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00:00:00 - Introduction and Video Context
00:00:53 - Treatment Tools and Patient Background
00:01:41 - Foot Condition and Diabetic Cautions
00:02:59 - Treatment Process and Challenges
00:04:30 - Other Toenails: Issues and Approach
00:06:04 - Podology Advice and Consultation
00:08:51 - Case Stories and Treatment Precautions
00:14:14 - Final Results and Closing Advice
👉 This channel was created in collaboration with @alenalavrenteva
00:00:00 - Introduction and Video Context
00:00:53 - Treatment Tools and Patient Background
00:01:41 - Foot Condition and Diabetic Cautions
00:02:59 - Treatment Process and Challenges
00:04:30 - Other Toenails: Issues and Approach
00:06:04 - Podology Advice and Consultation
00:08:51 - Case Stories and Treatment Precautions
00:14:14 - Final Results and Closing Advice
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00:00The grandson brought his grandmother to see me. This is the second part.
00:04Continuing from the first, it's the second leg. I've been asked for this for a long time and I've
00:09been preparing this content for quite a while. It's going to be very long, so make yourself
00:12comfortable, pour yourself some tea, grab some cookies and let's watch together. The right leg,
00:17the one with the green antiseptic on it, we've already treated that one. You can easily find this
00:22video on my youtube channel feed. Just search for my name Lavrentieva Alyona. Today I am dedicating
00:29the video to the left leg. Here's what it looks like. I'm showing it from the side on purpose so
00:35you can see how the toes have shifted and become deformed. And let's take a closer look at what we
00:40have here. We have very thickened nails. One of them, even the second toe for example, is already curved
00:47upward. It looks like a horn. We can see a small ulcer here and now we need to do some
00:52cleaning.
00:53For my work, as before, I use the affordable Dr. Alex SP 100 device. I'll show a picture and you
01:02can
01:02find it online or on marketplaces. And as always, I answer the question. Does this device handle
01:08pedicure treatments well? I think the answer here is pretty obvious. Because if it was able to file
01:13something like that, then I'm sure it can handle any heels absolutely without any problems. Here's how it
01:20looks from the outside. So we were sitting here, me with two four blanks, all covered in dust.
01:25Because most of the time, actually, I had to turn off the four blank myself. Because grandma was scared
01:30and didn't know where the noise came from. She was very uncomfortable. Grandma, 76, has lived a long
01:36life, but her story... Here I'm showing you the device. Her story is in the first part. Today I want
01:42to
01:42dedicate this video to cleaning. I know some of you enjoy colors and cleaning videos and I also have
01:48professionals watching. And today I would like to focus on this second toe and say that when the nail
01:55grows and deforms like this, that is, this doesn't happen in a month or even in a year. It takes
02:01some
02:01time. Most likely a very, very long time. Not only does the nail become deformed, but the underlying nail
02:07bed does too. And the danger here is that when you're filing like this, you don't know how deformed
02:13the nail bed is or where the little capillaries are growing. As you can see, I'm switching between
02:19the drill bits and the nippers. These nippers are called glaski due to their unique shape. And I'm
02:24being very careful, taking tiny steps, trying to get in there in a way that I don't cut off anything
02:29extra. Because throughout the entire appointment, I didn't know and couldn't have known what the test
02:35results would be for this grandma. And I didn't understand what was going on with her blood sugar.
02:39What if I hurt her somewhere? What if her wound doesn't heal? Of course, that's a special risk zone.
02:44Pedicure specialists and podologists must recognize that skin changes are visually noticeable.
02:50Anyone treating diabetic foot should be cautious. It's safer to underclean than overclean,
02:55since even a small wound can cause problems. By the way, in my work, I use a carbide burr from
03:02the
03:02set of carbide burrs by KMIS. They have a set of five burrs. There's the first set and a second
03:08updated one.
03:09These burrs range from small to large diameter. They're very convenient for these kinds of
03:14procedures because you really have to do a lot of filing here. I've nearly filed off this whole
03:19nail already. Look! I'm taking the nippers again. I'll show the tool on the screen here as well.
