Tweezerman Safety Slide Callus Shaver with Rasp

Product Features

• Good Housekeeping seal
• 2 -in-1 tool for removing calluses and smoothing skin
• Safety lock safely stores blade when not in use
• Great for home and travel

From the Editors

The safety slide callus shaver/rasp is the perfect combination tool for removing calluses and smoothing skin. With its innovative design, this two- in-one tool employs a unique slide and lock mechanism that allows you to safely conceal the shaver portion of the tool when not in use. Great for home and travel.
Product Description

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Customer Response

Not bad!
After reading the reviews, I decided to try it. Well, it does a good job but I was worried at first that it could take too much off. With practice and a light hand, it works great. I tried the pedegg but it never did enough for the edges of the heals that go bad with age.

Great Item
It is a bit scary to use, but works extremely well. Shipper got it out quite quickly, too.

Almost five stars, just a couple of caveats
This is a very useful "gadget" that does what it's supposed to do in all areas, i.e., rasping dead skin or rasping corns and callouses, and well as slicing off callouses like a very small deli slicer - really. It does all this extremely well, but the user should use this with extreme care. And, in disagreement with another reviewer, don't use it on wet skin, and not just because it could slip. Read on.

First, loading a new blade or reversing the one that comes with it (it's two edged like a razor blade which is what it is) should be done where there is plenty of light. Second, note how the blade came out or off because you'll need that mental image when putting the blade back on. Third, it's at this point that you could easily slip and cut yourself. Once you've "mastered" the insertion of a blade, there's more care to be taken.

Even with the guard, one can slice too deeply into a callous and draw blood. Again, note that I almost gave this 5 stars. These are just warnings to make sure that you use it properly. When you shave a callous, do it one slice at a time. When the callous is down to "sole level," stop. You've gone far enough. It will be smooth, very smooth, and there is no need to use the rasp.

Corns are a different matter. I'm not sure I'd slice off a corn. I think the rasp would be better or a liquid corn remover and a Band-Aid, followed by a piece of Mole-skin. The rasp could be an alternative, but I've never succeeded in getting a corn off the usual place - the side of the little toe.

Which brings me to another caveat. Since your opposing foot (for right-handed people, that would be the left foot) is the easier of the two, don't go too fast. You'll be comfortable in the position of having your foot crossed your knee. But to get to your right foot with your right hand, that's where you really need to be careful especially if you're not in the least ambidextrous and can't slice with your left hand on your right foot.

If there's somebody else in the house who can and is willing, have them do your other foot or both feet for that matter.

It may seem counter intuitive, but this does not work as well when your feet are wet or damp or you've just come out of the shower or bath. The blade tends to "clog" when a callous is wet. This doesn't work entirely like a safety razor. Rather than do that, I'd use the rasp on a callous although that will take three times as long as using the blade. I think that the rasp may be superfluous because it seems a bit rough for heels, and too slow for callouses. I don't know about using it on corns because it's a fairly large rasp and could injure surrounding tissue.

All and all, it's the best took for the purpose that's come down the pike in years. It's certainly reasonably priced and it works.

Nice sharp tool
Okay, this is gross, but who has never had a painful corn or callus on their foot? I had one on my baby toe and it hurt! So, I ordered this callus shaver. It is very sharp, so be careful with it. It has a safety sheild over the blade, but go easy at first until you see how it works on you. I got excellent results on my corn by first using a medicated corn pad for a few days to soft up the dead skin. Then, I went to work with the callus shaver. It was much easier to use after the corn pad treatment and quickly removed the corn. If medicated corn pads are not right for your foot problem, try using the callus shaver after a bath or shower that softens your skin a bit. Otherwise, you might find that the shaver cuts too much off at once. My problem has been gone for a few weeks now and I have had no more pain. The rasp part is good, too, sort of like a "ped egg". This tool is a nice "two-fer".

tweezerman callous shaver
I bought this Tweezerman callous shaver after purchasing another brand that didn't work well. This shaver stands up to the usual great quality of all the Tweezerman products I have tried in the past. It really works great!

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