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to fancy having a fish pedicure?

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Icelollycraving · 14/05/2011 18:10

I do not like fish near me in the sea but I really fancy those little buggers nibbling off my dead skin. It disgusts me & intrigues me in equal measures! Be nice to get silky tootsies for once!

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bellavita · 14/05/2011 22:05

There wasn't any poo in the tank I used, it was all clear.

EmmaBemma · 14/05/2011 22:08

fish poo (especially from fish that size) is quite small though - you wouldn't necessarily see it. Unlikely that absolutely none of them would have taken a dump in the time between water changes.

ratspeaker · 14/05/2011 22:10

For a really deep clean you need piranha

ivykaty44 · 14/05/2011 22:11

I was in Thaliand 20 years ago and paddled in a waterfall and sat on a rock dangling my feet and legs in the water - the fish came and nibbled my legs where I had been bitten by mossies - it was very tickly but rather nice.

I had no idea this was fish abuse Confused

it was free and I never asked the fish to nibble me - honest gov

CointreauVersial · 14/05/2011 22:11

The idea doesn't bother me in the slightest, but I can't believe those titchy buggers could possibly make any inroads on my corny horny old feet.

Do they really get the dead skin off? They'd have to be piranhas to deal with my crusty heels.

RevoltingPeasant · 14/05/2011 22:13

Anyone who pays, actually pays, to have their feet eaten by fish has more money than sense....

And how do you know the person in front of you didn't have athlete's foot or a verruca? Antibac gel is not magic.

ratspeaker · 14/05/2011 22:13

Sharks to deal with bunions?

ratspeaker · 14/05/2011 22:13

conger eels for corns?

LadyBeagleEyes · 14/05/2011 22:14

And the poo will consists of people's dead skin and other nasty things.
In my local shopping centre it's all sorts of people, from teenage lads to Grannies.
Having a teen myself. I wouldn't vouch for the cleanliness of his feet, and people just pop in on the offchance so who knows when they last had a wash.
It cannot possibly be hygenic.

Sassybeast · 14/05/2011 22:16

Bellavita - I have visions of you leaning in to the tank and asking each fish in a non threatening, tree hugging way to sign a disclaimer swearing that they hadn't pooped in the tank.....

PinkFondantFancy · 14/05/2011 22:17

I'd say you're more likely to catch something grim at the local swimming pool than at a fish spa.... Or at the airport where they seem to have taken to asking people wearing flip-flops to take their shoes off to walk though the scanner

PinkFondantFancy · 14/05/2011 22:18

From the changing room floor and showers that is, rather than the pool of water....

bellavita · 14/05/2011 22:23

Sassy, I did just that Wink Grin

You have to fill out a form before any fish nibble at your feet saying you do not have any open sores, athletes foot, verrucas etc.

The one I used, the water is filtered 8 times and hour and changed fully at the beginning of every day.

I sat on the side, put my feet into a foot bath that had been freshly filled with clean water and then put them into the tank.

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Icelollycraving · 14/05/2011 22:47

Now,once I've asked the fish nicely if they mind nibbley on my dry old hooves & to not poo in the water & to not come near if they have seen verrucas to dodge me,do you think I can have it if I'm pregnant?

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CointreauVersial · 14/05/2011 22:51

I'm not fussed about the hygiene aspect - I'm not planning to drink the water, and I'm sure my feet have been in worse. But I can't believe they actually get through the dead skin.

BluddyMoFo · 14/05/2011 23:18

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Okonomiyaki · 14/05/2011 23:27

Argh, don't do it, it feels HORRID! Very tickly. Ugh, I couldn't watch.

Didn't seem to do much either.

Dh wanted to dip the baby in to get rid of the last of the cradle cap Wink

CointreauVersial · 14/05/2011 23:47

But I love having my feet tickled/massaged.

Urgh at the cradle cap (but I know exactly where you're coming from Grin)

BluddyMoFo · 14/05/2011 23:50

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FurKnickersAndNoCoat · 15/05/2011 00:14

how can anybody who chooses to eat dead animals then object to live fish eating dead skin? who cares if the cow/pig/sheep has had a lovely 12 months of life skipping around a field? At the end of the day it has had a bullet put through it's head so it can be eaten by a human who doesn't need to eat meat to survive. Comparing free range dead animal flesh to a nibbly fish in a tank is a bit Confused

wineisfine · 15/05/2011 00:23

I had it done in Thailand for 50p 18 months ago so it's quite weird to see a fish spa on my local high st charging £30+ for the same thing!

Personally, I hated it with a passionate passion. But if you fancy giving it a go, why not.

furKnickers I care if the animal has had a nice life before it's killed so I can eat it. I don't eat dairy (but do eat meat), for animal welfare reasons.

BluddyMoFo · 15/05/2011 08:07

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Megatron · 15/05/2011 08:39

Not in a million years. Bloody stupid fad.

NorthernGobshite · 15/05/2011 08:40

Nasty nasty nasty.

mrz · 15/05/2011 08:53

woollyideas they spray your feet AFTER!
In the ones here the fish are changed after each session (assume to give them a rest and keep things clean)