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05-22-2018 08:11 PM
I shower and shave my legs the morning of my pedi. Like to be really clean. I've never had any kind of an issue.
I'm 73 and still have to shave. I don’t get heavy hair growth but sometimes when the sun hits just right I've seen what looks like peach fuzz. Ugh. So,I shave several times a week unless I’m wearing long pants. Camouflage
05-22-2018 09:27 PM
I've been told that by my dermatologist. But depending on how they do your pedicure, your pores are going to be opened wide with all the heated wax and/or heated towels, so if you're going to get an infection, you don't need a nick from a razor to do it.
05-23-2018 07:44 AM
They have been saying this for years. Yet some women just won't listen. It is dangerous to shave your legs before getting a pedicure.
I shave with an electric razor or a epilator but still wait to do it until after a pedi. I really prefer to do my own pedis but right now my back prefers I get them done.I'm not really comfortable with someone touching my feet.
05-23-2018 08:29 AM - edited 05-23-2018 08:32 AM
@VaBelle35 wrote:I've been told that by my dermatologist. But depending on how they do your pedicure, your pores are going to be opened wide with all the heated wax and/or heated towels, so if you're going to get an infection, you don't need a nick from a razor to do it.
You don't get infections through your pores. There has to be an opening , like a cut or scrape , in the skin. Often when someone shaves with a razor there are tiny , not really visable cuts in the skin. While they do clean those foot baths between customers - they do not steralize them, so you are taking your chance. I cringe to think what would grow if they did a culture on one of those footbaths.
05-23-2018 09:09 AM
@Katcat1 @PINKdogWOOD I'm on the body "hairless" team too. I only have to remove a few fine hairs every few months and I prefer an in-shower dipiliatory over shaving. I only now spotting a couple of fine hairs under my arms from my last removal which was around St. Patrick's Day. Hail to one of the upsides of menopause.
05-23-2018 10:07 AM
I shave every single day. I've never had a problem on the day I get a pedicure.
I change blades every week. You're less likely to get nics with a new blade.
05-23-2018 11:17 AM - edited 05-23-2018 11:18 AM
Oh my, every single day @Bri63 I can't imagine although in my hairier younger years in the summer it would be almost every other day. I understand though as with men some women have more and darker hair than others. I get it. One thought though, I do reach for a new razor after the 2nd or 3rd shave regardless of area.
05-23-2018 11:01 PM
@I am still oxox My sister and I were just talking about this today. I was complaining how I really needed a pedicure and wanted to go today, but I needed to shave my legs and wouldn't go after that. She looked at me like I was crazy, so I explained about shaving and micro-tears and how our skin is a protective barrier. Then I told her she learned something new today.
I did my own pedicure. Not as great as a salon, but good enough. Truth be told, I don't really love getting pedicures because of hygiene reasons. I always wonder if that's the day I'll contract a pathogen. Such is the life of a germ-conscious person. Sigh.
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