Celebrity pedi-spa founder shares the same advice he gives Gwyneth Paltrow, Robert De Niro and other A-listers: give your feet a daily massage
- Podiatrist to the stars Bastien Gonzalez stresses the importance of a daily foot and leg massage, especially if you wear heels or pointy shoes
- Gonzalez turned to podiatry after a skiing injury; now his pedi-spas can be found in some of the world’s best hotels
Bastien Gonzalez wants you to consider your feet when you think about wellness.
“A pedicure isn’t about painting nails, it’s about curing nails,” says Gonzalez, whose Pedi: Mani: Cure Studio by Bastien Gonzalez pedi-spas are in some of the world’s best hotels, such as Le Bristol in Paris and the Landmark Mandarin Oriental in Hong Kong.
Past clients include A-listers Gwyneth Paltrow, Cate Blanchett, Naomi Campbell and Robert De Niro.
He notes that the word pedicure combines the Latin pedi or podos (of the foot) and cure, (treatment). Moreover, feet are not just about nails but also skin, he says. And each foot contains 33 joints, 26 bones, and more than 100 muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
Helping with dryness, calluses and other skin problems – and, most important for him, a foot and leg massage – should be part of a pedicure.
