For many women pedicures have become less of a luxury and more of a required beauty regimen. Pedicures help us feel relaxed, pampered and beautiful. Now that Spring is here and so many of us are trading in our winter shoes for open-toes and slingbacks, it's important to keep several points in mind when it comes to getting a pedicure. Be sure to ask:
- How often are the pedicure tubs cleaned and exactly how are they disinfected?
- Are the metal tools sterilized? Is it possible to bring your own tools?
- Is the spa and technician licensed? Are the licenses displayed?
- Ask to use your own polish.
- Avoid shaving prior to your appointment and be sure the technician only trims your toes and not your cuticles.
These tips and questions can greatly reduce your chances of catching a bacterial infection, and ensure that the only thing you come home with are pretty feet! Remember, they're your feet, so don't be afraid to ask questions!
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So true! I picked up a funk once and it took FOREVER to go away.
Absolutely. I remember Paula Abdul got an infection once and it took her forever to get rid of it. People have no idea how dangerous this is. I don't even do my nails outside the home. I just cut them short that way I'm sure I won't get any nasty infection.
Thanks for the great tips,
Eren
Hello all! Since I work in the industry and know exactly what's happening, please let me share my thoughts so everyone reading this come away with more knowledge and hopefully able to weed out the bad salons of their area. One of the key components involves proper cleaning and disinfecting of the spa chairs and implements. Overworked nail techs and corner-cutting nail salon owners put their customers at risk by not properly cleaning and disnfecting. The spa units/chairs (even buckets used to hold water for a clients feet) must be cleaned and disinfected after EACH customer, period! If you do not see that the proper amount of disinfectant is poured into the spa chair and circulated with fresh clean cool water prior to the next customer, leave the salon and go to one that follows this critical procedure. There are literally hundreds of bacteria and "bugs" in that spa unit left by prior customers, and if that chair or tub is not disinfected properly those "bugs" could and very well infect you, the unsuspecting client. It only takes one customer with a Staph infection that chooses to shave before her appt. that exposes everyone else that uses that spa chair to her infection. And lastly, the best disinfectant on the market to eliminate these "bugs" is called a tuberculocide- I recommend that if you dont see them mixing about a cup of say, Advance TB (a great product) into the spa unit after each customer, run out of the salon!