03:24These are nippers from Nippon Nippers. They have a non-standard grip, but in some situations they fit
03:30quite comfortably in the hand. I'm very afraid right now that I might miss the right spot and accidentally
03:35catch something else. Here I already switched to different nippers. I kept thinking about which
03:41tool I could use to get in there without causing her any pain. And I just couldn't get the hang
03:46of
03:46it. Because, well, how can I put it? There are never identical situations and it always happens so
03:52differently every time. You just can't predict everything. I think it's already clear on the
03:56video that where I've already cleaned the wound bed you can see pink skin there, where in theory
04:02it shouldn't be. That's the deformation, the wound bed I mentioned. And in the end I had to use a
04:09carbide burr to file almost all the way through. I realized that with a bit more I'd reached the
04:15cuticle. And I also understood that, of course, we couldn't just leave it like that either. The
04:20grandmother and her grandson requested that she be able to walk comfortably without the nails
04:26bothering her so she could easily wear socks and similar tasks. So we did our best. And here,
04:32by the way, is that very telling moment. I mentioned that my exhaust fan was turned off,
04:37and right now it's actually still off. And look at how much dust there is everywhere. It's flying off in
04:42all directions. Honestly, I have no idea how long this pedicure took me. It was probably about four hours
04:50since I removed the polish from one foot than the other. At one point I wondered, will I really
04:55finish it? Can I clean everything up completely? Because the amount of work was really, really big.
05:00I haven't had this many deformed nails in a long time. At one point I lost some faith in myself.
05:07But as you can see, I still managed to handle this finger. You see, when I press on it with
05:12the nippers,
05:13we can see that the nail bed is quite flexible. And this is actually basically dangerous. Next,
05:19using the TVS burr, I move on to the next nail. It is also deformed. It is also twisted. But
05:26here,
05:26the situation is much better because it doesn't point strongly upward. It still grows more to the
05:31side. And it's much easier to clean up something like this. Of course, I understand what you're
05:36thinking right now. You're probably thinking there's a fungal infection on every nail. Honestly,
05:41it's likely on all of them. There is likely a fungal infection on the feet, including rashes between the
05:47toes. But when it comes to elderly people like this, honestly, it's not that important to me.
05:53Well, I mean, of course, we can take a sample for analysis. We can definitely do all that.
05:59But you have to understand that here you just need to make life easier for the person.
06:04Now I'm moving on to the big toe. I showed you how much it has shifted to the side and
06:08how deformed
06:09this toe and nail are. As you can see, I'm changing the drill bits. I'm trying to find one that
06:15will file
06:15more, one that's bigger in size. I'm trying all sorts of different ones. By the way, I tried it on
06:21her because I had some test carbide bits here. And of course, I really put them to the test.
06:26Watching the video now, I think, wow, what a nightmare with all that dust. But unfortunately,
06:31I had to sit in it completely because, again, my grandma was just extremely uncomfortable. And of
06:37course, I will always choose the client's comfort, even if it's a model. Let me remind you,
06:42I work with my models for free because I create content with them. It usually takes
06:47longer than a regular service. I haven't worked as a master or offered services in a long time,
06:53so I don't see a reason to charge people. Because I often spend five, six, sometimes seven,
06:59or even eight hours with my models. I understand someone might be really surprised right now,
07:04but it's important to me. To carefully analyze the case, explain everything, give recommendations,
07:08and gather information is often very important. I just wanted to emphasize that. And to say that
07:14a very big problem in podology and services in general is that there simply isn't an adequate
07:20consultation. Because you need to explain even those things to the client that seem more than obvious to
07:27you. I've been recording my videos and posting them here on YouTube for quite a while. And every time
07:32I'm actually saying the same thing, just in different words, but each time I try to do it
07:38carefully and clearly. And also our clients who don't live for nails have no idea what happened to
07:44them. They often think that it's just some kind of curse that fell on them from the sky. And in
07:49general
07:49there's no logical explanation for it. And the most important thing, in my opinion, that a competent
07:54specialist should be able to do is to communicate information to their client. And to be able to
08:00understand and recognize your client's level of readiness to actually take any action. Because
08:06sometimes I explain something to a person and realize that she won't take care of her shoes,
08:10she won't go get insoles made. Well, yes. Or she or he will keep playing sports, etc. And when I
08:16see
08:17a grandmother like that, I completely understand that no one is going to run any tests here. No one is
08:22going to treat this fungus. The goal is to live as long as this grandma has left,
08:28calmly, so that at least she isn't bothered by the fact that she can't, well, just use her legs.
08:34It's fine. She lives in a private house with a garden and has her own things to do,
08:38and to be able to use her legs fully. And this kind of treatment will last her for quite a
08:44long time.
08:44But I told them that it would be good if they came back in a few months, and preferably with
08:49some test
08:50results. That would be just wonderful and great. Because if there are any problems with sugar,
08:56then at the very least, you can try to follow a diet. And it's true. Many people don't believe
09:01it. But really, a simple diet and proper nutrition, when you have high blood sugar,
09:05do give results. That's absolutely true and 100% correct. By the way, I wanted to say yes.
09:11Take a closer look at your relatives. Take a closer look at your grandmothers and grandfathers.
