Taking your Tootsies to Tuna Town

By Lauren Sivan

I've always been a sucker for the latest beauty trend no matter how unorthodox or embarrassing. I've used hemorrhoid creme on my face, mayo in my hair and more than once stood stark nude in front a stranger with an air-brush machine for a fake golden tan. 

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So you can imagine my excitement when I heard about the latest novelty in pedicures: flesh eating fish! A salon in the DC area offers customers the chance to dunk their feet in a tank of warm water with hundreds of voracious carp that eat your dead skin cells. The Salon owner says it's a great way to get rid of calluses without the use of unsanitary razors, files or belt-sanders.

The Garra Rufa fish are also known as "doctor fish." They don't have teeth so feasting off your soles supposedly doesn't hurt. Salon owner John Ho says at first he had up to 8 people dunking their feet in the same tank but all the fish would swarm around the person with the most disgusting feet dead skin so now everyone gets their own tank with about 100 of these toothless carp.

Ho says customers rave about how smooth and supple their tootsies are after a 30 minute swim with the fishes and for $50 bucks, they better be.   

What's next? A hot steamy facial using the balmy breath of a Labrador retriever? I'll try anything once.

Comments

[James Bond]

Lauren, if my friend Mr. Goldfinger ever offers you a golden "tan", please JUST SAY NO !

[Dr. No]

Miss Sivan is SO awfully enchanting, my fellow blogmates, is she not ?

[Dr. Scholl]

Maybe my "Callus Remover" pads would be a lot cheaper ( and safer ) for you, Lauren ? Don't you think so ?

[Ernst Stavro Blofeld]

Great blog, Lauren, but just make sure that those "doctor fish" aren't flesh-eating piranhas or your perfect pedicure may end up leaving you shorter by a couple of feet ! OUCH !!

[joe]

Hey Lauren, i guess if i wanted to go to this guys salon, i would have no choice but to go for the 50 buck carp treatment. I mean the salon owner said he uses unsanitary razors, dang, how many people does he use one razor on before discarding it? As much as women like to wear those tight high heal shoes, the carp will have a major job. He also has hammerhead sharks to get rid of those hammer toes.
On another note, I would like to apply for an assistant position for the guy offering you a free naked tan. I would work for free and would like the position of quality control, hehe!!!!!!!

[larry c j]

HI LAUREN
Good blog,but people dunking there feet in water with a bunch of fish don't sound to good to me.Lauren I don't think you would want to try that, thay would be good for when you go fishing that's about all,It must have bin something when 8 people had there dirty crappy feet in the same tank .the good doctor shod just go fishing.
Lauren you take care.

[Bruce Wayne]

To the Batcave, Lauren !

[Marlon Brando]

You're WAY too sexy for your shirt, Lauren ! WAY too sexy for your hat !

[Try it, you'll like it !]

You're an adventurous spirit after my own heart, Lauren Sivan ! I myself actually put Hellman's mayonnaise on my hemorrhoids and Preparation H in my tuna fish salad and everybody always compliments me. ( On the tuna fish salad, of course. ) And by the way, Lauren, I got a brand new deluxe air-brush machine and I'd be happy to give you a fabulous fake tan anytime. For FREE !!!

[Even Bigger Fan]

Keep up the good work

[Your biggest fan]

You're the best!