Review (5/5): How I got my feet in fab shape
This thing is an essential step I took in getting my feet back to tip top shape. Being a dancer, my poor feet were doomed to have calluses. I do my best to avoid that at all costs, but I couldn't stop it. I ended up having a couple small ones and one decently thick one. This thing is amazing, especially for the smaller ones. Let's go right into a pro's and con's list.
pro's:
- Safely grinds away the skin
- Long battery life
- Can still be used while charging
- Long life for the stone (I got mine in February and still haven't needed a replacement with relatively frequent use)
- Strong motor that doesn't lag when touched to the skin (unless of course you're smashing it up against yourself which if you are.. stop.)
con's
- Take's a long time, especially for larger calluses (we will revisit this issue in a second)
- Does (of course) produce a fine, skin powder that is pretty gross if you think too hard about it. So don't think too hard about it.
Ok so now you've read the pro's and con's list and you might be wondering, "Adina, didn't you say you had a larger callus? Did you just end up spending days and weeks and years just to shave it off?"
The answer is no. While this tool was extremely helpful, I am much too impatient for that. As I mentioned, this foot file does take forever, but don't hate on it for that! You don't want a foot file that is too powerful or else it may take skin off in chunks rather than that lovely skin powder we discussed and thus your skin will no longer be soft and smooth which is, to my understanding, our goal.
Back to the issue of my larger callus. Here are the steps I took to remove that bad boy.
I started off just using the same method I used for the littler ones which was file for about an hour every other day in hopes that I could one day grind it down to the bottom. I don't like using this for much longer in only one spot as the skin begins to feel quite warm and I can't imagine that is good for you. After finishing up any areas that concern you, thickly apply O'Keeffe's [[ASIN:B0002QB9NE O'Keeffe's for Healthy Feet, Foot Cream 3.2oz]] and throw on some thick cotton socks. I'm sure this method would eventually work for the larger one too, but who has time for that? So I took an extra step with the large one and used Dr. Scholl's Medicated Callus remover [[ASIN:B00099XL30 Dr. Scholl's Callus Removers, Medicated, 6 pads]]. I put one on for 48 hours and when I took it off, the callused skin was very white and soft, but still there. I figured it was a bust but I went to the water park the next day and the mixture off water and walking around barefoot made most of the now-white and soft callus just come off. (Don't worry, it didn't come off in the water and I was able to throw the skin away properly) I'm sure you don't need to go to the water park to achieve the same goal, just give yourself a good foot soak and then scrub it away!
There was still a bit of callused skin underneath what came off but I was able to easily come back in with this foot file and finish it off! Now my feet are baby soft just in time for summer!