09:15If you suddenly notice something similar in them, or if something is starting with them,
09:19they will actually feel very pleased and relieved after such a procedure. So, find a podologist in
09:24your city. It's very easy to do. You go to a search engine like Yandex, Google, and so on. If
09:31suddenly one of them is banned, we make a note somewhere like, you can't say that this organization
09:36is banned, and so on. If you notice something like this in one of your relatives, it's better to take
09:42that person to a specialist. Yes, pathology is not exactly a cheap pleasure, but it's better not to
09:48let it get to what we're about to see in the video. Grandma isn't in pain here. She is mostly
09:54scared
09:54since her leg is twitching, which you can see now too, but she's actually fine. When you run a metal
10:00instrument over someone's skin, they have no idea what's happening to them. Of course, she reacts.
10:05Her body reacts, so everything is fine. No one was harmed during this procedure. Next, I'll show you
10:13how we carefully try to remove that part of the nail plate that's twisted and goes a little under
10:18the fold using straight cutting nippers. That's not surprising since the finger is turned, so some
10:24deformations are expected. But I also want to draw your attention to the second toe, which has this
10:30bluish-red tint. I'm not a doctor. I can't name the nature of this condition, but it's something that looks
10:38like a
10:38bruise, and most likely it's because the toes are very close to each other. Her slippers are already
10:45deformed at the beginning because her foot is wider than her shoes, and it's quite possible that this is the
10:51result of some kind of pressure, specifically from the neighboring toe. Well, of course, you have to understand
10:56that this is an elderly person. Blood circulation isn't the same anymore. Metabolic processes are
11:00different, and you just need to take that into account. And now, by the way, I've picked up a
11:05straight cutting tweezer after the straight cutters. Notice that this kind of tweezer has special little
11:11teeth inside. This instrument is used in pathological practice. It's used specifically in those moments when
11:18you need to grab something, like a piece or a part, and you don't want it to slip out. It's
11:23the same with these
11:24forceps. They're a handy tool when you need to pick something up or grab something. And as you can see,
11:29I was able to gently move aside this piece of the bed that was lying there. It's pretty soft and
11:35soaked.
11:36All of this is moist because nothing under the nail plate was drying out, of course. When grandma washed
11:42her feet, moisture kept building up there. Now I'm holding it with tweezers in one hand and cutting with the
11:48other.
11:49And we see this kind of piece of the nail bed that just stayed like that. Indeed, when you file
11:54nails like these,
11:55they're all a bit softened, a bit moist. And as you work on this nail, you've probably already noticed
12:02that the nail bed itself, just like on the other foot, is moist. A strong deformation that developed
12:08gradually over the years, not all at once. And we see a depression. We see dents. We see the contour
12:15of the nail plate, this deformed one which was pressing into the skin. All of this, of course, leaves
12:21marks on the finger. It's not normal, but it's a possible scenario. Of a logical condition of the
12:28nail bed, specifically in those situations when your nail is deformed and the finger is deformed.
12:33All of this puts pressure, all of this squeezes approximately like this. Our task here is to clean,
12:40clear and remove as much dry skin as possible. As much as possible. But I remind you that,
12:46as I mentioned at the beginning, I don't have the test results. That's why we'll try to do everything
12:52as gently as possible. And that's why we won't be able to achieve a 100% cleaning. Because I
12:58understood that one awkward move, if I touch something, there could be consequences. By the way,
13:04I have a video where I show the treatment. This video on my YouTube channel is called This Case Scared
13:10Me.
13:10Let me put the picture up here somewhere. Go check it out too. Because the model who came to me
13:16there
13:16actually has diabetes. And a few months after I did the treatment for her, I found out that she ended
13:23up in the hospital. And I found out that she had injured herself. Her toe and unfortunately in the
13:30hospital part of it. Well, in short, the doctors removed it because there was nothing left to restore.
13:37Part of the phalanx is missing, which happens sometimes. Go ahead and check it out.
13:42I also want to share some good news. Because when she was admitted to the hospital, they did all the
13:48tests, did everything, told her about the diet. And of course, they made her follow that diet there.
13:53Because you can't fool around in the hospital, they won't let you eat anything extra. And her blood sugar
13:59levels got much better. That's the very proof that just a diet alone will really work.
14:07Yes, not completely. Yes, not 100%. But it's very, very important. Diet exists for a reason.
14:13That was a brief digression. Let me remind you again that I'm working with the Dr. Alex SP100 device.
14:19This is a budget version of the device. I'm showing the image and have a promo code for it. And
14:25who am I
14:25not to tell you about the discount on the device? Because maybe someone is looking for it right now.
