Microplane Colossal Foot File Scraper - The Original Stainless Steel Foot Rasp, Dead Skin/Callus Remover for Feet, Gentle Foot Scrubber, Pedicure Tools for Salon-Quality Foot Care, White

My feet were starting to get dry and crackly, and I didn't have a pumice stone... so I found this on Amazon and ordered it. When it came, I actually laughed because this is literally a foot grater. It just says Microplane on the handle. Like, I have a microplane that I use for zest and nutmeg and things, and this was basically the same. Maybe save a few bucks on a kitchen grater and just get this one? Haha, just kidding. (I honestly would if it didn't seem so gross, though.)Regardless, this is amazing for those of us who hate dry feet, food callouses, hard, cracked heels... and honestly, feet in general. I really hate feet, especially my own, and this is so effective you have quite a bit of time until you have to use it again. Yay! Less foot contact! This thing literally just grates the dried skin off. It's so fast and so effective, and it feels much more sanitary than getting all your dried foot skin stuck in a pumice stone. It rinses clean easily, and it's super easy to use in the shower. I was aghast at how much dried skin came off of my feet. After I got out of the shower, I put on some foot cream, and it absorbed right in - and honestly I just marveled at how soft my heels were! I've used the Ped Egg, a knockoff Ped Egg, many pumice stones of different shapes and sizes, and this knocks all of them out of the water. It's not the cutest thing to keep in your shower, but hey, whatever works! It's also really cheap - huge bonus. I've already bought one for my mom - that's how you know it's good!The only complaint I would have is that the grater holes don't extend out until the edges: there's maybe a half a centimeter - centimeter of just regular, flat metal towards the edges, and then the plastic barrier. This makes it really hard if you wanna scrub a bit at your toes (I don't know about you, but I get the same hard, cracked, dry conditions on the side of my big toe). If they extended the grater area all the way to the edge, this would be a truly perfect product. Also if they made it look less like a kitchen grater! Otherwise, buy this and revel in having baby soft feet.

I have heel callouses from limping, giving to my right foot. My left heel takes all the pressure. Plus my swollen ankle (bone-on-bone) won’t fit well in shoes so all summer, in south TX heat, I’ve worn flip-flops. Callouses & dry. I try to control build up to prevent the inevitable cracking & potential infection. I live on a lil ranch so it’s not all pretty yards or sidewalks for me.Last yr I bought my 2nd electric callous remover with various roughness of pumace stone. It does okay but I was still having too much build up & therefore some layering & splitting.I was a little afraid of this bad boy bc I use Microplane in the kitchen. Knew it was super sharp & was concerned of going too far. BUT, it was just what I needed to get past the layering effect! The stone rolling over the thick, dry skin wasn’t really taking it down far enough. This puppy immediately took that off!!Def would only use with fair amount of build up & only dry. The rasp has very narrow slots so it takes a fine layer each pass & easily works out any resistant spots. The electric device creates a very smooth surface after that. In fact, first try I used the Microplane which would’ve taken forever & then used the Dr Sholls diamond hand file which I ordered at the same time. It was a great follow-up to Microplane & usable in areas where MP would’ve been too aggressive.If you’re seeing build up from neglect, layering (lateral splits) & cracking (up-down splits), this might help you get back to very close to normal without all the acrobatics in the shower. You can sit outside if you like, have good light & carefully remove that troublesome dead skin build up. I follow up with a good heel treatment to get moisture back into the skin. The dry, dry hot, hot weather on exposed & abused feet is not a good combo. This really helped me best!

This thing is awesome! I've been battling with my dry, cracked, thick heels for over 8 years, largely due to where live (dry, high altitude, and really, really hard well water). Even though we're moving soon, I really wanted to get things under control. Some recent methods work and others help a little (i.e. a new, beaded negative ion shower head and/or Callus Eliminator), but the results haven't lasted long enough or do enough to make it worth the while, or I have to do things more often and with greater effort than my lazy, little mind would prefer. Even the methods that do work don't always get the job done 100% without me spending ages, if not a few days, working at it. In words or less: I've felt like a slave to my own feet.I've heard of microplanes and even tried a chincy one that was attached to another product, which did absolutely nothing for me. I'd heard too many mixed reviews on the egg-styled ones, and ones like this product just freaked me out, and I either figured they'd wreck my feet, would cut me, wouldn't work, or would put gouges in my skin and make things worse. However, I finally broke down and bought one to work with a liquid exfoliate I'd been using, since I needed a new file anyway and recently watched a professional using one on YouTube.I initially just wanted to try the file after it was delivered to see how it worked on dry skin, figuring I'd do a pedicure later, but I was extremely skeptical. Ten minutes later, thanks to me being meticulous and tentative, my feet literally looked brand new. No cracks, no dry patches--nothing but soft, pink, pliable and normnal-looking feet. Say wha?! I didn't even use a buffer or do the pedicure treatment (buffer might be needed in some cases). Score...I seriously felt a mixture of wanting to kick myself for not trying these things sooner and wasting all that time, money and effort on other products, and then wanting to laugh at my being such a wuss over nothing yet feeling ecstatic over the results and speed of the microplane. Not only is this faster and more effective than most methods I've tried (peel booties, liquid softeners, shavers, pumice stones AmLactin, regular files, electric files, home remedies), but there was no soaking, no waiting, no week's worth of shedding like a decrepit reptile, or hardly any effort needed (I hardly used any pressure). It's also much safer and gentler than other products I've used, and I appreciate lessened trauma/friction to my skin, which usually results in more calluses.The other thing I like about this product was the shape and size. Okay, the size initially freaked me out and I thought it was a bit overkill, but it just made the process faster and it also worked well on the arches. The only thing I'd love to see added would be a guard to control messes and a slightly softer handle, but those are minor issues.As others have stated: don't go crazy if you're new to these. They're much safer, gentler and easier to use than a shaver, or even a peel, but they're still very effective you can still take too much off if you're not careful. I did that in one area as I started to get excited about the results, and it's a little bit tender at the moment. Defo use a towel or tub/shower and a good moisturizer or oil after.I'm very happy, and I'm sure I'll get excited the next time I do yoga, which is when I usually scowl at my feet the most. That, and during shoe shopping. Definitely recommend.