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E kuʻi ka wāwae i ka makahiki holoʻokoʻa. I ke kauwela, ʻo ka lā, ka wela a me ka haʻahaʻa, ʻaʻole maikaʻi nā wāwae i ka hoʻoilo, ka hāʻule a i ʻole ka pūnāwai, wahi a Perry H. Julien, DPM, pelekikena koho o ka American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine ma Rockville, Md. "ʻAʻole lākou i ʻike maka ʻia ma lalo o nā kāmaʻa a me nā kākini, no laila ua nalowale lākou." Akā me kēia mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo ʻelima, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaʻamaʻa maʻalahi i kou mau wāwae me ka ʻole o ke kau.
E kuʻi i kou mau wāwae i kēlā me kēia lā.
E mālama i kahi kui kui i loko o kou ʻauʻau, me ka pōhaku pumice a i ʻole ka waihona wāwae, a e hoʻolilo i mau minuke i ka nānā ʻana i kou mau wāwae i kēlā me kēia manawa āu e ʻauʻau ai. Holoi ma lalo o kou mau kui, a hamo i nā wahi callused, ʻākala me ka faila a i ʻole pōhaku no hoʻokahi minuke. (Hiki nō hoʻi iā ʻoe ke hoʻohui i kahi ʻōpala exfoliating i kēia hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻili.) "Akā, ʻaʻole ʻoe e kāwele i ka ʻili me ka maka ʻole," wahi a Dawn Harvey, he loea nail ma Spa Jardin ma Tampa, Fla.
Pono kekahi callus e kōkua i ka pale ʻana i kou mau wāwae mai ka hakakā nui ʻana i loko o nā kāmaʻa, no laila e haʻalele hoʻi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka pahi pahi ma kou mau kuʻekuʻe wāwae (ʻo ia hoʻi no ka hana ʻana i loko o kahi salona). Hiki iā ia ke alakaʻi i ka maʻi inā hoʻopili ʻoe i ka ʻili a hoʻohana paha i nā mea hana ʻaʻole i sterilized pono, hoʻohui ʻo Denise Florjancic, he loea ma John Robert's Hair Studio & Spa ma Cleveland. ʻO kāu mau mea hana: Sally Hansen Smoothing Foot Scrub ($ 6; www.sallyhansen.com) a i ʻole Bath & Body Works Foot Pumice / Brush ($ 4; 800-395-1001).
E ʻoki i kou mau kui ma ke ala pololei.
Inā haʻalele nui ʻoe i kou mau kui, hiki iā lākou ke kuʻi i ka lihi o kou kāmaʻa a me ka palapū. Inā ʻoki pōkole ʻoe iā lākou, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻoulu i nā kui kuʻekuʻe wāwae. ʻO ka ʻōlelo aʻoi maikaʻi loa: I kēlā me kēia ʻekolu a ʻehā mau pule paha, ma hope o kou ʻauʻau ʻana a pulu ʻana paha i kou mau wāwae, e hoʻohana i nā mea ʻokiʻoki liʻiliʻi e ʻokiʻoki, ʻoki pololei ʻana, wahi a Florjancic. Inā hoʻomaka ʻoe e ʻike i ka ʻulaʻula a i ʻole ka mumū a puni ka nail (nā hōʻailona mua o ka nail e ulu ana), e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka wahi ma ka hoʻoinu ʻana i kou wāwae i ka vīnega i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia me ka wai, ʻōlelo ʻo Lori Hillman, D.P.M., he podiatrist ma The Woodlands, Texas. Inā hoʻomau ke ʻano, e ʻike i kahi podiatrist, nāna e hoʻomaʻemaʻe a hoʻokahe i ka maʻi e hoʻohana pono ʻia ana, nā pono hana sterilized a kuhikuhi i nā lāʻau ʻino inā pono. ʻO kāu mea pono: Tweezerman toenail clippers ($ 2; 800-874-9898) a i ʻole Revlon Deluxe Nail Clip ($ 1.80; www.revlon.com).
Palupalu i kou ʻili.
Maloʻo, ʻāhae ka ʻili wāwae? ʻO ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe i kou mau wāwae ka mea nui ou. Ma hope o ka ʻauʻau a ma mua o ka moe, e hoʻopili i kahi moisturizer. (E hoʻokomo i nā kākini i ka pō e pale i ka kirimaʻi mai ka nalo ʻana.) ʻO kāu mau pono hana: Kauka Scholl's Pedicure Essentials Peppermint Foot and Leg Lotion ($ 4.75; www.drscholls.com), Aveda Foot Relief ($ 17; 800-328-0849) a i ʻole Creative Nail Design SpaPedicure Moana Masque ($ 45; 877-CND-NAIL).
Kāwele-hoʻomaloʻo i kou manamana wāwae -- a me nā wāwae.
ʻO ke koʻohune a me ka fungus e hiki ke alakaʻi i ka wāwae o ka mea ʻaleʻale a me nā maʻi ʻē aʻe e ulu pono i nā wahi pouli, a me nā wahi wai - a ʻo nā wahi ma waena o nā manamana wāwae e hāʻawi wale i kēlā. ʻO ke kī: E hoʻololi mau i nā pūkini a me nā kāmaʻa, a e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i kou mau wāwae i ke kāwele - a ma waena o kou manamana wāwae - ma hope o ka ʻauʻau ʻana a me ka ʻauʻau ʻana. Inā ʻoe e ʻike i ka paheʻe ʻana, ka ʻili ʻana i ka ʻili, e hoʻāʻo i kahi mākaukau o ka wāwae o ka poʻe ʻālapa ʻoi loa e like me Lamisil AT cream ($ 9; 800-452-0051). Inā lōʻihi ka pilikia ma mua o hoʻokahi pule, e ʻike i kāu kauka.
Mai hōʻalo i ka pale lā.
Maʻalahi ke poina e pili ana i kou mau wāwae ke hoʻopili ʻoe i ka pale o ka lā, akā ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo hiki iā lākou ke pale i ka lā e like me ka wikiwiki - a me ka maikaʻi ʻole - e like me nā wahi ʻē aʻe o kou kino. No laila, inā e komo ana ʻoe i nā kāmaʻa a i ʻole ka hele wāwae ʻole, e hoʻopili i kahi pale lā ākea (UVA/UVB-blocking) me ka SPF o ka liʻiliʻi 15. ʻO kāu mau mea hana: Ombrelle Sunscreen Spray SPF 15 ($9; ma nā hale kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau a puni ka ʻāina) a i ʻole DDF Sport Proof Sunscreen SPF 30 ($21; 800-443-4890).