Pedicure with full treatment of the foot. All types of pedicure and their main differences. We love to dig under our nails and get all the trash out of there. The most diligent pick up to the knees

Foot care is not only the aesthetic side of female attractiveness, but also hygienic. During a full complex classic pedicure, not only the cosmetic defect of the foot (roughened skin or cuticle on the nails) is eliminated, but also a therapeutic effect is achieved - the healing of cracks, in which bacteria and viruses easily develop, causing a fungal infection. The dead skin between the toes is cleaned, which prevents the occurrence of an unpleasant odor.

What is a classic pedicure?

Many people know what a pedicure is. You need to do it regularly, but few people do it. But not only the external beauty of the foot in open sandals, but also the woman's health depends on the correct implementation of this procedure. A classic pedicure involves trimming the cuticles around the nails. This is exactly what the classics of foot care are, and not at all cutting off excess skin on the feet: heels, around the toes and on the pads.

When performing a pedicure, excess skin is still removed, but it is by no means cut off. This is done only with a grater or pumice stone, but not with blades and scissors. There are many cosmetic heel blades on the market, but that doesn't mean you have to use them. After removing the excess in this way, a layer of living cells is often cut off along with the keratinized layer of the skin. The body starts the mechanism of enhanced regeneration, which leads to the very rapid appearance of even rougher skin in the shortest possible time.

It is necessary to take care of rough heels slowly but surely - it is better to steam your legs three times within a week and rub them with a nail file than to cut off the skin with a blade once.

Features and Benefits

A feature of the classic pedicure is a full range of foot care procedures, which includes preliminary steaming of the skin of the feet, removal of unnecessary old skin, cuticle trimming and final moisturizing of the feet.

The advantage of this type is comprehensive foot care:

• an antiseptic foot bath not only steams, but also fights skin infections - fungi and diaper rash;
• dirt is cleaned in hard-to-reach areas - between the fingers, under the nails and in their lateral part (between the skin and the nail plate);
• filing or cutting nails gives them the correct shape;
• removing the white film from the nail plate and trimming the cuticle, which evens out the nail and gives it a well-groomed appearance;
• steaming the legs in baths allows you to moisturize the skin, eliminating its dryness.

Another plus in choosing a classic pedicure is its quick execution. The full range of procedures (including the final coating of nails with varnish) takes from 50 minutes to 1 hour.

However, the classics have their negative consequences - cuts from cuticle tweezers. Feet get dirty more than hands, so wounds can cause infectious complications. It's good if you do a pedicure at home on your own and are confident in your own tools. In the salon, you can only hope for the conscientiousness of the master, who after each procedure must turn on the sterilizer.

If the salon uses a hot foot bath to soften the skin, then the risk of getting a fungal infection is higher than just in the foot bath. The fact is that even when using a sterilizer, it is impossible to eliminate all bacteria. Nails can be deformed, it is quite possible that interdigital fungus will appear.

Varieties

Classic pedicure is edged, but there are several varieties. An improved type of classic is the European pedicure. The legs go through all the stages of care, except for cutting the cuticle. The cuticle is removed, but not with tweezers, but with a wooden spatula.

First, the skin around the nails is steamed, pushed to the edge, and then treated with a strong softening agent, which allows you to remove the remnants of the skin without the use of scissors. At the same time, it is possible not only to avoid cuts and infection through them with dangerous diseases, but also to slow down the growth of the cuticle, increase its softness and elasticity (with a trimmed pedicure, the cuticle grows rigid).

The classic pedicure differs from the combined one in that it is completely done by hand.

Combined variant includes not only manual, but also hardware processing of the feet. Before the bath, dry feet are polished by the apparatus. This is done if the roughened skin is so strong that it forms deep cracks.

The variety of classic pedicure includes spa pedicure. It combines cosmetic foot treatment with a relaxing foot massage (creams and oils are used). This procedure eliminates fatigue, relieves swelling and improves the overall appearance of the skin - due to thorough moisturizing, rubbing oils into it. It is done after the main procedure.

How to do it right?

Regardless of whether you are doing a pedicure at home or in a salon, you need to start this procedure by treating your hands and feet with an antiseptic. Even if you washed them with soap, an antiseptic solution will kill 95% of the bacteria, and soap only half. Other ideas are useless.

Execution technology step by step:

• If the nails have old varnish, then it is removed. With the help of a nail file (for toenails, the grain size is 180-150 grit), the overgrown edge of the nail is filed. Then a softening cream is applied to the skin around the nails and on the foot for 5 minutes.
• A pedicure agent is added to the prepared bath with warm water(or regular shampoo), which allows you to quickly and effectively soften keratinized skin. If you have problems with an unpleasant odor or if you are worried about any infection, then it is better to do baths with an infusion of antiseptic herbs: succession, chamomile, oak bark, thyme, sage. This part of the procedure takes 15 minutes.

