Pedicure Treatment for Dry Skin – Filing

When dealing with dry skin, the feet are the most prone to this problem and has to be treated appropriately. When I talk about filing I mean using either a normal dead skin file to actually file away the dead access skin away. The places that are most susceptible to dead skin are the heels, the round of the feet and also the round of the big toe as these are the areas that the feet contact the floor the most.

There are many misconceptions about filing of dry skin that I would like to discuss here. The first and most serious misconception is that when you have dry skin, you must file it to at least the same level as skin that isn’t affected (normal skin). This is untrue and if you actually file the dry skin to the level of normal skin you will only ask for the affected are of dry skin to grow back to its dry state again in a few weeks, which you will then have to file again and again.

Rather the most effective method to use filing in your pedicure process is to combine filing and moisturizers. You must file the dry skin down to about ½ of its “dry” thickness and apply the other ½ with moisturizer, preferably concentrated moisturizer. This will take care of the dryness while also not encouraging the skin to grow excessively to create dry skin again in the future.

The second most severe misconception is that files are relatively safe devices to us. Believe it or not the file is one of the riskier tools when it comes to pedicures. This is because it comes into direct contact with the client’s feet and also has a very high chance of causing skin breakage if used improperly. Many people don’t subject dry skin files to the same cleaning regiment as other pedicure tools which is wrong. Dry skin files must be disinfected in the very same way that other cutting or trimming tool are because they provide a harbor to micro-organisms in the same way as other tools do.