Free nail and foot-care visit kit
Go to your next nail-care visit with your questions ready.
Describe what you noticed in plain words, choose your questions for the professional you are seeing, and keep what you are told in one place, for free.
Free. Enter your first name and email, reply VERIFY to our short email, and we email you the kit. No account, no health details, nothing for sale.
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For adults and caregivers
Not sure where to start?
| Your situation | Start here |
|---|---|
| I have a visit booked | The free Nail and Foot-Care Visit Kit: nail map, photo log, medicines list and questions for your type of visit. Or browse 42 question prompts for wording. |
| I just had a visit | Care Instruction Capture Template: the wording you were given, your understanding and what to clarify. Something still unclear afterward? The Nail-Care Follow-Up Workbook helps you ask the office and record the reply. |
| I am helping someone, with their permission | Caregiver handover page, in the pack builder that comes with the free kit: roles, what they want help with, and what stays their decision. |
| I have not booked yet and am not sure who to see | Who looks at nails and feet: podiatrists, dermatologists, primary care and nail technicians, from cited sources. |
Free resource · version 2.1
The Nail and Foot-Care Visit Kit
One 24-page kit that takes you from “who do I even ask?” to “everything from the visit is filed.” Print it and write by hand, or type into it on screen.
What you can do with it
- Book the right visit. Who looks at nails and feet, in the words of the AAD, APMA and the NHS, plus booking call notes: referral, network, what you will pay and whether a test is billed separately.
- Describe what you noticed. A map of all 20 nails with a code for each (RF1 is the right big toe), and plain-word prompts for color, shape, surface, when it started and what changed. Observation only: it never asks you to guess a cause.
- Ask the right questions. 58 questions with no repeats: for any visit, then for primary care, a podiatrist, a dermatologist or a nail technician, each tied to the AAD, APMA, MedlinePlus or NHS page that prompted it. Then your top three, with space for the answers.
- Keep photos comparable. The same three shots each time, from AAD and NHS guidance, and a log to keep each set in order.
- Bring an accurate list. Medicines, supplements, nail and foot products and salon services, copied from the label.
- Leave with it written down. A visit record in the words you were given, a follow-up tracker for results and calls, notes between visits, and a permission-first caregiver handover.
- See it done. A filled-in fictional toenail visit, pocket cards, a twelve-week filing index and every source, with links.
Email me the free kit
US Letter and A4 PDF, editable DOCX, or one ZIP with all three. General education and organizing help, not medical advice.
Second free resource · for after the visit
The Nail-Care Follow-Up Workbook
When a handout, your memory and a reminder do not agree, turn one unclear line into a dated reply and an agreed next step.
What is inside
- A 6-page workbook. Separate the wording you were given from your own understanding, ask the office one specific question, and record the reply with its date and source.
- Three fill-in scripts. Ask for clarification, record an agreed next step, and hand over to a helper with permission.
- A 1-page follow-up sheet. Seven short boxes for one visit and one question; print a fresh copy each time.
US Letter PDFs to print and write on. Organizing help, not medical advice. If a visit is still coming up, start with the visit kit above.
Before, during and after
Three moments, one set of pages.
Prepare
Fill in a short visit snapshot and choose your three questions from neutral prompts.
Capture
Write instructions in the words you are given, apart from your own understanding.
Follow up
Record the agreed next step and file your pages with the twelve-week index.
Organizing help only: no diagnosis, treatment or remedies. Our scope
What a nail-care visit is for
Nail changes are not always easy to tell apart. The American Academy of Dermatology notes that another nail condition, such as nail psoriasis or a nail injury, can look like nail fungus, and that a dermatologist may examine the nails and sometimes take a small sample to look at under a microscope. That is why a professional assessment matters, and why it helps to arrive with clear questions rather than a guess.
Our page on what a nail or foot visit may involve summarizes what professional and government health sources describe. Then browse the question prompts and choose your three.
Everything here is free
The 24-page visit kit (PDF and DOCX), three shorter quick-start files (a five-page planner and two two-page templates), a blank pack builder, 42 question prompts and a reminder file. The downloads, the pack builder and the reminder file ask only for your first name and email, plus a VERIFY reply; the prompts are free to browse. No account or health details.
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Write one question
Choose what you want to ask. You do not need to know the cause first.
Record what you heard
Keep instructions and questions to clarify in separate places.
Keep your notes private
Save completed pages with your own paperwork.
Review the week
Pick one follow-up question or filing action.
Practical help for your next conversation
Visit the blogThree questions to write before a nail-care appointment
Describe what you noticed, choose three focused questions, and keep the answers with them.
Read articleA simple way to keep appointment instructions organized
Record what you heard, mark your own understanding, and note what you want clarified.
Read articleNeed a way to carry or file your notes?
Our buying guides explain what to check before buying a binder, clipboard, pen or printer. Your existing supplies may be enough.
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Organization tools, not medical advice. This page helps you prepare questions and keep notes. It does not diagnose a nail condition, recommend a treatment or promise a result. For an assessment, speak with a qualified health professional. Educational and medical scope
Sources and editorial notes
- American Academy of Dermatology, Nail fungus: diagnosis and treatment, retrieved October 19, 2026.
General education, not medical advice. Not clinically reviewed. See our Editorial Policy.
Start with one question.
Browse 42 free question prompts, then write your top three in your own words, most important first.
Free to browse. Making and printing your question page comes with the free kit sign-up.