Fish Pedicures

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday July 22, 2008 @06:53AM from the open-mouth-insert-fish dept.

A northern Virginia spa is making big waves by offering fish pedicures. John Ho and Yvonne Le have been offering the treatments for four months in their salon, Yvonne Hair and Nails. Customers place their feet in tanks of water where tiny carp eat the dead skin. The couple says over 5,000 people have had the skin eaten off their feet so far and John hopes to start a chain of Doctor Fish Massage franchises and is evaluating a full-body fish treatment. I think Mr. Ho is on to something here. It shouldn't be that hard to teach my lab to give French manicures, she chews on her own nails all the time.

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rest by f1vlad · 2008-07-22 14:09 · Score: 1

Test one ttwo three

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Also used for real by dk90406 · 2008-07-23 07:01 · Score: 1

This kind of treatment is also used for persons with skin diseases. I think that Psoriasis patients actually benefit from resting in a tub with skin eating fish.
Local branch by Anonymous Coward · 2008-07-29 03:24 · Score: 0

I'm going to open a local branch with some fish my mother-in-law got me. Piranhas work just as well as carps, right?