This beauty treatment is like a pedicure only insofar as your feet go into a tub of water.
If you’re suddenly feeling morbidly curious and have to know more, we’re here to help.
Here’s everything you don’t know about fish spa pedicures.
Actress Mena Suvari also gave it a go in 2012 when she visited Topshop in the UK.
It was a bit weird."
If you assumed they’re using your body for lunch, you’d be right.
“It kisses your skin,” salon employee Leah Le toldNPR.
“But more it just sucks off your dry skin.”
So just imagine thousands of tiny, underwater vacuum cleaners attached to your feet.
If you’re wondering whether this has moral implications, you aren’t alone.
Klein agreed, calling it “quite sad.”
If so, you know how weird it can feel.
Now imagine a bunch of fish doing that all at once.
while her sister Kourtney sits calmly beside her.
Let’s just say that for some people, the sensation may take some getting used to.
“When you go in, you just gotta laugh,” he toldNPR.
“I have people who laugh ‘til their tears come out.
I don’t think money can pay for that, you know what I mean.”
Well, there certainly areotherways toget a good laugh.
Still, people swear by them.
One fish spa pedicure patron named Kelly Jackson toldNPR, “Your feet never felt so clean.”
How clean can a fish’s mouth be?
Not to mention, the fish themselves may be carrying diseases.
This is due in part to the fact that fish don’t exactly have a litter box.
While these “doctor fish” are nibbling on your feet, they’re also going to the bathroom.
All that waste is floating around your feet.
Do you have any of these medical conditions?
Then, just avoid fish spas!
According to a 2012 report from the U.S. Worth it for a pedicure?
Not according to the states where they’re banned.
