The Powerful Callus Remover That Gave Me Summer-Ready Feet
After over two years of cautious waiting, I have finally started getting professional mani/pedis again. I wear a mask the whole time I’m there, and I try to go during off hours, but OH MAN did I miss getting my nails done. Pedicures in particular are not easy for me to do myself, and I mainly stick to cleaning up my cuticles and messily applying nail polish, which is why, after years of neglect, I formed a callus on the side of my big toe that was impervious to intervention. I tried a pumice stone, I tried Kerasal (the only thing that helped a little), and finally I thought, “Well, if I make it out of a global pandemic and all I have is a impenetrable callus on one toe, that’s pretty good.” But of course I couldn’t just be happy I’m getting my immunocompromised dupa through Covid, I had to get rid of this callus.
I turned to Amazon, the premier place to buy potentially dangerous beauty products, and I ordered a bottle of Callus Remover. The bottle is fairly nondescript, it just says “CALLUS REMOVER” and there are some directions on the back. I read reviews, read the directions, and tried it out. It took some trial and error, but it worked! But I have some tips and tricks, in case you too have a callus that needs to be attacked with chemical warfare.
First, follow the directions! I’m going to say that again: FOLLOW. THE. DIRECTIONS.
You should apply this gel with gloves, and don’t apply it to any skin that isn’t callused. There are plenty of reviews from people who gave themselves chemical burns, plus I just told you to, so you have no excuse for not following the directions. Also, don’t leave this stuff on longer than recommended, because, again, chemical burns. Honestly, callus remover with a high likelihood of giving users chemical burns should maybe not be sold to the general public, but I’ve used it multiple times and as long as you don’t go rogue, you’ll be fine.
The first time I used this callus remover gel, I soaked my foot for awhile (they say till your skin wrinkles but after 8 minutes I had no wrinkles and I wanted to get this SHOW on the ROAD so I just carried on), then applied the gel (WITH GLOVES) and washed it off in the shower a few minutes later. I didn’t have a pumice stone or a rasp so I scrubbed my toe as hard as I could with my Salux washcloth and also did some scrubbin’ with Tree Hut Body Scrub. My callus was definitely softer, but not gone.
A few days later I did another session, but this time I took a shower first, then applied the gel, waited, and then used this rasp on my calluses after rinsing my foot off. THEN I put on a foot mask (I used this one, but I also like the Kerasal foot mask) and then applied some Kerasal on my feet before bedtime. The only thing I plan on doing different next time is using a pumice stone instead of a rasp, but I think that’s personal preference.
My feet are softer, my callus is barely noticeable, and this bottle of callus remover is going to last me, roughly, the rest of my life. Now I’ve never gotten Covid AND I don’t have calluses, that’s a win-win.
