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| - Why yes, I am a dude reviewing a nail salon. Hello everyone!
I tend to get calluses on my feet from running. I was complaining about this to my wife and she suggested getting a pedicure. I was like, "isn't that where they paint your nails, how will this help me?" Oh no, it's not just that, they do like a whole foot spa thing on your feet including removing calluses.
So I searched around for reviews and this 5 Star place seemed to be mostly positive. I walked in, looked very clueless, and to the amusement of the other (all female) customers, asked if dealing with calluses was part of the usual pedicure. Then a nice lady did a bunch of stuff to my feet including using implements that resembled a nail file and a cheese grater to grind down my calluses.
Afterward, hey, running felt better again.
Since then I've gone a couple times with my wife where we both get pedicures. Only she gets her nails painted. She goes more than I do at this point. She likes that you get a glass of wine and they have HGTV to watch.
The "deluxe" pedicure option involves sticking your feet in plastic bags full of hot wax, letting it cool, then removing the wax. I did that once, but it didn't really make a difference one way way or the other as far as my needs. Maybe it makes your skin softer?
When my calluses come back (and they always do), sometimes I use my own gnarly callus-removal strategies that I won't detail here, because nobody wants to read that, but it's nice to every once in a while have a pro take care of it.
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