Throw away those old razor blades, pedi-eggs, and pumice stones. Now there is something better for your dry, scaly feet... fish. FISH?
My wife is Taiwanese and I remember last year she was talking about going to some hot springs and having fish eat on our feet. "Say what?" "Yes, honey... they make your feet clean, clean, clean." I have to admit, I was not real excited about this exprience.
Well the latest craze in pampering of the feet at one spa in the D.C. suburbs is to dunk your feet into a warm tank of water and having your tootsies cleaned by little carp.
The tiny carp called garra rufa are known in Asia as Doctor Fish. First used in Turkey they are now very popular in Asia. The fish thrive in hot water which does not support much plant or aquatic life. Therefore these fish feed on whatever food source is available which includes dead, flaking flesh on our feet. They leave live skin alone, because they have no teeth and without teeth, they can't bite into living flesh.
So far, about 5,000 people have taken "the plunge" and tried this new spa rage. This may catch on here in America as some states are beginning to regulate the use of razors to trim callouses which they feel are not sanitary.
"The journey of life is taken one step at a time... none of them should be painful." G.M. Barclay, DPM, AACFAS
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