Beauty is Pain

This blog is dedicated to the women who put themselves through the agonizing process of keeping their feet beautiful for us all. Sorry for your suffering, but take comfort in knowing that we enjoy every second of it! Main blog: @solleticomostro

[city-tickles]

Is it true that professional pedicures can be ticklish?

Hi!

Yes. They can be very ticklish but not everyone laughs out loud or is hysterical. A lot that can hold it in.

For me, certain spots tickle but rarely have I laughed out loud during it. And if I did, it was quick. In person, I’ve only seen a couple people giggle or mention it tickle. But I have friends who lose it when they’re going through a pedi 😂

[city-tickles]

In response to the person who asked you if pedicures are ticklish, I can vouch for them being super ticklish lol I’m extremely ticklish on my feet and the scrubbing part is so ticklish! I’m usually good at holding in my laughter during pedicures because I get embarrassed, especially if I go with friends. I just got a pedicure done today and it was probably the most ticklish pedicure I’ve ever had. I was trying my best to hold in my laughter and the guy doing my pedicure asked if I was ticklish and I was like oh a little

Hi!

Hahaha! Poor you 😂 At least you got through it 😅

[nyaaaomi]

i’ve never gotten a pedicure before

[pedicuretorture]

"You'll grow out of it when you get older"

[pedicuretorture]

When it’s your first pedicure of the summer and they are scraping through months of dead skin and you’re fighting for your life not to crack a smile or move your foot

[tklmeadi]

Waiting to get a pedicure and there’s another girl in here laughing her ass off while getting her feet scrubbed and I looked up and made eye contact with her lmfao

It’s ok twin, that’s about to be me too👯🏻‍♀️

I got nervous ngl 💀😭

[lilchai-deactivated20160611]

as a welcome back present my dad took me to get a pedicure aka DEATH It took everything in me not to scream

[dancingfeather]

Now let’s do the same he does with a brush @lilchai :p

[pedicuretorture]

Old but gold post I just came across… I will now be daydreaming for the day wondering if this still gets her as bad as then 😉

[solleticomostro]

Do you still smile/laugh during “that” part of a pedicure? Be honest.

Yup. Crack every time. Can’t help myself

Nope. Completely cool. Or at least I look it

Voting ended onJun 2

[pedicuretorture]

I think some of you are lying 🤨

[yourlittlettoy]

Would love to hear a bit more about some of these pedicure experiences you speak of 🫣

Honestly just having my feet handled in any way already makes me nervous about t-word lol. All parts of a pedi already have t-word risk, but the exfoliation part in particular never fails to do it 🥴 it’s the ultimate challenge for my stoicism lmao. Honestly I wouldn’t be able to do it if I wasn’t truly terrified of the thought of needing to explain my flinching.. and so out of sheer desperation I summon all the willpower, grit my teeth, and focus on my breathing LMAO. Usually I can make it through with enough mental prep XD !

If you’re looking for a story about one particular experience 👀 ..

One time I went to get a pedi with @puzz-ler and of course the one time I go with someone who knows all my secrets, the guy doing my pedi literally straight up asked “r u t-wordish?” AHDKS AND I WAS LIKE I GUESS MAYBE and he like kept talking about how it’s gonna tword LIKE

Before he did the scrubbing part he was like “ooOoOoo here comes the tortureee~” LMAO LIKE im over here looking at Rad like 😨🫨😵 CAUSE WHY IS HE TALKING LIKE THIS IS THIS REAL LIFE LMAO

So all this freaking lead up and fluster destroyed my resolve and I wasn’t able to be so stoic 🥴. JUST THIS ONE TIME 😤😫

[yourgothgflee]

Do pedicures tickle for you?

They can!

[pedicuretorture]

I know the soles of your feet are soft enough that you don’t need them exfoliated, but you should still get to see what it feels like just in case you need it one day and need to be prepared.

Oh, your feet are ticklish and that’s why you don’t want them scrubbed? Interesting…

[pedicuretorture]

I wonder if any of the techs try to make it tickle worse once they discover a client has ticklish feet lol

I'm certainly positive that some of them do this, along with the ones that may take it easy on someone if they know they are ticklish.

What I also think a lot of people overlook are the ones that will try a little harder to tickle someone if they don't see a reaction out of them right away, or at all. I've heard some stories about people saying that their nail tech is trying to get a laugh or a flinch out of them when it isn't happening.

What have your experiences been with this?

Nail tech knows I'm ticklish and tries to make it less ticklish

Nail tech knows I'm ticklish and tries to tickle me more

Nail tech tries to get me to react when I'm not and fails

Nail tech tries to get me to react when I'm not and succeeds

Nail tech tickles me completely by accident but shows no remorse

Nail tech looks impressed if I don't react

Voting ended onFeb 13

[lawyerlee]

CHAT I’M SCARED

[pedicuretorture]

Death, taxes, and involuntarily flinching when they scrub under the balls of your feet during a pedicure

[solesparklestudio]

[pedicuretorture]

🥵😈 what is better than watching someone be subjected to this and seeing how they tolerate it?

[pedicuretorture]

The Face of Defeat!

Have you ever been this down bad during a pedicure?

Yup. They have me like this just about every time

This is me internally but I tone down my reaction or try to hide it

Nope. Cool as a cucumber

Voting ended onDec 25, 2025

[pedicuretorture]

“My older sister used to be so annoying and embarrass me every time we would go and get pedicures because she would tell me I was being “weak” and “such a baby” every time I would pull my foot away during the scrub. Every single time. And it really bothered me. No matter how much I tried to get used to it, I couldn’t help but flinch and pull away when they would hit certain spots. I knew she was ticklish too, but she was somehow so good at holding it in and not showing any signs of weakness that it made it so much worse for me. Usually I was the only one in the salon not sitting through it without a reaction.

Over the years I’ve gotten much better with this. The pumice stone still tickles pretty badly, but I’ve been working at training my reflexes not to overreact and I can at least keep my leg fully extended out the entire time they are doing the scrubbing.

Me and my sister don’t go together anymore since we don’t live together now, but it came up the other day and she was making fun of me again. When I told her I don’t pull away anymore, she didn’t believe me. I told her next time I went I would take a video of it and prove it to her, and so I did. I just hope that this doesn’t end up on some weird foot corner of the internet somehow because I hate when people see my feet with no polish.”