Pedi contraindication advice please

[blossom]

A nail client would like a pedi but has yellow nails on one foot. I advised this contra-indicated the treatment as often fungal and advised GP trip to sort.

She messaged back saying she goes to a regular chiropodist who says it used to be fungal but not now (what would cause the yellow colour if not fungal?) but they don't grow normally now.

How would you proceed here? I'm fresh from my refresher pedi course and it sounds like a no-no to me but wanted advice from experienced therapists please xx

 

[rachelizabeth]

If they really don't look right to you then I would ask for a doctors note so that you are absolutely sure they've been checked and there's nothing that would affect the pedicure being carried out. Better to be safe than sorry x

 

[JenSparkle]

Clients are not all the same- not all of them are honest. Be careful also because not all salon owners, even though they should, will support you turning away a client with a fungus.

 

[blossom]

Clients are not all the same- not all of them are honest. Be careful also because not all salon owners, even though they should, will support you turning away a client with a fungus.

Thanks JenSparkle good point.
I'm self employed and work from home so at least I don't have that difficulty but I can imagine it could be tricky in a salon

I can't think why one foot would have yellow nails if not something up?

 

[blossom]

Just to update, I asked her to send a pic but she declined and said she was going to go back to doctor again. So I've said if doctor is convinced it's not fungal to get a note saying that which I can put on file and then we can go ahead, hopefully that's the right thing?

 

[pure]

Just to update, I asked her to send a pic but she declined and said she was going to go back to doctor again. So I've said if doctor is convinced it's not fungal to get a note saying that which I can put on file and then we can go ahead, hopefully that's the right thing?

Definitely the right thing there. But another cause of yellow toe nails can be from running and sports where there is constant pressure on the nail. Can also cause them to grow unusually too.

 

[Pashaboutnails]

Yes I completely agree with Blossom. I have funny shaped toes (and dropped metatarsals on my right foot). Which means my big toes are prone to damage/onycholysis/in growing toenails and yellowing (no fungal infection). Regular excercise/trainer wear makes them worse.
I find three weekly pedicures and a light buff of the nail surface helps with the yellowing/thickening. But I did get checked for fungal infection when the onycholysis first started, just in case.

 

[blossom]

Definitely the right thing there. But another cause of yellow toe nails can be from running and sports where there is constant pressure on the nail. Can also cause them to grow unusually too.

She's a keen horsewoman
But wouldn't both feet be affected? X

 

[Minkeybox]

She's a keen horsewoman
But wouldn't both feet be affected? X

The horse might just stand on one foot xx

 

[blossom]

The horse might just stand on one foot xx

Pmsl Minkey [emoji23][emoji23]

 

[luxnails2015]

When a fungal nail is treated the yellow can usually stay there as this is the after result of the fungal infection itself and has to grow out. But if you're unsure then don't do it. X

 

[blossom]

When a fungal nail is treated the yellow can usually stay there as this is the after result of the fungal infection itself and has to grow out. But if you're unsure then don't do it. X

So it would grow out in the end? So after 6 months or so you'd be able to see some pink healthy nail growth, even if the top part was yellow?

 

[RED STAR]

I dropped a slab of granite on my big toe 2 years ago.....
That toe nail has never grown back right!
It's been damaged at the matrix, is thicker, making it more yellow/ opaque looking, but there is no infection.