From Alexandria, Virginia, comes news of a new pedicure treatment that uses garra rufa, or doctor fish, to “nibble” dead skin from feet.
As usual, entrepreneurs are a step ahead of government regulators:
State regulations make no provision for regulating fish pedicures. But the county health department — which does regulate pools — required the salon to switch from a shallow, tiled communal pool that served as many as eight people to individual tanks in which the water is changed for each customer.
The communal pool also presented its own problem: At times the fish would flock to the feet of an individual with a surplus of dead skin, leaving others with a dearth of fish.
“It would sometimes be embarrassing for them but it was also really hilarious,” [salon owner John] Ho said.
Absolutely!! Now what I need is a symbiont to clean my arteries and replace my brain cells. … (Not that I have, but that is after leaching for swelling, and some tape worms to help my over eating….)
I wonder how they do on hands with grease and glue?
L DeGroff
July 24th, 2008