I usually don’t do reviews.

But after buying a Ped Egg Pro, I realized I was actually equipped to write one. So here it is.

My Ped Egg Review:

AD CLAIMS:

Safe to touch
Beautiful feet after ONE use!
No mess

So, could it put up to the claiming? Here’s what I found:

Safe? Yes, with normal handling. It is a type of blade, though, so if you try hard enough to cut yourself with it, it could happen.

Beautiful feet with one use?? Well…that depends on your feet! If you usually wear shoes outside, and slippers inside, then yeah. The Ped Egg will have no trouble taking care of that, and the “emery pad” will put on a nice, smooth finish. If, on the other hand, you are like me and like to go barefoot everywhere…using shoes only to gain admission into stores, rather than for style or to protect your feet, then it will take several uses to get the buildup of callus off.

On the other hand, if you do like to go barefoot all the time, you won’t *want* all the callus off, since that is nature’s “shoe” that is protecting your feet.

It is easy to control how much callus you remove with the PedEgg, so you can take it all off if you want or leave some so that the gravel doesn’t feel like knives when you go outside barefoot

I would recommend applying some kind of moisturizer after using the Ped Egg. Your feet will detect the increased moisture loss (callus does not lose moisture as fast as “new” skin) and form a hard surface quickly, if a lotion, petroleum jelly, or the like is not applied to keep that moisture in.

No Mess? It’s a lot less messy than a method that doesn’t have some kind of container, that’s for sure! But the Laws of Physics still apply–if you hold the Ped Egg with the openings (the “blade” side) down, some shavings will leak out. However, most of the callus-shaving operation can be done in such a way that the openings aren’t facing directly downwards.

The egg shape does make it easy to hold and control, and it’s very easy to use.

Overall I give the Ped Egg Pro 4.5 out of 5 stars.

Sensitive teeth can make contact with even the most mundane-seeming foods into painful encounters. Either too hot or too cold, and they go off–and that’s not even mentioning the “usual suspects” like sugar and other sticky foods!

So, short of going to the dentist, what can be done to stop the sensitivity? One thing that can help is toothpaste made especially for calming sensitive teeth.

Years ago, I had a type of toothpaste recommended to me which was popular at the time and probably is still the most well-known brand. After a few weeks, it did work, but the problem was, it tasted like SOAP! Really nasty!! Needless to say I did not use that stuff for long.

So, when I recently got a sample of the new Biotene Sensitive toothpaste, of course, the first thing I paid attention to was the taste.

They did a great job of covering up the soapy flavor of the active ingredients. However, they covered it with a super-sweet, kiddie-toothpaste flavor! That is still a great improvement over soap, though. And, the sweetness comes from Xylitol, not sugar, so it’s not counterproductive.

The flavor isn’t the only improvement over the old brands, though. Biotene also has an enzyme complex which counteracts the effects of dry mouth, and inhibits “harmful bacteria growth found in oral infections and gingivitis.” These infections are often the problem which made the teeth sensitive to begin with. So, by inhibiting them, Biotene actually helps resolve the problem–unlike competing products, which just mask it.

It also uses the most effective active ingredient for tooth sensitivity, potassium nitrate.

If you need a sensitive toothpaste and want one that both helps solve the problem and doesn’t taste soapy, Biotene Sensitive is a good pick.