Thoughts on pedicures?

[stockingfeetrbest]

I just watched a 4 min video of a woman getting a pedicure. They were scrubbing her feet with a brush the entire time. I wouldn't think someone who is extremely ticklish on their feet could handle it without going hysterical. I have mixed feelings about pedicures. On one hand it would remove the dead skin and make your feet super soft and sensitive. On the other hand, if a person can handle a pedicure, it seems like it would take a lot to get them laughing while tickling their feet. I wouldn't think it desensitizes their feet, just that it might allow them to control their ticklishness?

 

[WickedTouch]

I just watched a 4 min video of a woman getting a pedicure. They were scrubbing her feet with a brush the entire time. I wouldn't think someone who is extremely ticklish on their feet could handle it without going hysterical. I have mixed feelings about pedicures. On one hand it would remove the dead skin and make your feet super soft and sensitive. On the other hand, if a person can handle a pedicure, it seems like it would take a lot to get them laughing while tickling their feet. I wouldn't think it desensitizes their feet, just that it might allow them to control their ticklishness?

I think the first thing to keep in mind is that everyone is different. For some people, being tickled often can help them get used to it similar to the way you are thinking. However, some people seem to never gain any control and are just explosively ticklish all the time. Regarding pedicures specifically, of the very ticklish people I've known that get them, they don't seem to have any special advantages in terms of learning to control themselves, but they do often seem much more sensitive on their feet due to the thin, healthy skin resulting from the pedicures. There's also differences between the application of touch during a pedicure and during tickling, as well as a big difference in the mood and state of mind between the two activities. So while a lot of people do find pedicures ticklish, not all very ticklish people do because of those and possibly other factors. I still find it so surprising how there seems to be such a fine line in the type of touch, the mood, and the state of mind the lee is in, as to whether something feels pleasurable, neutral, or ticklish. I can massage my wife's feet and she'll just melt into deep relaxation. Conversely, I can change my motion or pressure ever so slightly (but intentionally 😈), and she'll try to kick me off with violent force while squealing. Other times, if I've convinced her I'm going to tickle her, it almost doesn't matter how I touch her–It's going to tickle.

 

[Ghostwriter727]

As far as a clinical pedicure; I've only had one and the scrub portions of the pedicure was sort of hit and miss as far as how ticklish it felt for me. Surprisingly my arches, and heels didn't feel ticklish to the scrubbing, but the toes, and balls of my feet were MUCH harder to ignore.

The girl that was treating me to the pedi was enjoying watching me grimace, and struggle to keep a straight face because she knew about my ticklishness, and how it affected me.

Of course she was very ticklish, and had her own struggles with it as well. (Maybe; I'll post a true story about it later)

I guess the pedicuring process can be overwhelming for someone that is ticklish, but the soft, and clean after affects seem to be worth it for alot of people.
And yes; the pedicure definitely makes for a much softer, and sensitive tickle experience for us tickle fans so; much praise, and appreciation to the people who brave the scrubbers.😜

 

[vackor58]

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[vackor58]

My favourite picture abour a extremely ticklish lady during pedicure

 

[luvgirlsfeet]

I just watched a 4 min video of a woman getting a pedicure. They were scrubbing her feet with a brush the entire time. I wouldn't think someone who is extremely ticklish on their feet could handle it without going hysterical. I have mixed feelings about pedicures. On one hand it would remove the dead skin and make your feet super soft and sensitive. On the other hand, if a person can handle a pedicure, it seems like it would take a lot to get them laughing while tickling their feet. I wouldn't think it desensitizes their feet, just that it might allow them to control their ticklishness?

I know i couldn't handle it

 

[mistee]

I’ve had one pedicure, knowing my feet are pretty ticklish. There was only one part where the woman scrubbed the soles of my feet with a pumice sponge. My foot flexed away because it tickled, but only for a second or two, then I got through the rest of the scrubbing with no flinching or giggles. I have friends who are more ticklish than me and crack up laughing while getting pedicures, but I don’t think that stops them from getting pedicures.

 

[HereNorThere]

My wife has pretty ticklish feet and she pampers herself with a pedicure quite often. I’ve inquired about the ticklishness of them and have been told that a lot of the time they do tickle her but when they see that she’s squirming or holding back laughter, they’ll switch up their technique. They're not really looking to tickle people or make them uncomfortable in any way.

But… once or twice… she’s had someone doing the pedicure that seemed to her to be getting some entertainment out of tickling her feet and it’s always with some kind of stiff bristled brush. She said it never lasts long though. I think the videos that we’ve all probably seen are set up. The person recording is at the very least egging the pedicurist on, if not paying them extra to tickle.

 

[idolfan05]

There’s a reason why I went with the word express pedicure last time. I knew the lady doing it, she was gentle, it was just her and I at the end of the day and I think by her & I having conversation it distracted from the tickling aspects like the nail file on the side and massaging the bottoms of my foot with her finger pads.

Now add the “cheese grater”/ buffer um look out!

