedicures. I trim her toenails and everything. Granted her nails are not bad and very easy to trim. As a general rule I don't do pedicures on diabetics, but she is my grandma and I am very careful. I think if you make sure everything is very sterile and don't dig out ingrowns, not to much harsh scrubbing and lightly file his callouses, he should be fine. Maybe just file on his callouses a little every week or two, removing it slowly and keeping it under control. The doctors are rough and cut these things off of patients. Like I said I don't usually do diabetics because I was told in school that we were not allowed to. But I will for family to an extent. Angie Wingerter
________________________________ From: Jennifer White <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, January 22, 2010 2:11:59 PM Subject: NailTech:: Diabetic foot care advice needed Hi all, My father has a callus that's bothering him on both his big toes. His former podiatrist (who retired) would send him to the whirlpool and then cut them off. New doctor looked at them but didn't remove. I guess they bother him cause my mom called to ask me about a pumice stone. I stopped her from doing that so I could check here and see if there is anything I can safely do for him. So any advice? Thanks, Jenn Sent from Jennifer's iPhone --You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en.
