We can reduce/smooth callus. You don't want to remove completely. I have a lot if these type clients. I have horrible heels and calluses. I have one on the side of my big toe that looks like another toe if I let it go too long. LOL. Seriously. And my heels have always been bad. They get real hard callus that thickens very fast. If I let it go too long, it cracks and bleeds because it is so hard. Callus remover products have come a long way in the last 20 years since the days all we had was a shaver. I occasionally go and get a pedi, but u have to work on my heels and 2nd toe before I go. Most techs do not give good pedis. I can't even tell a difference after I have had one (which is the whole point in going).ithey give what I call a fru fru pedi. Which is why I have many clients with feet like mine. And they are loyal and come in like clockwork every 3-4 weeks for pedis year round. If you get them often enough, it keeps it at bay. Sent from my U.S. Cellular BlackBerry® smartphone
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Sender: [email protected] Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:19:43 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Re: NailTech:: Nightmare Callous Foot!! In a message dated 6/24/2010 10:45:15 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: 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_ (http://www.wetpaintnailspa.com/) On Jun 24, 2010, at 1:37 AM, charlotte crowley <[email protected]_ (mailto:[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]_ (mailto:[email protected]) Subject: NailTech:: Nightmare Callous Foot!! Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:55:43 -0400 From: [email protected]_ (mailto:[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! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) . To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) . For more options, visit this group at _http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en_ (http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en) . ____________________________________ The New Busy is not the old busy. 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