 

[BlueLine7045]

Idk where these ticklish women are, but every time I go for a pedicure with my wife, no one else in there seems to be freaking out or experiencing a ticklish reaction. My wife squirms and giggles a bit, which is fun. But I have been going for a couple years now with her and can count on one hand thr number of times I have seen ticklish reactions (not counting my wife)

 

[milagros317]

My favourite picture abour a extremely ticklish lady during pedicure

Great photo!

 

[LerLee]

I like this topic.

My wife has very ticklish feet. She always laughs uncontrollably when I tickle her there and is not able to hold back her laughter for more than 1-2 seconds.

However she never laughs during a pedicure. She might squirm a bit or make a face showing that she is trying not to laugh but is able to control herself.

I have asked her more than a couple of times how she is able to hold back her laughter. She admits that it tickles but because she knows that the pedicurist is not trying to tickle her she is able to control herself.

My wife and I are both ticklish on our feet but she agrees that is a tad more ticklish there than me. I’ve gotten a pedicure a few times with her and I start laughing. Not super loud laughter but enough for the pedicurist to notice that she is tickling me.

What is interesting is that while my wife’s feet are more ticklish than mine, she is able to control herself but I can’t.

I’ve only seen a couple of ladies laugh while getting a pedicure while the large majority of ladies that I have tickled have ticklish feet. I get, the math doesn’t add up.

 

[Mister Creosote]

I like this topic.

My wife has very ticklish feet. She always laughs uncontrollably when I tickle her there and is not able to hold back her laughter for more than 1-2 seconds.

However she never laughs during a pedicure. She might squirm a bit or make a face showing that she is trying not to laugh but is able to control herself.

I have asked her more than a couple of times how she is able to hold back her laughter. She admits that it tickles but because she knows that the pedicurist is not trying to tickle her she is able to control herself.

My wife and I are both ticklish on our feet but she agrees that is a tad more ticklish there than me. I’ve gotten a pedicure a few times with her and I start laughing. Not super loud laughter but enough for the pedicurist to notice that she is tickling me.

What is interesting is that while my wife’s feet are more ticklish than mine, she is able to control herself but I can’t.

I’ve only seen a couple of ladies laugh while getting a pedicure while the large majority of ladies that I have tickled have ticklish feet. I get, the math doesn’t add up.

Interesting reaction to a pedicure but I'm curious, Sir. When you claim that during the pedicure your wife, " might squirm a bit or make a face that she's trying not to laugh," do you mean she's consciously concentrating on not laughing, like struggling not to and she's worried that if the doesn't concentrate on not laughing, that a giggle or 2 might actually slip out? If that question makes any sense at all, lol. 😉

 

[Sigma]

Yeah my wife and I actually have a pedicure scheduled today! Were both ticklish, but I'm way worse. Despite that, I actually find it difficult to laugh while getting a pedicure. There is a strong psychological factor for me at least.

I think there are also many parts to being ticklish that people commonly lump into just being ticklish. I'll liken it to pain - there is a threshold (when does something start to become ticklish) and a tolerance (limit before you react). Naturally there are more things than just that too: mood, chemicals (adrenaline), etc.

 

[Mister Creosote]

Yeah my wife and I actually have a pedicure scheduled today! Were both ticklish, but I'm way worse. Despite that, I actually find it difficult to laugh while getting a pedicure. There is a strong psychological factor for me at least.

I think there are also many parts to being ticklish that people commonly lump into just being ticklish. I'll liken it to pain - there is a threshold (when does something start to become ticklish) and a tolerance (limit before you react). Naturally there are more things than just that too: mood, chemicals (adrenaline), etc.

Thank you Sigma but my question was actually directed to LeeLer, sorry for the confusion.

 

[Sigma]

Thank you Sigma but my question was actually directed to LeeLer, sorry for the confusion.

I'm sorry, I was trying to respond to the thread as a whole. I didn't mean to make it sound like I was responding to you.

 

[Mister Creosote]

I'm sorry, I was trying to respond to the thread as a whole. I didn't mean to make it sound like I was responding to you.

Oh not a problem, I understand perfectly. Again I need to specify who I'm addressing specific questions to, that's totally on me!

 

[LerLee]

Interesting reaction to a pedicure but I'm curious, Sir. When you claim that during the pedicure your wife, " might squirm a bit or make a face that she's trying not to laugh," do you mean she's consciously concentrating on not laughing, like struggling not to and she's worried that if the doesn't concentrate on not laughing, that a giggle or 2 might actually slip out? If that question makes any sense at all, lol. 😉

Yes! She has to concentrate on not laughing. She likes to think she is tough and sometimes gets embarrassed when she laughs from being tickled. She has told me that she would not like it if a pedicurist forced laughter out of her.

 

[Mister Creosote]

Yes! She has to concentrate on not laughing. She likes to think she is tough and sometimes gets embarrassed when she laughs from being tickled. She has told me that she would not like it if a pedicurist forced laughter out of her.

Wow, so has a pedicurist ever made her laugh or even giggle slightly in the past, even accidently?

 

[LerLee]

Wow, so has a pedicurist ever made her laugh or even giggle slightly in the past, even accidently?

I don’t think so. However there are funny faces, some squirming, smiling, and to a ticklephile it’s obvious that the bottoms of her feet are ticklish.