• Removing dead skin with a pumice stone or graters carried out alternately with each foot. In this case, one leg is always in a warm bath.
• The cuticle and pterygium (white film) are removed- either by cutting or with a stick.

• Final polishing of the foot file with fine abrasive.
• Foot massage with oil and cream thorough moisturizing of the skin of the legs in all places.
• Nail degreasing before applying varnish.

To keep the cool effect of a full classic pedicure longer, it is recommended to apply a regular cream on your feet every evening.

How to choose tools?

When choosing pedicure tools, pay attention to the material from which they are made. Three types of material are usually allowed: medical (alloy) steel, Japanese steel and cobalt alloy. All other materials are not recommended for use - they quickly become dull, they cannot be sharpened, they are not properly disinfected in the sterilizer.

The pedicure set must contain nail clippers, cuticle tweezers, foam nozzles for separating fingers, a scraper / brush / pumice stone to remove keratinized parts of the skin.

Pedicure is a treatment for feet and toenails. There are several types of pedicure, and for each client of a beauty salon, you should choose the type of pedicure that suits him. In this article we will tell you what types of pedicure are and in what cases which one is better to choose.

To begin with, we note that in this article we will not consider types of pedicure with various “lyrical” names - for example, Japanese pedicure, spa pedicure, and so on. Such names are due, as a rule, only to the use of certain cosmetics. For example, a Japanese manufacturer. There are countless such names. In fact, there are much fewer types of pedicure that are fundamentally different from each other.

The first type is a classic pedicure (also called "cut" or "wet"). When performing such a pedicure, all work is done by a machine with a blade and tweezers. "Classic" is preferred by clients who have highly developed hyperkeratosis (keratinization of the skin) or have cracked heels. Processing the feet with a blade helps to deeply and cleanly remove corns, carefully treat the heel area. With a classic pedicure, it is necessary to use a spa bath before the start of the procedure - it relieves fatigue, relaxes muscles, softens keratinized skin, and thus makes it easier for the master to remove them.

The next variety is a hardware (“dry”) pedicure. Unlike the classical one, it is performed using a special professional apparatus and does not require preliminary “soaking” of the skin of the feet. The foot is polished with abrasive nozzles of varying degrees of hardness, and the nails are processed with special nozzles made of medical alloy. At the end of the procedure, small areas of skin are sometimes lightly finished with tweezers by hand. Hardware pedicure is preferred by clients who do not have keratosis. As a result of performing a hardware pedicure, a neatly polished surface of the foot and clean, well-groomed nails are obtained.

And, finally, the third and most popular type of pedicure among visitors to our beauty salon is a combined pedicure. It includes both classic edged and hardware foot processing methods. This allows you to achieve a very good double effect of the procedure. On the one hand, the classical method removes as much dead skin as necessary, which is impossible to achieve with the help of the device. On the other hand, after processing the foot with cutting instruments, the foot skin, nail ridges and nail plates are ground and polished with a quality that can never be achieved with a classic pedicure.

In good beauty salons, any kind of pedicure ends with a relaxing foot massage to consolidate the effect of the procedure. In our salon, we complete any kind of pedicure with a foot massage, for which we use professional balms from the German company BAEHR.

Pedicure is not limited to foot and nail care, skin condition is of great importance. We recommend that you read the articles “Foot care in summer” and “Foot care in winter”. In short, in the summer it is recommended to use PEDIBAEHR light balms for foot skin care. The manufacturer offers several types of such balms: with aloe vera, with horse chestnut extract, with seaweed extract (for sensitive skin). It is pleasant and effective to use a hydrobalancing cream with jojoba in summer. Deodorant balm and fern oil spray are also effective, as feet sweat more often in summer. In winter, on the contrary, it is necessary to use more dense nutrients, such as foot cream.

while thinking about this post at the request of the workers, I realized that there are still more nuances in a pedicure than in a manicure.

Moreover, there are girls who have purple on their feet, the main thing is that their hands are in order. And there are those for whom a pedicure is a thousand times easier and more understandable than a manicure ... We are amazingly arranged.

And yet, to the point.

Pedicure consists of two completely independent procedures. they can be done together, but not necessarily.

On the one hand, this is the treatment of the feet.
on the other hand, it is the processing of nails.

