16 - Sunday, May 28, 1989 - North Shore News

PEDICURE IS THE PERFECT PERK
Put your best foot forward

SIMON SO wants you to put your
best foot forward — literally.

And to achieve that end, he will
spend an hour lavishing loving care
and knives on your feet.

But a pedicure with So is unlike
any treatment to be found in the
West. So is trained in the ancient

By ELIZABETH COLLINGS
News Reporter

Shanghai tradition of chiropody.
Rather than using the files,

pumice stones and clippers of his

Western counterparts, So uses an

” NEWS pholo Mika Wakelleld

A STEADY hand aud years of practise lie behind Simon So’s pedicures.
So is one of three people in Hong Kong trained in the ancient art of

Shanghai chiropody.

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assortment of razor-sharp scalpels,
oils and lotions.

A session with So starts with
soaking the feet in warm water to
soften the skin. So then uses his
knives to deftly shave away layers
of hardened skin and to cut nails.
The procedure is enitirely painless
because the skin he removes is
dead, leaving soft, healthy skin in
its place.

When he’s finished he applies oil
to moisturize the cuticles and
various lotions to keep the skin

soft.

Although the knives look fierce,
So is gentle and the treatment is as
relaxing as a massage.

So says some customers are ini-
tially intimidated by his knives —
“but after I touch their first foot,
no problem.’’

The secret to his method, he
says, is to sharpen the blades every
night with a stone. He uses two

See Experience
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