14:31And as you can see, it does a great job even with such difficult nails. Well, the bit I'm working
14:38with
14:38right now is from KMIS company. It's a factory here in Kazan. It's a set of carbide burrs. I'll
14:44leave a link to them here as well. And if you work with core calluses, if you do complex cleanings,
14:51basically, if you do podology, then I highly recommend having these bits in your arsenal
14:56as well. They last a really long time. To be honest, I have about four of these sets in use
15:03overall.
15:03And for several years, well, to be honest, maybe two years, maybe even three. And I have one new set.
15:10And I want to say that these cutters really last a long time. They serve for a long time.
15:16Once you buy them, they'll stay with you forever. Now focus on the third finger. There was a small
15:22red spot there. So we did have a minor accident while working. I was really worried about that
15:29finger. But I used the Podiofarm spray. It's called Septofoam. It's a spray that has astringent properties.
15:38So minor capillary ones. You know, those little things when they're so small, it helps to soothe them.
15:44But now, if you watch this little finger, you'll notice that it's the red liquid. I hope that
15:52YouTube won't notice what we're doing here and won't block us or anything. But that's not for sure,
15:57as they say. So you'll notice that the red liquid doesn't
16:02coagulate the way it should. And this can actually indicate that in this
16:07situation there really are problems with sugar. That's why you need to pay attention to these
16:13things and always be more careful. If you don't feel strong and confident enough to handle this,
16:19it's better to refer the person to another specialist you truly trust. By the way, I actually
16:25recommend that everyone avoid working alone and instead work within a community or some kind of
16:30partnership because together we are much stronger than we are individually. So let's be friends. I want to
16:36say this to all podologists and specialists because honestly, when we interact and communicate with
16:41each other, things will be much better. And there's nothing scary about it. If you send your client and
16:47say, Tamara, it would be better for you to see this specialist. She is more competent in this matter.
16:52In this way, in front of your client, you will actually appear to be a greater professional, in my opinion,
16:58than if you tried to do something on your own. Now I'm moving on to a softer approach. I took
17:05this bit
17:05with a blue band. It's a pedicure drop bit, also called a carrot bit. Call it whatever you like. It's
17:11a pretty universal bit. And I'm trying to at least clean something up to make it look a bit nicer
17:17and
17:18cleaner. But the main thing is to do it without overdoing it. But the difficulty I'm facing is that the
17:24nail plates are extremely, extremely moist and my bits keep getting clogged all the time. So diamond
17:31bits wear out pretty quickly in this situation because they're really not designed for this kind
17:36of work. I help myself with different tools. And here I have my eyes again. What did I use? In
17:43situations like this, anything goes if you get the result. At least something decent. I'm not even asking
17:49for anything amazing. Obviously beauty isn't even a consideration here. It's just a matter of comfort.
17:54And if you work with elderly people, it would be really good if their relatives who bring them
18:00could stay with you as well. So this is exactly the case when I would actually be happy to let
18:05the accompanying person into the office. For instance, I don't always allow the accompanying
18:10person in with children or teens, but sometimes I do with teenagers. I might ask the mother to step out,
18:15simply because she might be nervous herself, get anxious, worry, and so on, which could make the
18:19child anxious too. With elderly people, I encourage having relatives in the room. Because during the
18:25procedure, I show something, explain things, give some comments, and I try to explain this to the
18:33accompanying relative. Because I understand that grandma may not be able to take everything in
18:38anymore, and she might not remember something or pay close enough attention. So it's great that the
18:44grandson stayed with us the whole time, watched what we were doing, understood that his grandma was
18:49safe with us at that moment, and observed our treatment process. I apologize for the poor quality
18:54of the video and the sloppy editing, but it was just so difficult and so hard to put all this
19:00content
19:00together. So, well, basically you get what we ended up with. I know you asked for this second part,
19:06and here it is. This is what our cleanup looks like, this is our final result. All in all, I
19:12think it's,
19:12well, not that bad. It got much better. Babushka feels relieved, so the goal is achieved. And here,
19:20yes, my perfectionism just won in the end. Yes, I realized that there is still this area with some,
19:26well, yellow residue. I thought I could carefully try to remove it. But I kept telling myself,
19:31you have to stop in time, you have to stop in time, because grandmothers are our beauty.
19:36They say the internet is useless because everything on it is so different. There were requests,
19:41actually, she had none. Only her grandson did. She just accepted what we did with her. We're nearly
19:47done with the procedure. I gave all the recommendations. Fresh clean socks, of course,
19:53too. I definitely advise the grandson that hygiene must always be dry and clean. And I'll be waiting
20:00for them for the next cleaning in, well, I don't know, about four months, give or take, or whenever
20:05she starts feeling discomfort again. That's all from me. Share your thoughts in the comments.
20:10Thank you very much.
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