Fish Snacking on Feet? the Latest Spa Craze (MERGED)

[Edible Napalm]

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A new spa service known as 'Dr. Fish' offers clients the opportunity to have tiny fish eat the dead skin off of their feet. The AP's Lila Ibrahim checked it out, and filed this report.

Fucking gross.

[foyb]

This has been done for a while as a treatment for psoriasis.

[Sinn Fein]

I smell a bit. Send Big A and Pat from Moonachie down there.

[Voss's Tumor]

I smell a bit. Send Big A and Pat from Moonachie down there.

The fish would have to invent their own version of Nathan's Eating Contest for that event.

[Stalker2]

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Loopy Broads: Patsy Fisher, 42, of Crofton, Md., center, checks on the progress of KaNin Reese, 32, of Washington, with Tracy Roberts, 33, of Rockville, Md., left, as they indulge in a fish pedicure treatment at Yvonne Hair and Nails salon in Alexandria, Va.
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Tiny carp nibble your toes in fishy pedicure

Va. spa uses 'doctor fish' to rid clients of scaly skin — but do they polish?

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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia - Ready for the latest in spa pampering? Prepare to dunk your feet in a tank of water and let tiny carp nibble away.
Fish pedicures are creating something of a splash in the Washington D.C. area, where a northern Virginia spa has been offering them for the past four months. John Ho, who runs the Yvonne Hair and Nails salon with his wife, Yvonne Le, said 5,000 people have taken the plunge so far.
"This is a good treatment for everyone who likes to have nice feet," Ho said.

e said he wanted to come up with something unique while finding a replacement for pedicures that use razors to scrape off dead skin. The razors have fallen out of favor with state regulators because of concerns about whether they're sanitary.
Ho was skeptical at first about the fish, which are called garra rufa but typically known as doctor fish. They were first used in Turkey and have become popular in some Asian countries.
But Ho doubted they would thrive in the warm water needed for a comfortable footbath. And he didn't know if customers would like the idea.
"I know people were a little intimidated at first," Ho said. "But I just said, 'Let's give it a shot.' "
Customers were quickly hooked.
Tracy Roberts, 33, heard about it on a local radio show. She said it was "the best pedicure I ever had" and has spread the word to friends and co-workers.
"I'd been an athlete all my life, so I've always had calluses on my feet. This was the first time somebody got rid of my calluses completely," she said.
'Feels like your foot's asleep'
First time customer KaNin Reese, 32, described the tingling sensation created by the toothless fish: "It kind of feels like your foot's asleep," she said.
The fish don't do the job alone. After 15 to 30 minutes in the tank, customers get a standard pedicure, made easier by the soft skin the doctor fish leave behind.
Ho believes his is the only salon in the country to offer the treatment, which costs $35 for 15 minutes and $50 for 30 minutes. The spa has more than 1,000 fish, with about 100 in each individual pedicure tank at any given time.
Dennis Arnold, a podiatrist who four years ago established the International Pedicure Association, said he had never heard of the treatment and doubts it will become widespread.
"I think most people would be afraid of it," he said.

LINK: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25783483?GT1=43001

[MrBogey]

I get the same thing if I cut back a little on food for my goldfish/koi and stick my hand in.

[VMS]

There was a hotel during my trip in China that had this. It was pretty gross, so I avoided it.

But they had it for free to all the guests. You just had to take off your shoes and dip your feet in. Then again, this was also the same night where we had the option of going to a "ladyboy" show.

It sounds pussified, but I avoided that trip NOT because ladyboys freak me out (even though they do, a little), but because it's a fucking crime how those poor freaks are treated. If people stopped going to those shows, fewer of them would be mutilated so all their money could be sent back to the families that disowned them...

[Butter Nuggets]

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with Tracy Roberts, 33, of Rockville, Md., left,


Tracy Roberts, 33, heard about it on a local radio show. She said it was "the best pedicure I ever had" and has spread the word to friends and co-workers.
"I'd been an athlete all my life, so I've always had calluses on my feet.

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[Vyce]

But they had it for free to all the guests. You just had to take off your shoes and dip your feet in. Then again, this was also the same night where we had the option of going to a "ladyboy" show.


Hot. Let me know where I can find that.

[d0uche_n0zzle]

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Give the fat tub o' lard a break, she's taking a break from training...:icon_wink

[WOWmagnet]

They'll never get the stink out of those fish!!!

[Hudson]

I smell a bit. Send Big A and Pat from Moonachie down there. but substitute the fish for Pirhanna in the tubs and hilarity ensues.

[Hudson]

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Think the fish looked up and thought...Damn we are set for food for generations! PARTY!!!!!??????????

[al885]

drop some piranha into that tank

[Razor Roman]

I smell a bit. Send Big A and Pat from Moonachie down there.

That's not all you smell.

ugh.

can they do something about my fucking ingrown toenail?