Your podiatrist provides you with professional care to keep your skin and nails healthy. Your podiatrist can diagnoses and treat skin and nail conditions affecting your feet.
Myth
Foot care from a podiatrist is the same thing as a foot care from a nurse or hygienist.
Reality
A podiatrist provides professional care by using sterile surgical instruments. This ensures safe and thorough foot care. A podiatrist can also perform minor surgery and prescribe medication if needed.
It is beneficial to see a podiatrist for foot care because:
- Your podiatrist uses sterile surgical blades to efficiently and safely remove the excess calluses on your feet.
- Your podiatrist uses sterile surgical blades and medication to remove painful corn all the way down to their roots and prevent them from growing back again.
- Your podiatrist can treat ingrown toenail by trimming properly or perform a minor surgery to permanently solve your ingrown toenail problem.
- Your podiatrist trims down thickened nail fungus and can prescribe medication for infections.
