The Case of the Pedicure Fish

In today's fishy news, an Arizona spa got threatened with a lawsuit for offering an unusual pedicure called 'doctor fish.' This treatment involves sticking your foot into a tank with hundreds of live Garra Ruffa fish that love munching on our dead flesh. Sounds pretty kinky. The state Board of Cosmetology claimed that this violated sanitary codes about cleaning equipment after use. Rather than face mitigation and risk getting their license revoked, the spa has retired the fish to the back room.




Source and more details:
Goldwater Institute Sues Cosmetology Board Over Fish That Give Pedicures - Phoenix News - Valley Fever

 

that does sound kinda odd. but cool at the same time.

 

Its the same concept as medical leaches.

 

If you are willing to put your foot in a tank with fish that are going to eat the dead skin off your feet are you really worried about "sanitery codes"?

 

lol!

It does sound like a good time...

 

I hate how the government has to get involved with everything. How the heck are you going to clean a fish.

What's wrong with nature doing its thing? How about having patrons sign a dang waiver saying you accept all consequences involved with having a fish eat your skin off. The fish get a meal, you get clean feet. Sounds acceptable to me.

 

I had the same idea but i wanted to use skunk cleaner shrimp i was going to set it up at my aunts salon. i guess thats out the window.

 

I saw something like this on animal plant's "Most Extreme" yesterday. It was a hot spring (somewhere..) with a bunch of little fish that could survive in the hot water and people sit in it like a hot tub and the fish literally attack their entire body..seemed a little bizarre

 

ive always wanted to go to one of those salons where they did the fish pedicure seems like it would be awesome to me

 

Matt, is that a picture of your foot?

My cleaner wrasse was cleaning my hand the other day when I was doing some work in the tank.