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Pedicure

A pedicure is a way to improve the appearance of the feet, and their nails. It basically is a manicure for the feet. The word pedicure comes from the Latin words pes, which means foot, and cura, which means care. It also means the care of the feet and toenails. A pedicure can be helpful because it can prevent nail diseases and nail disorders. Pedicure is not just limited to nails, usually dead skin of feet is rubbed off using a rough stone called pumice stone. A pedicure in progress. ... A pedicure in progress. ... For other uses, see Foot (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Nail. ... Long, manicured nails are a fashion statement. ... For other uses, see Latin (disambiguation). ... Nail diseases are in a separate category from diseases of the skin. ... This article is about the medical term. ... Specimen of highly porous pumice from Teide volcano on Tenerife, Canary Islands. ...

Nail care

Nail cosmetics

Foot massage

This picture may show ancient Egyptian reflexologists[1], or possibly a Manicure/Pedicure

Feet, leg, hand,and arm massages are an important part of pedicures and manicures. This is what will create a very technique helps to relax the person having the treatment. This image is adapted from Here It is a wall painting found in the tomb of the highest offical after the Pharoah - Ankhmahor. ... This image is adapted from Here It is a wall painting found in the tomb of the highest offical after the Pharoah - Ankhmahor. ... Long, manicured nails are a fashion statement. ...

Foot reflexology has been widely used while giving the foot massage, it soothes many nerves that end in feet. Practitioners may also massage with hot stones in their hands, and use special creams that have menthol in them and which are said to help rejuvenate the foot. Pumice stone is used to rub off dead skin of feet.^[1] A nerve is an enclosed, cable-like bundle of nerve fibers or axons, which includes the glia that ensheath the axons in myelin. ... Menthol is a covalent organic compound made synthetically or obtained from peppermint or other mint oils. ... Specimen of highly porous pumice from Teide volcano on Tenerife, Canary Islands. ...

See also: Reflexology

This is an example of a reflexology chart, correlating areas of the feet with organs in the zones of the body. ...

Tools used

Different tools used for pedicure include:

• Towels
• Cotton balls
• Toenail clippers
• Lotion
• Cuticle cream
• Cuticle pusher or Cuticle nipper
• Orangewood sticks
• Acetone
• Antibacterial soap
• Foot bath

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Safety rules followed

• Always sanitize hands before the start
• Keep all containers covered and labeled
• Keep hands dry when handling containers
• Avoid dropping sharp implements
• Dull sharp edges with emery board
• Do not file nails too deeply
• Avoid excessive friction when nail buffing
• Apply antiseptic if skin is broken

An antiseptic solution of Povidone-iodine applied to an abrasion Antiseptics (Greek αντί, against, and σηπτικός, putrefactive) are antimicrobial substances that are applied to living tissue/skin to reduce the possibility of infection, sepsis, or putrefaction. ... For other uses, see Skin (disambiguation). ...

Typical feet disorders

• Athlete's Foot
• Ingrown toenails
• Fungus

Athletes foot or Tinea pedis[1] is a parasitic fungal infection of the epidermis of the foot. ... Onychocryptosis, commonly known as ingrown nails (unguis incarnatus) or ingrowing nails, is a common form of nail disease. ... For the fictional character, see Fungus the Bogeyman. ...

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Nails

• Manicure

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References

• Home pedicure
• Pedicure Tips, Stone pedicure