The skin on the feet is the thickest (not my idea), it gets rough, dries and sometimes cracks. Cracks, calluses and corns must be harassed. (again, not my idea). And not at all because it is ugly, although this is also, but because it hurts and interferes with a normal life. Especially painful. But harassing is more difficult than not allowing. Therefore, in addition to pedicure and foot treatment in the life of "self-respecting" ladies, there is daily foot care in the form of a foot cream. This, by the way, is as simple a procedure as a face cream. Only on the face a couple of times a day, but pick it up, but along the massage lines, but on the legs at least something) Well, maybe not quite at least something, but, let's be honest, often any slag goes there, which for some reason did not suit others body parts.

and by the way, there is nothing complicated in the daily foot cream at all. on the bedside table, or under the pillow, or in the bathroom to put in a conspicuous place - they saw, held out a pen, groped - anointed and live peacefully until the next. times. But the heels are soft and smooth.

Treatment of the feet during a pedicure is done in two fundamentally different ways: mechanical and chemical.

Mechanical- this is a dry treatment of the feet or "wet".

There is such a phenomenon as "white heels" - this is when there is a white coating on the heels and they do not become pink in any way. If there is such a thing, these are the consequences of a "wet" pedicure. So it is not suitable, and the dry method must be used.

the dry method, in turn, is the most versatile, although the wet method is more common, and the technique is the same in both cases - with the help of an additional tool, you need to remove the rough skin on the feet. In a wet case - after steaming. In dry - without all this.

for those of you who hear about the dry method for the first time
a ped egg type grater is used

rough skin is cut off

not necessarily the same, the principle is the same, the issue price is about 300-400 rubles in stores and pharmacies

with the wet method, a large bunch of different devices, different coatings and designs are used. The principle is this - the feet are steamed, then the skin needs to be blotted with a towel so that it is not wet and slippery, and rub

After all procedures, a cream is applied. You can cream and socks.

Chemical way This is the real chemical peel.
while there are scrubs and peels for frequent use. They can be, depending on the instructions on the package, at least every day. Light such substances, it is good to use them after mechanical processing.

and there is such a thing as "pedicure socks"

This is the result of a chemical peel. achieved within 7-14 days after a single application. the effect of soft pink heels lasts up to three months

prices are different - from the manufacturer and the impudence of the seller. I have not seen more than 1000 rubles, but this is not objective and not a study at all

Nail treatment like a manicure game. move or move and cut. On the legs, of course, the cuticle is more rigid and even gently shifting a good effect may not work.
and here, stopitsot opinions. Because there are no single schools. Here who is in what much. Someone thinks that you can move and cut the cuticle only on the thumb. A bunch of opinions about the processing of side rollers: is it cutting, sawing, or maybe it’s even “scientifically proven” that all this is impossible? And what shape and length should be neat nails? thousands, millions of advisers.

with all my love for the topic of care, with all my personal knowledge and excavations, I cannot find and logically explain to myself why it is impossible to process side ridges on nails. For me personally, there is a bunch of rough skin, which obeys the general rules - the more you cut, the more it grows. It is better to file it off carefully, but a neatly processed nail looks only processed and neat when the rollers have been worked on and made sure that they are soft, pink and do not scratch anything.

nail length should be such that it does not rest against the shoes (otherwise it just hurts), but at the same time the nail does not need to be cut off at the root a few mm to give shape should remain.

nail shape depends on personal preference. There is an opinion that the corners must be left straight or, on the contrary, rounded in order to avoid ingrowth. To be honest, for the last 15 years I have been experimenting with everything, I personally have not identified any patterns. And here is just the case when I do not have a scientifically sound base in this matter. if anyone knows, please tell me)

when processing the nail plate and cuticles in the same way as with hands, it is highly desirable to use cuticle oil.

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I will say again - the treatment of feet and the treatment of nails during a pedicure are completely technologically unrelated. Very often we become hostages of our own habits in that all this is done together and consistently, and one cannot exist without the other. As a result, the pedicure procedure seems to be very long and dreary. Too lazy to take it and there is no time, and socks become the best friend, because "no one sees."
in fact, if you allocate at least 10 minutes of free time for all this and divide the pedicure for at least 4 days, nothing terrible will happen at all. We lost as much as possible, heels in one day. Lost the next one. Nails were done one by one. And they forgot about it for a couple of weeks. And
in my opinion, this is many times better than being a perfectionist, suffering from the fact that there is no time for a full pedicure at a time, and bashfully hiding cracks in socks.

