Yes - you read that correctly. The newest spa treatment to become fashionable is FISH PEDICURES. This is the stuff of nightmares, everyone.
As if a plain old foot scraper isn’t horrific enough, some marketing genius has decided that a more effective way to slough off dead skin from your feet is to have a bunch of creepy fish nibble all of it off. THAT IS SICK AND WRONG.
One insane brave person who actually had this done said, “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.”
Only here’s the thing, brave person. It wasn’t SOMEBODY that got rid of your calluses. It was a bunch of creepy carp. So basically you paid $50 to become fish food for 1/2 an hour.
Apparently, if this wasn’t weird enough, this particular spa owner wants to develop a FULL BODY FISH TREATMENT, to treat skin conditions like psoriasis.
You know who probably will love these? Celebrities. This is right up the alley of the colonics-loving crowd.
I’d heard about this as treatment for dermatitis…
I actually feel sorry for the fish. Stinky sweaty crusty feet chunks for food! EW!!!
Apparently, ya’ll haven’t been watching “I survived a Japanese game show.” The second week (I think) the winning team’s prize was a spa day, including doctor fish.
Those look like man legs. Holmsey?
Gross Out Warning!
When I read about the spa owner’s plans for a full-body fish treatment, all I could think of was that weird little “toothpick” fish in the Amazon River that likes to swim up through the urethra and take up residence in the bladder, where it anchors itself with its sharp little spines and generally requires surgical removal. I think I could stand to let the little doctor fish nibble on my feet - maybe for about a minute - but NO WAY could I get into a tub with them! I’d be too worried about one of ‘em making an unwanted house call somewhere.
And, Pris, I’m with you. I sort of feel sorry for the fish dining on crusty foot skin. Bleh.
So I guess if you have really bad callouses they can swap out the carp for some pirhanas?
How can you feel bad for the fish? They normally eat rotting guts from other fish, worms, garbage and anything else dead and decaying. This is like fresh food for them. Hey Nemo, dinner time. Get it while it lasts.
And when the fish get big you can have a fish fry.
This is one of my biggest fears. I very very very rarely get in a natural body of water for fear that fish will nibble on me toes. Yes, it’s completely irrational. But still a very real fear. You’d be hard pressed to find a picture of me in anything but chlorinated water, the way God intended.
I’ll second that Olivia! And that pic really creeps me out!
That picture IS creepy! It looks like the fish are growing out of her feet!! EEEWWW!
So, this is what little carp fish can do? I am signing up for the blowfish treatment!!!!