Pedicure for skin Care - Procedure and Benefits

People have encountered many foot problems. During summers, most of the people told you that they could smell your feet even you had your shoes. You feel embarrassing because of this. Like your routine health check up, your feet also need a special routine treatment i.e. pedicure (it comes from Latin words pes means foot and cura, means care). Pedicure is a technique of massaging your feet and nails which include clipping and filling your toenails and method to push back the cuticle.

Benefits

Prevent from communicable disease like Hepatitis B, Aids virus, spread due to infection.

This treatment helps to relax the person and can reduce the chance of building up bacteria which cause infection.

Pedicure delivers proper hydration to the feet to improve the look and to keep check on nails disorder

Procedure

Just before the treatment check that:

• All containers should be covered properly and your hand should be sanitize.

• Do not pedicure your feet if skin has any cut or wound like scratches, bug bites, scabs etc. otherwise micro-organisms enter through your skin. Use some antiseptic to the broken skin and don't use wax or any hair removal cream 24 hour before treatment.

• Do not cut your nails too deeply.

• Select safe and suitable pedicure technique for your feet.

At first, remove the polish with acetone polish remover. Clip your nails properly but not too deeply then add Epson salt to the warm water (not too hot) and soak your feet for 15 minute. After soaking, use towel to dry your feet. Check the lower parts of your feet (heels), dry out fast therefore rub your heels with pumice stone and use some lotion. Then apply some cuticle cream or moisturizer to your cuticle and start massaging slowly. Put cotton in between your toes in order to separate them and use any pedicure device. Use gauze pad or cotton saturated with alcohol or any remover to wipe the toe nails. Wash away with water. Be sure that the nail plate is free of cream. At last, before polishing, apply a base coat and then polish your nails with your favorite color.