Astonishing Way to Get Rid of Calluses on Feet

You cannot get rid of calluses on feet in California at a nail salon.

For most of my life, I’ve been trying to get rid of calluses on feet. The astonishing thing is it has only been the last 5 years or so that the condition of my aging feet have hardened to the point it looks like they have died. I mean, hey, I’m only 65. My feet should not resemble a person who is dead.

Yet outta nowhere, calluses on my feet have mushroomed to epic proportions. When I noticed my feet were turning into the Sahara Desert, I freaked out. Immediately made an appointment with my dermatologist to address the situation. Squeamish people may as well stop reading.

My feet had developed crusts the depth of Mauna Loa. Not only on the heel but the crusts traveled north along the sides of my feet, especially the outer edges and to the left of my big toes. Thick, ugly crusts. Ick. My dermatologist said, sorry, it’s due to aging. She suggested Eucerin dry skin lotion.

Now, seriously, I get a professional pedicure once a month in Land Park. They soak, scrub, exfoliate in an effort to get rid of calluses on feet. Yet it persists. I was accepting my fate as just another aging issue with scorn and some bitterness.

Until I went to Hot Nails in Kailua-Kona to see my favorite manicurist, Elaine. As she worked on my nails, my eyes glanced up to her menu of services board. Hmmm, Hot Nails offers a service to get rid of calluses for $10. Figuring it couldn’t hurt to give it a whirl, I asked her to tack on that extra service to my pedicure.

Imagine my surprise when she whipped out some sort of razor thing and attached a couple of blades to it. She went to work flicking bits of dried skin off in quick swipes. Holy crap. My feet looked like a 35-year-old. All the calluses were gone. This is a great way to get rid of calluses on feet.

I had no idea. When I shared with Elaine that nobody in California offers a way to get rid of calluses, she said it’s against the law for salon professionals to offer this service. Alrighty then. I suppose there are inept people, like any profession, but Elaine seemed to know what she was doing. It’s a skill she has acquired from a lot of practice. Unlike a doctor who may know anatomy better but little practical experience.

So there’s your answer. If you want to get rid of calluses on your feet and you live in California, just go to Hawaii! Sure, you could go to your own doctor for this procedure in California, but I would not trust my doctor to do it. She doesn’t do it as a common practice. I’m more comfortable with a  technician who shaves calluses on a regular basis.

After all, it’s kinda like Sacramento real estate. The more transactions  an agent closes, the better an agent becomes. I close a couple of sales a week on average. Would you rather have this Sacramento Realtor sell your home or some other guy who closes 2 or 3 a year? There is a difference, and a license doesn’t change things when it comes to experience.