Mt61
I asked for a price £23 to cut & file nails £35 to cut, file, remove hard skin & corns. I would shop round
That’s for a podiatrist- dads diabete, she will visit the house
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Because of my back surgery I cannot cut my own toenails. Someone comes in to do this every 8 weeks and charges £35. She is here and gone in a flash and it seems a lot of money for a few minutes work! I live rurally so I guess fuel has to feature in the cost.
What do others pay?
Mt61
I asked for a price £23 to cut & file nails £35 to cut, file, remove hard skin & corns. I would shop round
That’s for a podiatrist- dads diabete, she will visit the house
I asked for a price £23 to cut & file nails £35 to cut, file, remove hard skin & corns. I would shop round
About four months ago I paid £50 for a visit from a qualified chiropodist or podiatrist as they are called now. I decided to spend the money to get rid of inward curling toenails. Since then my daughter in law has cut my nails.
NB if you have diabetes you should take great care of toenails and never injure the skin around them.
I have Macular degeneration so cannot see my toes. I pay £40 for 10 minutes and I visit him. No doubt the price will go up when I stop driving and he comes to the house. It is done every 6 weeks but I try to lengthen the visits between.
NW London prices.
I pay £25 for just over half an hour. She cuts nails, sorts out the dodgy nail, and removes dry skin with some sort of sander. I leave feeling like I have new feet 🤣
karmalady
I paid £33 and was in and out in less than 20 minutes. I decided to carry on myself as I can reach my toes fine and have a good professional nail clipper. I do it, when needed, after my shower when my nails are a bit softer, A bit of oil afterwards and I have saved £33, certainly saved enough so far to pay for for my new fabric stash
I agree re podiatrist v standard nail care, I saw a podiatrist once, no comparison, that man knew what he was doing, tested foot pulse etc Nail care is just nails, hard skin and oil
I've never heard of that - ie "test foot pulse". How do they do that and what is the purpose of it please?
Luckygirl I think you have a bargain! The very local podiatrist charges £49 for a home visit. She does exactly the same as yours, toe nail trim and a bit of cream and gone.
I pay £34.00 every 12 weeks
I go to a Podiatrist & have to fork out £45 - l am in the chair for less than 5 minutes. Due to hip surgery & dodgy knees regretfully l cant do my own.
I pay £35 to a podiatrist for half an hour. It does feel like a lot to pay, but she will have overheads, insurance and so on as well as her salary to make. I wonder whether it seems expensive because they are doing what we used to do ourselves free?
Since I had my hip replaced two years ago I have had to have a home visit from a chiropodist to cut my toe nails. She charges £35 for around half an hour and comes once a month. I wish I could cut them myself but I’m nowhere near being able to do that yet, and she does leave my feet feeling lovely, so it’s money well spent.
I have been to both Podiatrist and I regularly got to a beautician to get my toenails cut.
I too started going as I needed both Hip and knee replacements and kept it going.
Agree I had a bit of a ingrown toenail which the Podiatrist sorted, she charged £45, for about 15 mins . Once done I then went back to the beautician for the full works £40 every 6 weeks.
DH sometimes goes to someone at our local dental surgery to have his toe nails cut as they offer this extra service. I'm not sure of the cost but it was about £30 last time he went.
Astitchintime
Forgot to add.........there's a huge difference between a PODIATRIST and a PEDICURIST. Yes, both will cut toe nails but that's all the Pedicurist is qualified to do apparently.
Yes.
I didn't even know that a podiatrist would cut toe nails now. They seem to specialise more as musculoskeletal practitioners, I do see one every few months as an NHS patient. The NHS used to cut toe nails as part of its chiropdy service but no longer as far as I know.
I have a pedicure with polish takes 40mins and costs £24 this is at my local beauty salon
I went to a podiatrist for a few visits after hip and knee replacements. Cost back then was £50. That was a few years ago. Now I go for a pedicure which costs between £20 and £50 depending on whether I have shellac varnish done. It's well worth it to me. She's such a nice girl and does a really good job. It's a treat to go and my feet feel great afterwards.
£33 for a visit to my local Podiatrist. I’ve been going every 5 weeks for years now - worth every penny - in and out in half an hour. Her books are full, no new clients.
Yes, round us we have several Foot Care Practitioners. They cut nails, remove hard skin, things like that, but they are not podiatrists.
BigBopper
I pay £35 for home visits, my podiatrist soaks my feet in Lavender disinfectant, then cuts my nails, takes off any hard skin and gives them a massage. It takes about an hour and she comes every 8 weeks.
That sounds all very thorough ... and quite luxurious! Mine just chops and files the nails, rubs a bit of cream in and off she pops! But, since I need that doing, and I do not know of anyone else, I will stick with it and fork out the £35. Her mother (who died) was a friend of mine, so it would be hard to change anyway - and I do not know whether others would come out here.
Indigo8
I know chiropody services under the NHS have been cut right back (no pun intended) but it may be worth seeing if you can find treatment in your area, if you haven't done already.
In the old days the district nurse would do it for nothing.
I have psoriasis under my nails and other issues that mean they need 5 weekly attention from a podiatrist. Even for patients like me with RA the NHS service is 4-5 monthly sessions. I’d be in a real mess if I couldn’t afford to go privately
I paid £33 and was in and out in less than 20 minutes. I decided to carry on myself as I can reach my toes fine and have a good professional nail clipper. I do it, when needed, after my shower when my nails are a bit softer, A bit of oil afterwards and I have saved £33, certainly saved enough so far to pay for for my new fabric stash
I agree re podiatrist v standard nail care, I saw a podiatrist once, no comparison, that man knew what he was doing, tested foot pulse etc Nail care is just nails, hard skin and oil
I know chiropody services under the NHS have been cut right back (no pun intended) but it may be worth seeing if you can find treatment in your area, if you haven't done already.
In the old days the district nurse would do it for nothing.
Forgot to add.........there's a huge difference between a PODIATRIST and a PEDICURIST. Yes, both will cut toe nails but that's all the Pedicurist is qualified to do apparently.
I used to have a podiatrist who came to the house when I couldn't attend to my feet/cut my nails.
He removed the hardened skin, check for neurological damage, clipped my nails and smoothed the cut edges with something like a dremel, and then applied foot cream. 18 months ago he charged £35. - money well spent IMO.
He only worked mobile so didn't have a salon.
I do remember the first appointment did cost a little more as he was here longer doing a health consultation as is normal practice.
£40 for a five weekly visit to the podiatrist. Worth every penny
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