 

[SlickBack]

Pedicures won't have an affect on how ticklish a woman's feet are. They also aren't always a good indication on how ticklish their feet will be.

 

[D-Tickler]

I think the first thing to keep in mind is that everyone is different. For some people, being tickled often can help them get used to it similar to the way you are thinking. However, some people seem to never gain any control and are just explosively ticklish all the time. Regarding pedicures specifically, of the very ticklish people I've known that get them, they don't seem to have any special advantages in terms of learning to control themselves, but they do often seem much more sensitive on their feet due to the thin, healthy skin resulting from the pedicures. There's also differences between the application of touch during a pedicure and during tickling, as well as a big difference in the mood and state of mind between the two activities. So while a lot of people do find pedicures ticklish, not all very ticklish people do because of those and possibly other factors. I still find it so surprising how there seems to be such a fine line in the type of touch, the mood, and the state of mind the lee is in, as to whether something feels pleasurable, neutral, or ticklish. I can massage my wife's feet and she'll just melt into deep relaxation. Conversely, I can change my motion or pressure ever so slightly (but intentionally 😈), and she'll try to kick me off with violent force while squealing. Other times, if I've convinced her I'm going to tickle her, it almost doesn't matter how I touch her–It's going to tickle.

I’ve had one pedicure, knowing my feet are pretty ticklish. There was only one part where the woman scrubbed the soles of my feet with a pumice sponge. My foot flexed away because it tickled, but only for a second or two, then I got through the rest of the scrubbing with no flinching or giggles. I have friends who are more ticklish than me and crack up laughing while getting pedicures, but I don’t think that stops them from getting pedicures.

Yeah my wife and I actually have a pedicure scheduled today! Were both ticklish, but I'm way worse. Despite that, I actually find it difficult to laugh while getting a pedicure. There is a strong psychological factor for me at least.

I think there are also many parts to being ticklish that people commonly lump into just being ticklish. I'll liken it to pain - there is a threshold (when does something start to become ticklish) and a tolerance (limit before you react). Naturally there are more things than just that too: mood, chemicals (adrenaline), etc.

Pedicures won't have an affect on how ticklish a woman's feet are. They also aren't always a good indication on how ticklish their feet will be.

I'm definitely in line with you guys.
Ticklish reactions are caused & influenced by many factors.
Many ppl may get ticklish on their feet by most ways of foot tickling but not by pedicure.
Also, a considerable number of ppl are able to gradually get used to the feeling of pedicure through getting pedicure for times.

 

[AshleyC]

the scrub part of a pedicure destroys me. I squirm in the chair, I don’t really laugh loud but I do giggle and squirm all over. But there were a few instances when the girl would do it and I know she is doing it a little longer on purpose and when that happens I laugh loud and have told them ok ok enough please and she has stopped, giggling, saying “you are so ticklish” sooooo embarrassed lol

 

[Sigma]

the scrub part of a pedicure destroys me. I squirm in the chair, I don’t really laugh loud but I do giggle and squirm all over. But there were a few instances when the girl would do it and I know she is doing it a little longer on purpose and when that happens I laugh loud and have told them ok ok enough please and she has stopped, giggling, saying “you are so ticklish” sooooo embarrassed lol

That sounds like fun; I'm jealous. I'm not shy/embarrassed about these things and hope someday that'll be me.

I never filled in the details from my last pedicure (it was just yesterday) and for the few of you that might be interested in such details, I'll share what I noticed that seemed new. I would say I squirmed slightly more than usual and found the massage portion slightly ticklish too (new), and mild tingles in my ankles and calves (new)... but nothing too embarrassing nor near as bad as your reaction.

Shameless plug for why I thought it could change for me: see my "conditioning to cum from tickling" thread/experiment (you can search for that thread if interested). There is a lot of training I've been doing that could influence how I react getting a pedicure: classical conditioning, hypnosis with post-hypnotic suggestions, yoga with eyes-closed one legged balance, and a few more things (this getting too off topic), but other confounding factors include

• my feet were sore (20 minutes one legged, barefoot balancing hurts until you're used to it),
• there is also the chance for perception bias (I only noticed something because I paid more attention),
• there is also a chance for confirmation bias (asymmetric attention to detail that tends to support what I want the outcome to be).

For those of you interested, I've been keeping a daily journal and will be making a post sometime shortly after work Friday April 17 (Pacific time).

 

[RickyN]

I would say from an anecdotal experience pedicures can be good for some accidental tickling but its not necessarily an indicator of ticklishness.

My wife has very ticklish feet, she rarely gets pedicures because shes afraid they'll tickle her too much but shes never actually found any pedicures ticklish

An ex girlfriend also had ticklish feet and when getting a pedicure asks them not to scrub her feet but she still finds them filing and painting her toes ticklish

Another girl I dated had very ticklish feet and again would ask them to skip the scrubbing and just do the filing and painting but doesnt find that ticklish

A friend of mine also has ticklish feet and finds pedicures very ticklish

From a purely anecdotal perspective I dont think its an indicator of ticklish as all 4 girls have ticklish feet but it can be ticklish for some people