China: Man receiving a pedicure, Beijing, late Qing Dynasty, c. 1890

In old China pedicures - and pedicurists - were often mobile. The Chinese term for pedicure is 'xiu jiao di'. A pedicure is a way to improve the appearance of the feet and their nails. It provides a similar service to a manicure. The word pedicure refers to superficial cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails and comes from the Latin words pedis, which means 'of the foot', and cura, which means 'care'.

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