(한국어 번역을 기다리는 중)

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We rejoined JJ about a week after her pedicure was done, giving it time to settle in and look natural. She found the patterns a little too gaudy (although technically executed well) and was itching to take them off. But she put together one last bit of photos with her friend, and produced a masterpiece of modern modeling.

But before getting to that, I wanted to make mention of an excerpt of foot health news that might be useful now, roundabout monsoon season, when women wear sandals instead of rain gear, since I guess the idea is that you’re gonna get wet, anyway. So people wear minimalist sandals and dry off when they get to work.

Chosun.com has some suggestions about that:

“비가 옵니다… 발이 웁니다“

장마철이면 구두와 발은 비에 젖기 쉽다. 잘 관리하지 않으면 세균이 번식해 피부질환을 일으킨다. 샌들을 신다 보면 각질이나 굳은살이 생기기도 한다. 발을 드러내야 하는데 다른 사람 앞에서 곤혹스러울 수 있다. 노출이 많고 땀이 많이 나는 여름철, 효과적인 발과 구두 관리법은 무엇일까…

장마철에는 앞코가 좁은 신발은 되도록 피한다. 구두는 귀가 후 마른 수건으로 물기를 제거하고, 통풍이 잘 되는 곳에서 건조시켜야 한다.

샌들을 자주 신는 여성은 각질이나 굳은살, 물집으로 고생하는 경우가 많다. 각질이나 굳은살은 건조한 상태에서 강제로 제거하면 오히려 상태를 악화시킬 수 있다.

미지근한 물에 발을 불려 부드럽게 문질러주는 것이 좋다. 샤워 후 발 전용 스크럽제나 보습제로 마사지를 해주는 것도 방법이다.

퓨 린 피부과 김연진 원장은 “여름철 샌들이나 하이힐을 신는 여성은 양말을 신지 않기 때문에 땀을 제대로 흡수하지 못하고 피부질환이 쉽게 발생한다”며 “굳은살, 물집이 생겼을 때 억지로 제거하면 오히려 세균에 감염되기 쉽다”고 말했다.

These are rules that JJ has followed for some time, and it has helped keep her feet in great shape. It also helps that she gives her feet a rest and doesn’t wear high heels all the time, or even most of the time. But sometimes, she does, which she shows us in her photo set here.

And a change into aqua blue to match the blue…

A few more angles and views…

And JJ makes one last change before she goes home to take off her very smurfy pedicure.

If you’ve worked this hard and spent so much on getting a beautiful pedicure, make sure you’re taking care of your feet when you’re walking around in dirty water, chemical-filled rain, and all the dirt, grime, and grit that will get all over you if you just walk around in the monsoon season as if it were a summer swimming pool party.

At the very least, clean your feet, moisterize, and dry your shoes thoroughly. And try to remember all the hard work that people like Jin-hui put into their pedicure work before exposing your preciouses to the elements.

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