The Feet and Fish thing

[Prudie]

Daughter and I out shopping today and decided on spur of moment to go and get our feet cleaned by the fish. Turned out we couldn't because you can't have it if you've put varnish on toes or removed it in the previous 48 hrs.
I hadn't heard of this before, anyone else been told this?

[horseshoes]

Yes I have Prudie. It's the same in my local salon. I suppose it's fair enough - both things are probably very poisonous to fish.

[Prudie]

Yes it does make sense horseshoes. I also wondered, looking at the queues waiting to go in, that surely the fish lose their appetite after some point!

[JonnyBoy12]

Sounds very interesting. Has anyone got any weblinks or YouTube links to such a procedure? I would like to know more about this idea.

[Euphemia]

http://www.webmd.boot...icure-health-concerns
Hope you find this helpful.

[lorna56]

Do these places change the water?! How many people's feet have been in there before you?! Does anyone know if infections are passed on this way?

[Mamyalynne]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsg1U0_Y5Lk

[237SJ]

Do people have to wash their feet before putting them in? Does anyone check for athlete`s foot, veruccas etc? I`ve seen those tanks in places like shopping malls and the Ideal Home exhib - places where successive hot, sweaty feet have been plunged into the same water. It turns my stomach just a tad..

[Euphemia]

I went once and didn't think it was beneficial. No, no request was made to wash my feet. I would not do it again.

[Prudie]

They seem to be all the rage and one has just popped up in my local shopping mall. I'm not sure of the purpose - relaxing (??) or removing dead skin? There was quite a queue waiting to go in today.

[Maydup]

I've been, and yes they did check our feet and they pre washed them. We then had to wear our own disposable flip flops to walk around in. It was clean and hygenic and the whole experience was relaxing and beneficial. My feet were lovely and smootha nd rid of much of the dry skin.

But we were in a small salon rather than one of the shopping malls where its all less personal and more like herding cattle through a foot bath.

[jno]

were these the ones, Maidup?

http://25.media.tumbl...BiGX1qmsqqno1_400.png

[whiskeysheri]

I've been twice (in two different salons), Prudie. On both salons' websites it said to come sans nail polish, so we did, but no one else bothered to remove theirs and were still allowed in. Had to pre-wash our feet in one of the salons and have them checked for any cuts, but not in the other. They both had filtration systems. The fish are definitely "hungrier" and more effective first thing in the morning rather than late afternoon.

[Maydup]

lol jno! Sole feet!

[Prudie]

Thank you all for input, raised some points I hadn't thought of.