Beauty Health & Fitness
sole survival
Vogue, April 2008

Clinical pedicures — the oft-referred to "medi-pedi" or "medicure" — offer relief to humiliated feet with the same exfoliating glycolic peels and microdermabrasion wands once reserved for the face. And that's not all: After carefully evaluating the offending appendage, trained aestheticians at medi-spas like Howard Murad, M.D.'s, Murad Medical Spa in El Segundo, California, or doctor's offices like David Colbert, M.D.'s, New York Dermatology Group administer vitamin-C brightening masks or collagen-boosting laser treatments, respectively. Even stained and discolored toenails — often the result of dark polish left to languish past its prime — are now treatable with mild bleaching agents (like Sally Hansen's Insta-Brite Nail Whitener) and CO2 lasers (favored by Levine).