Sunday, February 20, 2011

Garra Rufa Pedicure

The rage here seems to be fish pedicures.  Haven't heard of them before?  Basically you dip your feet in a tank filled with little garra rufa fish and they feast away on the dead skin on your feet.  They do not have teeth, but use little suckers to eat the dead stuff.  Garra rufa are used for medicinal purposes in many countries to treat conditions such as eczema.  In the past couple of years it's become a trendy spa treatment.  When a friend offered me a voucher for a treatment how could I say no.  I'm glad I tried it, but don't think I'll get another one.  It tickled really bad.  Also, this treatment is banned in almost all US states so this may have been my one chance.  You'll notice we even drew a crowd.  I told them I was taking their picture and they were going in my blog.




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