PEDICARE
Medical pedicure
MEDICAL PEDICURE
What is a medical pedicure?
A medical pedicure treats foot problems such as ingrown and fungal nails, calluses and corns, cracked heels, excessively hardened skin, warts and more. That is why a medical pedicure should only be performed by a professionally trained person.
It is preventive, therapeutic or even rehabilitative care for healthy or already damaged feet, whereas a classic pedicure only treats healthy feet.
A medical pedicure should only be performed by a professionally trained, certified pedicurist. We also recommend that people with diabetes leave their foot care to a pedicurist who has completed the relevant training in diabetic foot care.
Top quality
We use state-of-the-art equipment from leading manufacturers for all our treatments.
Hygiene
All instruments and accessories are sterilised to the highest standards after every use.
Customer care
We keep written and photographic records for every client.
PEDICARE ADVISES
What should you look out for when you go for a medical pedicure or a pedicurist visits you at home?
To treat foot problems safely and effectively, a medical pedicure above all requires professional expertise and sterile instruments.
At our first FREE check-up, which we offer to everyone regardless of age, clients often tell us they suspect they caught a fungal infection from a pedicurist they had visited, who apparently used tools that had been used on other clients and were not sterile. A trained professional can only give you the best results with high standards of sterility, achieved through autoclave sterilisation. This is the only way to protect you from infection by microorganisms.
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Frequently Asked Questions
A medical pedicure is performed on a special chair that lets you keep your legs relaxed during longer procedures and treatments, and gives the professional the best possible working conditions. As at the dentist, an essential part of the treatment is a medical pedicure device, which makes the treatment painless and considerably shortens it.
We reach our final height by around the age of 20, but our hair and nails keep growing throughout our lives. Toenails grow 1.5 to 1.8 mm a month, four times slower than fingernails. How fast they grow depends on several factors, such as circulation and age.
Well-cared-for feet contribute to your quality of life, so we recommend a pedicure every 4 to 5 weeks, or as often as your individual needs require.
Advice is also part of a medical pedicure, and this is where regular training, knowledge of the latest approaches and treatments, and experience really show. We help you choose suitable foot care products (creams, sprays and ointments) and give you tips on caring for your feet.
Ingrown toenails occur in both men and women, and age is no barrier either: at our clinic we have even treated a 2-month-old baby, so it is not necessarily linked to walking or physical strain. This painful problem affects every generation. People who sweat a lot, such as teenagers, are slightly more at risk, and so are older people, as their nails become thicker with age.
Our feet need care at every stage of life. Most foot problems are caused by various foot deformities. As we age, our body changes considerably: older people start to have problems with the spine, knees and hips. As a result, they unconsciously change the way they walk and load their feet incorrectly, which leads to corns, calluses, flat feet, fallen arches and other problems.
Some deformities, such as hallux valgus (bunions) and claw or hammer toes, can be hereditary. Regular visits to a professionally trained pedicurist, who uses high-quality cushioning aids to relieve pain and provides professional care, help manage these problems too. People with diabetes in particular need to take good, regular care of their feet.
They need to be especially careful with foot care, as diabetes can cause them to lose all sense of heat and pain over the years. Any improper foot care is a potential danger: it can lead to injuries (wounds), and because wounds heal more slowly, in severe cases even to gangrene and amputation.