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as a conclusion about the love of pumice.
Rough skin on the heels does not just get rough and dry, it also tends to get dirty. Walk barefoot along the corridor or winter garden balcony, remember the summer dust in sandals. The heels are black. and detergent to a pink state, they are not washed. That's what pumice is for. An ordinary stone. If you scratch your heels during daily bathing, the pumice stone will remove all the dirt at once. Pumice in this case is not designed to remove dead skin - it's just a method of dealing with pollution. This habit is especially relevant in the summer, just from flip flops or sandals. But if you get in the habit of running a pumice stone on your heels at least a couple of times a week throughout the year, your heels will be pink all year round too.

Beautiful and well-groomed legs are the pride of every woman. And to complete the care procedure, it is worth doing pedicure. To do this, you can contact a beauty salon, but you can try to do a pedicure at home, on your own.

To do pedicure at home, you first need to prepare the legs - they need to be carefully steamed. Fill a basin with hot water and pour the toilet soap grated on a fine grater into the water. You can add a little baking soda and ammonia - they perfectly soften the nails and skin on the toes. It is also recommended to add vegetable oil or use herbal or coniferous baths. From time to time, hot water should be poured into a basin of water.

As soon as the skin on the legs is properly steamed out, it becomes a pale pink color, you can begin to process it. Heels and soles need to be rubbed in a circular motion with a piece of fine-grained pumice stone or a soft brush. You can use a special cleansing peeling for the legs to remove dead skin particles. Then rinse your feet with water. After 20-30 minutes, you can start pedicure.

Pedicure Basics

First, with a special spatula from the manicure set, you need to carefully move the skin (cuticle) at the base of the nail. It will grow more slowly if, immediately after the foot bath, gently push it away with the edge of a terry towel. Trimming the cuticle around the nail is not recommended - this can lead to inflammation of the skin.

The next step in pedicure technique- you need to cut your nails with small nail scissors or tweezers and give them a beautiful shape. The thumbnail should be cut in a straight line so that it does not grow in. It should not be cut too short: it should protect the edges of the fingers from friction with the shoes, preventing the formation of corns.

If the toenails are thick and hard, then they should be trimmed immediately after steaming. If there is chafing or inflammation on the skin of the fingers or the inside of the feet, you can make a warm foot bath from a decoction of pine needles or an infusion of dried chamomile flowers.

Nails should be filed in only one direction - from the edges to the center.

In conclusion, you can varnish your nails. If nails or fingers are ugly, it is better to choose a colorless varnish or varnish in discreet tones. You can afford bright varnish only if your legs are carefully groomed, they do not have calluses, rough skin, and your fingers and nails are beautifully shaped. It is desirable that the color of the pedicure varnish is in harmony with the tones of the clothes and the color of the varnish on the hands.

And do not forget that pedicure is not only a tribute to beauty, but also a hygiene procedure that should be done all year round.

In today's world, both women and men take care of themselves. It keeps youth, gives beauty. Wealthy, confident people will not allow themselves to appear in society in a unkempt form. To do this, they turn to professionals who provide all types of hairdressing services. also should not be ignored. The complexity and regularity of the procedures give a good result.

The essence of pedicure

Existing and pedicure include a set of actions. They are produced without fail, regardless of the chosen technique. The foot requires a particularly wide range of procedures. Caring for her includes a certain sequence of actions.

Initially, the dry, keratinized layer of the skin is softened. Then the upper layers of the epithelium (dead cells) are removed by various methods. Next, the master processes the nails, eliminates their ingrowth (if any). Also, in the case of determining other deformations of the nail plate, its shape is corrected.

Handles the cuticle. During the procedure, corns, calluses, cracked heels are removed. It completes the pedicure course. It improves blood circulation, increases the tone of the body, as well as the mood of a person. This is a useful procedure when performed by an experienced professional.

Methods and approaches

Depending on the level of the salon that provides foot care services, the client is offered one or another set of effects. In addition to the basic procedures, they can offer a relaxing massage. It is even possible to receive medical treatments or psychotherapy during a pedicure session.

Existing types of pedicure (photo below) may include a course of paraffin therapy, depilation, in-depth antiseptics. Such a wide range of procedures makes the presented service popular.

There are beauty salons that during the procedure use the effect on all the senses. Aromatic oils are used, the play of light, sounds. A person during the procedure listens to the sound of the surf, the singing of birds, etc. This is a very useful, relaxing effect. Color therapy also has a healing effect on the psyche. This allows you to escape from the affairs, the daily hustle and bustle. During the session, the person rests both physically and psychologically.

Varieties of procedures

There are several basic approaches to performing a pedicure. The oldest of them is the classical approach. It has been widely used for many years. This is the easiest job to do at home.

But it has many shortcomings. Therefore, modern types of pedicure are very diverse. The most popular today are European, hardware. To choose the best approach to the procedure, you should consider the features of each of them.

