Hmmm... When I have a client with a callus so big that it needs to be
reduced I send them to a podiatrist. I think that's out of my scope of
what I'm qualified to do. IMO it's our job to moisturize the callus,
keep it supple to prevent cracking, but actual reduction should be
performed by a doctor. We don't have the training, unless you're a
MNT, to know how much is enough when it comes to removing callus,
*especially* with someone who has neuropathy.
Michelle Phoenix - Elite Nail Technician
Wet Paint Nail Spa
www.wetpaintnailspa.com
On Jun 24, 2010, at 1:37 AM, charlotte crowley
<[email protected]> wrote:
Laughing so hard Im crying!!! Can totally imagine!! I dont mind feet
at all, been doing them 27 years also. You may have a new client,
LOL!!!
To: [email protected]
Subject: NailTech:: Nightmare Callous Foot!!
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:55:43 -0400
From: [email protected]
Ok, Teks, I am gonna have nightmares on this one! Gawd! WHERE do I
begin? Older lady comes in for a pedi/mani tonight. Did the pedi
first. I just started doing pedicures in March, after doing nails
for 28 years! lol! So.. pretty new to this ugly feet stuff! So...
ONE foot isn't too bad, considering her age and all.. not being mean
here, but you know what I mean! Other foot? Hmm.. looks like it
belonged to another person! A wild mountain person who has lived in
the woods for the past 80 years or so! Wow! I asked her about it
and she said that she had polio in that leg, :-( aww... I felt so
bad for her! )and that she incurred the damage to her foot because
it was numb and she couldn't feel when her shoes didn't fit right!
OMG! Wait.. I need another drink before I continue...
Ok.. picture lets say... 3 quarters stacked up.. THAT is how big
and how high the callous was on the ball of her foot! OMG!
Smaller one more toward the little toe. I'd say about 3 dimes
stacked up! (Bet you never think about change the same way again
either! Hey, if I am gonna get nightmares doing these feet, I might
as well drag the rest of you along too!) So.. I soak, use foot
scrub, apply callous remover, do cuticles and cut nails while the
callous remover works. A couple of the nails on that foot also
seemed to have callouses UNDER THEM! How the hell does this
happen! How do you get a callous UNDER your toenails? I have no
idea.. keep working.. pretend I see this crap all the time.. wait..
I need another drink...
Ok.. I sand, and scrape, and sand some more, then do the lotion/
plastic bag/warm spa bootie with heated booties.. and let her soak
up that cream for another 10 minutes. Remove all that, and sand and
scrape more on the callous. Gawd.. the callouses are from HELL I
tell ya! I do the best I can, and tell her that she is going to be
a half inch shorter when she stands up because of all the callous
removal I did! She tells me that she has never had a pedicure where
they worked so hard getting the callous under control! (What the
hell am I DOING!? What the hell have the other techs been doing!?)
So.. what is the deal here!? Should I have been lazy and ignored
it, as other techs have done in the past? Is there something better
(and faster!) that I could have done to reduce it? I mean, I don't
think I could have ignored it, I am totally into being as picky with
other clients nails and feet and I am with mine! And there is no
way I am gonna walk around with that sort of affliction! HELP! I'm
gonna be having nightmares about this one I tell ya!
Pam
Nail Designs
Ohio
<<going for another drink... back soon!
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