I did the same thing. I used to hate how hard they had to work to scrub the dead skin off my feet. I tipped well for the work they had to do. She also used a type of acid stuff that she spread on my soles, let it sit, then it helped scrub more skin off.
Since I've been using the ped egg, I finally went to get pedicure again last week. She still put that stuff on my feet, but she didn't scrub nearly as much and they look really good now.
I love my ped egg. My mom bought one too!