Classic pedicure

This approach uses the technique of cutting the rough skin of the feet, nails. First, the legs are steamed in the bath. Then the nails are cut, polished with different files. So their shape is corrected, deformations are eliminated. Then the cuticle is trimmed.

After these actions, heels and feet are treated with pumice or other grinding agents. The main types of pedicure apply elements of this approach to one degree or another. The classic version is the most inexpensive and therefore affordable. But it has more than other types of disadvantages. At home, it is even more preferable to perform such a technique than in the cabin. This is the only type of pedicure that is actually easier to do on your own.

Disadvantages of classic pedicure

When steaming the skin of the feet, a classic pedicure involves the use of water. Types, techniques are varied, but many use foot baths. However, water is a favorable environment for the development of fungus and other skin infections. Even when using antiseptics, there is a possibility of contracting such ailments through the bath. This is especially true for special hydromassage devices. Not a single institution is able to qualitatively disinfect nozzles after each visitor. This process requires a lot of time, which is sometimes not enough. There is, albeit small, but the likelihood of getting itching, burning on the skin, deformation of the nail plates after the procedure.

But this is not the worst. The method of cutting the cuticle sometimes, with inaccurate movement, leads to injuries of the skin. And this is far from uncommon. In this case, it is possible to become infected with very serious diseases (AIDS, hepatitis, etc.). In the salon, there is no way to disinfect the instrument as thoroughly as in a hospital or dentistry.

Another disadvantage of the method is the cutting of the stratum corneum along with the partial disruption of living cells. This enhances the regeneration process. Skin grows faster. Therefore, this approach is not efficient enough.

European methodology

Today, there are improved versions of the classical technique. These include a variety of types of pedicure. Their main differences lie in the improvement of one or more procedures. But the general principle remains. One such modified approach is the European methodology.

All stages and actions remain the same as in the classic version. The only difference is the lack of cuticle cutting. This is a safer pedicure (you can not get hepatitis, HIV). With a wooden spatula, the cuticle moves to the edge. At the same time, it is treated with a special tool. It softens the skin. With regular repetition of the procedure, the cuticle grows more slowly, and cuts can be avoided.

However, the use of water procedures leaves the possibility of infection with fungal infections.

SPA pedicure

The types of pedicure considered earlier can be supplemented with various caring procedures. The principle remains the same. At the initial stage, the legs are steamed in a bath of water (there is some chance of infection with a fungus).

But the use of various scrubs, masks and foot creams gives the best result. The skin becomes hydrated and looks healthy. In the process of applying the product, a light massage is performed. It is very relaxing and calms the nervous system.

Combined approach

The most mixed reviews are found about the combined type of pedicure. It is a marketing ploy that allows the master to charge a large fee for his work. This is the usual classic version, in which the skin is polished using the apparatus. It just makes the job easier for the master. However, all the shortcomings of the classical method are preserved in it.

This variety provides, like all other approaches, applying varnish to the nails (at the request of the client). However, nail extension is a separate procedure that does not include any pedicure. Types of coating are different in structure, color and possible therapeutic effect.

hardware method

The previous option cannot be considered a hardware pedicure method, since it involves steaming the skin of the foot. before starting the work of the master, it provides for the treatment of the feet with a special antiseptic. Next, a special substance is applied to the skin. It softens only dead cells. Further, using a device with various nozzles, only the keratinized layer of the epithelium is removed. Living tissue is not affected. This eliminates the possibility of cuts, skin injuries.

It is also the most hygienic approach. During its implementation, it is impossible to become infected with a fungus or other even more serious ailments, since baths are not used. This method was developed and widely used in Germany. Attentive to detail, the Germans ruled out the possibility of infection with various infections and viruses. This is a really good process.

The competence of a beauty salon worker should raise serious doubts if he polishes with a device on a wet foot. At best, the procedure simply will not work. Wet skin particles clog the pores of the machine nozzle. Therefore, mixed types of pedicure are regarded as unprofessionalism.

Processing wet skin with the machine is not only ineffective, but can also lead to burrs. The procedure will have to be repeated again, but not with this master. After the work of a professional, the legs retain their beauty for a long time. A characteristic feature of hardware pedicure is a gradual decrease in the need to carry out the procedure. When removing only the stratum corneum, the regenerative processes in the tissues are not accelerated. The skin becomes healthy, soft and extraordinarily beautiful.

Having considered the main types of pedicure, it is worth concluding that all of them, except for the hardware method, one way or another, expose the health of the feet to the threat of infection with various infections and fungus. Therefore, it is better not to save money and take care of your feet with a truly safe approach.