Pedicures Do More HARM Than Good

by Chris Nowheet on March 15, 2009

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It’s natural to want to look your best. You turn to makeups, fancy dresses, a new hairdo, and so much more. But when it comes to your toenails, there’s only so much that you can do. Most turn to pedicure.

Women and, believe it or not, men nowadays like to have their pedicure. What they don’t know is it can do more HARM than good.

An interview with Tracey Vlahovic, D.P.M., associate professor of podiatric medicine and orthopedics at Temple University’s School of Podiatric Medicine said,

Women often believe that since pedicure salons use sterile instruments, so it’s fine to use [the salons' equipments].

She then added,

Unfortunately, this is not the case with all nail salons. As a result, the instruments can spread germs that can cause nail fungus and bacterial infections

Ouchies. Wanting your feet to be at their best can prove to be the hardest trial that it have to go through. So better watch out! Not all pedicure salons cause nail fungus, but what to remember is, not all of them is as clean as you think they might be.

So what can we do to prevent our nails to be tainted with fungus and still get the beautification that it needs?

Tracey have this tips that you can try out:

  1. Invest in your own nail equipments. This includes nail files, clippers, cuticle sticks, and all the rest. You can have the pedicurist use your tool (which is perfectly clean) instead.
  2. If you have to use the shop’s tool, make sure that they are sterilized. If your not sure you can ask, or better yet, tell them to sterilize it in front of you. I’m sure that most pedicure salon doesn’t mind doing that.

Now that’s to prevent getting nail fungus. What if you already got them? First you can make sure that you do have toenail fungus, you can check my previous posts to make sure that you really have the condition. If it turns out that you have them, you can try over the counter treatments that can help. Or in severe cases, consult your doctor to get the help you need.

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Tagged as: bacterial infections, beautification, cuticle, germs, medicine, nail files, nail fungus, nail salons, orthopedics, Pedicures, pedicurist, Podiatric, sterile instruments, temple university, toenails, vlahovic, Women

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