A question for the ladies

[mizztraveller]

Can anyone advise where I can get a good pedicure? One where the pedicurist will have had some proper training in foot care. I'm fed up of getting ingrowing nails after a Thai pedicure. I've tried a couple of 'nail salons' rather than the usual massage/manicure/hair braid/waxing places but still no luck!

Thanks ladies!

[Nienke]

Looking at the curious and sometimes scary eyes of people wondering whether I'm safe or a terrorist, with only my eyes uncovered and the rest of the face and body covered in 4 layers of wintercloths, I doubt you can label me as a 'lady'. But ... that I belong to the female sexe is unfortunately confirmed on a regular basis. So I suppose I'm allowed to answer your question.
Never have even been close to a manicure or pedicure and, therefore, can't talk out of experience.

Others can, see this thread: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/648153-a-very-positive-experience/?p=6531378&hl=%2Bfoot+%2Bdoctor

[mizztraveller]

Looking at the curious and sometimes scary eyes of people wondering whether I'm safe or a terrorist, with only my eyes uncovered and the rest of the face and body covered in 4 layers of wintercloths, I doubt you can label me as a 'lady'. But ... that I belong to the female sexe is unfortunately confirmed on a regular basis. So I suppose I'm allowed to answer your question.

Never have even been close to a manicure or pedicure and, therefore, can't talk out of experience.

Others can, see this thread: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/648153-a-very-positive-experience/?p=6531378&hl=%2Bfoot+%2Bdoctor

Thanks for the link. However, I'm looking for someone who knows how to cut toenails correctly, how much skin to cut around the nail and can also paint them up a pretty colour afterwards!

[FolkGuitar]

This fellow won't paint them up for you, but I'm here to tell you that after 25 years of trying to deal with nails that grew in really strange shapes, skin around them more like horn than flesh, and quite often nails ingrown enough to cause pain... and never finding a podiatrist or chiropodist who could fix any of it, my toes now look like they belong on a human foot, there hasn't been a lick of pain in the six months I've been using his services, and I'll continue paying the extra few baht to have him trim my nails, deal with the skin around them, and generally keep my feet working as they should. He is neither a podiatrist nor chiropodist. He's a podologist, extensively trained in Germany.

I walked into his clinic and listened to some pretty outlandish claims that he made to me. Hell... VERY outlandish claims about how he would fix my feet, and all the different things that would result from his treatments.

And damned if he didn't fulfill each and every one of them. And then some!

Odd character. Brilliant man. Heck of a nice guy too, but not your usual run of the mill medical practitioner. Enjoyable and intense. Passionate about foot care and general health. I'd even go so far as to call him rather bizarre...

But I'll also call him the most effective foot care specialist I've ever met, and I've been through several during these past 25-30 years.

I'll continue using his services and reaping the benefits of his skills as long possible. Even if he doesn't paint nails...

[mizztraveller]

This fellow won't paint them up for you, but I'm here to tell you that after 25 years of trying to deal with nails that grew in really strange shapes, skin around them more like horn than flesh, and quite often nails ingrown enough to cause pain... and never finding a podiatrist or chiropodist who could fix any of it, my toes now look like they belong on a human foot, there hasn't been a lick of pain in the six months I've been using his services, and I'll continue paying the extra few baht to have him trim my nails, deal with the skin around them, and generally keep my feet working as they should. He is neither a podiatrist nor chiropodist. He's a podologist, extensively trained in Germany.

I walked into his clinic and listened to some pretty outlandish claims that he made to me. Hell... VERY outlandish claims about how he would fix my feet, and all the different things that would result from his treatments.

And damned if he didn't fulfill each and every one of them. And then some!

Odd character. Brilliant man. Heck of a nice guy too, but not your usual run of the mill medical practitioner. Enjoyable and intense. Passionate about foot care and general health. I'd even go so far as to call him rather bizarre...

But I'll also call him the most effective foot care specialist I've ever met, and I've been through several during these past 25-30 years.

I'll continue using his services and reaping the benefits of his skills as long possible. Even if he doesn't paint nails...

Great! Who is he and where can he be found?

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[Nienke]

Click on the link I gave you and thou shall find the answer to your question.

[FolkGuitar]

Msg sent.

[northernjohn]

Msg sent.

I also would be interested. I recall a debate a couple of years ago about him. At the time I did not pay much attention as my feet were OK. Sadly age changes things.

[FolkGuitar]

Msg sent.

I also would be interested. I recall a debate a couple of years ago about him. At the time I did not pay much attention as my feet were OK. Sadly age changes things.

Msg sent

[NancyL]

I think part of the "trick" to avoiding problems with your feet is routine maintenance.

I have problems with callus developing on the bottom of my feet and, if left untreated, one area can develop into a corn. At one point in my life, I'd ignore it until it was big corn, very painful to walk, then go to a podiatrist for treatment -- my health insurance covered those treatments. Then my insurance was switched to a health maintenance organization, where first you had to see your general practitioner for a referral to a specialist. The GP removed the callus/corn himself with a scalpel -- no scented whirlpool footbath, no trimming of the toenails, no pushing up of the cuticles, all extra services performed by the podiatrist when he trimmed the callus/corn. The GP refused to give me a referral to a podiatrist, telling me to buy a Dr. Scholl foot file, scrape the bottom of my foot after every shower -- EVERY DAY -- and go to get a pedicure if I wanted someone to trim my toenails and push up the cuticles -- I didn't need a doctor to do that. Oh, and be sure to rub a urea-containing lotion onto the dry areas every day. He said the only reason I needed to see a podiatrist is because I let the problem get so bad.

He was right.

By all accounts, the German podologist here in town is effective, but pricey and not very conveniently located. Perhaps after he has your problems under control, you may discover you can keep them under control with a little daily attention on your part and a weekly visit to your neighborhood nail salon where you can select from a wide range of pretty nail colors. Oh, it's a good idea to stay away from salons that do everything from hair braiding to massage. The ones that specialize in nails usually do a much better job and use the proper products.

Edited January 21, 2014 by NancyL