The duration of a pedicure training course can vary from a few days to several months, depending on the school, previous training and course chosen.

Basic training in cosmetic foot care often only takes a few days. Depending on the provider and the offer, these may take place over one or two weekends or on a fixed weekday, or they can be divided up individually according to your wishes.

Continuing education, further training in a particular specialty, such as the B/S braces technique or permanent French pedicure, often only takes a few hours and usually takes place on a Saturday, so you can attend it alongside your work.

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Pedicure training teaches the following skills:

• Practical work on the feet
• Care of the nails and skin on the foot
• Correct nail shortening and shaping
• Removing the hard skin
• Care of pressure points
• Handling and working with foot care equipment

• Anatomy of the foot
• Cutting, filing and treating toenails
• Callus removal
• Nail fold cleaning
• Introduction to foot massage
• Nail diseases
• Lacquering techniques
• Care
• Hygiene
• Product and instrument knowledge

The learning objectives in a pedicure course are as follows:

• organize their workplace and work independently
• Assessing findings as part of foot care and providing simple advice on foot problems
• have expertise in treatment and quality assurance
• Demonstrate methodological competence in manual and instrumental work techniques as well as in process-oriented interpretation and action
• Demonstrate self-competence in independent, client-oriented action as well as discretion and a manner appropriate to the situation

In a foot care training course, you learn the following treatment methods:

• Footbath
• Foot scrub
• Simple foot massage
• Shorten nails
• Clean the nail bed
• Grinding toenails
• Nail corner care
• Nail fungus treatment
• Foot care for deformed toes

The right way to deal with corns and plantar warts is also discussed in the pedicure course.

Cosmetic foot care involves care and decorative measures on the healthy foot by a nail technician. Medical foot care involves preventive, therapeutic and rehabilitative treatment on healthy feet that are at risk of damage. Only a medical chiropodist (podiatrist) with knowledge of medical foot care can take measures on an already damaged foot.