Pedicure yourself

Many patients want to do their chiropody themselves instead of going to a pedicurist or podiatrist. Even when it comes to corneal removal, many patients prefer home chiropody to professional chiropody. There are some things that should be considered.

First of all, it is important that patients who want to do their own corneal foot care first take a foot bath for about 5 minutes to make the skin smoother. Then the foot should be rubbed dry with a small towel, after which the callus can be removed with a sponge or with a callus rasp. Meanwhile, you can also find cornea removers in drugstores, which are similar to a razor and have a rotating cornea remover.

With this cornea remover it is very easy to do the pedicure yourself and to treat the cornea adequately. As the cornea is an extremely robust skin which is not pierced by nerves, patients do not have to be afraid that if they do their own chiropody and remove the cornea, they will experience severe pain. Nevertheless, the skin may heat up because rubbing the cornea on the skin generates energy which is converted into heat.

After the patient has removed the desired amount of callus, the foot should then be held under warm water for a short time and then dried.Now the patient can additionally apply a care foam to the skin to make the skin softer and smoother. If you do the pedicure yourself and have removed the calluses yourself, you should make sure to use a corneal foam instead of the callus cream if possible, as this can be absorbed into the skin better and the affected area remains soft for longer. Patients with ulcers or open wounds on the foot must not be treated by a chiropodist, but require medical therapy!

Medical foot care is usually more expensive than cosmetic foot care. However with advanced diabetes or a rheumatism illness with infestation of foot skin or foot toes the attendance with the Podologen can be ordered since 02. 01. 2002 by a specialist and taken over by the health insurance companies. The foot care represents here not only a therapeutic but also a preventive measure.