My Feet No Longer Make Me Feel Ashamed: Why I Love The Ped-Egg
Posted by: Amelia McDonell-Parry
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6:30AM, Wednesday July 9th 2008
I have a bit of a foot problem. For whatever reason, despite fairly frequent pedicures, especially during the winter months (which I pay for less out of vanity and more because I friggin’ lovvvvve a salon massage chair [that does the kneeding NOT the vibrating, FYI]), my feet, while perfectly shaped (fact), are so dry, they peel. Maybe it’s because I under moisturize them, but then again, the only place I moisturize is my face, because I am low maintenance. Couple this natural dry peeling with my OCD, and you’ve got many wasted hours sitting in front of the TV, peeling off bits of my foot skin. I know this is disgusting, but there is a point to the madness of this post. I have just discovered the Ped-Egg and I am forever changed. Should they desire my services I would become their version of Jessica Simpson for Pro-Active. For serious.
Okay, so backtracking to the peeling. I am a natural born picker. I find it immensely satisfying either biting off a just-grown out fingernail, thumbing away at a scab, and, especially, picking at my dry feet. It’s totally disgusting, but seriously, it’s the OCD. It makes hour long episodes of The Real World so much better. But the habit has a few negative side effects, one of which is unsightly feet and the second of which is going for those bi-weekly pedicures and feeling like the women are talking about me. So I’ve been trying, lately, to rectify the situation. I thought that if I could get my feet to a lovely, smooth, supple softness I wouldn’t want to ruin them with a pick-isode.
Cut to this weekend. I was out in the boonies doing some necessities shopping at a drug store when a huge PED-EGG display caught my eye. I’ve obvi seen the amazing infomercial (see above) which naturally tickled the part of me that just lovvvves gross stuff (foot dust, whoopee!), but I’ve doubted it’s effectiveness, much the way I doubt the stain removing power of Oxi-Clean. But for a fairly affordable price of $9.95, I couldn’t resist or wait to go sit in the backyard and file my callouses to smithereens.
And what do ya know….IT WORKED. Seriously, the bottom of my feet, which looked soooo rough and uneven and scaley and fugs before, are now as smooth as Jessica Simpson’s pimple-free skin. Best of all, it’s totally no mess, but if you’re a freak like me, you can totes pop open the Ped-Egg and take a gander at your foot dust when you’re finished. Almost as satisfying as peeling! [PediEgg.com]
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Deirdre
wrote on July 9 2008 @ 06:59 am: [report]
I have one too! LOVE!
iHEARTcats
wrote on July 9 2008 @ 08:19 am: [report]
I USE THE CALLUS POWDER TO FERTALIZE MY FERN & SPIDER PLANT. IT WORX AWESUM.
AnnikaH
wrote on July 9 2008 @ 11:29 am: [report]
When I was a kid I liked peeling my mom’s feet. Totally gross! I’ve been curious about the Ped-Egg too. Glad to know it works. And Oxi-Clean did make my whites seem whiter.
Elle
wrote on July 9 2008 @ 08:51 pm: [report]
LOL @ Annika, I did the same thing! I thought I was a freak or something, but dry feet fascinated me. Now I have dry feet of my own and its a pain. I moisturize every day, but nothing gets them soft and pink quite like a pedicure. I’m glad to hear the ped-egg works because I saw it at the drugstore this week and I was intrigued. I’m going to pick it up and give myself a pedicure this weekend.
Thanks Amelia!
Amelia
wrote on July 10 2008 @ 09:02 am: [report]
@AnnikaH @Elle Wait, you both liked peeling another person’s feet? That is so interesting. Are you separated at birth?
Meg
wrote on July 10 2008 @ 03:58 pm: [report]
Maybe I have OCD too, because I can’t resist peeling dead skin (from my feet, on my bf, etc!). I have a “cheese grater” style callus buffer but it just doesn’t work as well, and it just makes the dry scaliness worse! Do they sell the ped egg at Walgreens or drugstores, if so I might have to get one!
Elle
wrote on July 10 2008 @ 07:28 pm: [report]
@Amelia, I know it sounds gross, but I was like 6 and could not understand why my mom had such dry feet. I would give her pedicures, and would end up peeling the dry skin off. I still enjoy doing it, on my own feet of course.
atlgirl
wrote on July 11 2008 @ 10:04 am: [report]
I thought my mom’s feet were gross too—with their calluses. Mine are just like hers now!! I’m going to look for the egg.
dragstripper
wrote on August 2 2008 @ 06:29 pm: [report]
I am a male but I have always had a fetish for women’s feet. But not just any of them. Only the pretty, well-pedicured, soft variety with short, nicely tapered toes. As a result of that, I have always tried my best to keep my own feet soft and looking good. I am married to a woman who doesn’t understand my obsession for good-looking feet as she said she has never heard of a man who does all the things I do to pamper my feet. I had seen the ads on TV for the Ped Egg but I resisted purchasing one for fear of hearing my wife’s remarks about it, especially if it didn’t work. But, lo and behold, one day recently, she came home from shopping with a Ped Egg!! She asked me if I had ever seen the ads for them and I acted like I vaguely remembered them. But in reality, I was thrilled she had bought it. She used it first and it really helped her feet and hers were not as soft as mine. So, I used it one day when she was gone and the results were miraculous. They feel like baby feet. And because they were already fairly soft, I don’t have to use the blades on them anymore. I simply maintain them with the sandpaper block on the bottom of the Ped Egg. I haven’t heard anyone mention this part yet but that feature finishes off what the blades started and the feeling of the skin afterwards is unbelievably soft, slick and smooth. I use lotion twice daily in addition to the Ped Egg about once a week and the results are that my feet have never felt softer and my fetish is satisfied at long last. I highly recommend this item.
Perceptible
wrote on February 26 2009 @ 07:53 am: [report]
OMG, this is the most disgusting thing I’ve read in a long time. So. So. Gross.