By now, you have likely heard about the fish pedicure being performed by a Virginia salon (since getting so much press, it is now being offered in other salons, including one in central Ohio). Toothless carp eat the dead skin off your feet, which, according to much of the coverage, is "natural" and "perfectly healthy." But according to Nails Magazine, the practice "is contrary to all standards and beliefs of the International Nail Technicians Association (INTA) and its Pedicure Equipment Cleaning and Disinfecting Procedures." According to coverage of the service in the media, it's sanitary but no products are used in order to protect the health of the fish — but the INTA is more concerned that the salons aren't disinfecting the fish tank properly.
In other ridiculous animal-related beauty service news, Tyra had Ada Barack, purveyor of the snake massage in Israel, on her show and completely freaked out. To watch the clip, read more.
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EW...seriously? I don't need fish eating my dead skin...gross
1Lol, no wonder WHY she freaked...thats gross!
2That is freaking disgusting!!! Who in their right mind would do this??
3Ummmmm, yea, ewwwwww on both accounts!!!!!
4Gross.
5OMG I'm terrified of snakes-I am not sleeping tonight thanks to that video!!
6So sick.
7I saw the fish eating the dead skin and I was intrested and they I thougth about the cleaning of the water and all the other gross stuff. I will not be doing this anytime soon.
8wouldn't the fish tickle helluva lot more than a metal scrubber just getting the job done in 2 min rather than 30 min feedings?
9Eeewwww! What are people thinking? This is insane!
10Ewww.
11Gross...why not just get a normal pedicure? It generally gets the job done perfectly fine.
12Ohhh my goodness, I would have freaked out too, just watching that video made my skin crawl!! And I think having fish eat my dead skin would, too. Bleh.
13eww eww eww, not only is that crazy disgusting, but fish freak me out so this is a double *wtf* for me...
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