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CityMouseCityMouse Posts: 1,010
edited July 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
fish nibble off the dead skin on your feet?
I've heard you can get these in China town.
It sounds like a BIZARRE experience.
Anyone?
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  • arielariel Posts: 191
    No - sounds cool but unsanitary...if the fish were brand new from being aquarium bred and my feet were their first - I'd try it!
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  • CityMouseCityMouse Posts: 1,010
    ariel wrote:
    No - sounds cool but unsanitary...if the fish were brand new from being aquarium bred and my feet were their first - I'd try it!

    excellent point.
  • Phantom PainPhantom Pain Posts: 9,876
    ariel wrote:
    No - sounds cool but unsanitary...if the fish were brand new from being aquarium bred and my feet were their first - I'd try it!

    Are any pedicures totally sanitary ?
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  • anothercloneanotherclone Posts: 1,688
    what kind of teeth do those f-ing fish have? seriously! ewwww.
  • CityMouseCityMouse Posts: 1,010
    anotherclone wrote:
    what kind of teeth do those f-ing fish have? seriously! ewwww.

    I pucture them as like coy pond fish. but I have no idea. I need to look this up.
  • GraySaturdayGraySaturday Posts: 2,878
    I saw that recently on TV.. and no, I haven't had that done.. nor will I.. I went snorkling once, and a fish touched my foot, and that was the end of that.. I could not imagine sitting through that!
  • Phantom PainPhantom Pain Posts: 9,876
    You may find someone on Craigslist that does it cheaper

    ;)
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  • CityMouseCityMouse Posts: 1,010
    http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hzJgRAaYCJMvjh98hAk45as3DPgwD9226PM80

    aparently they don't have teeth.
  • GraySaturdayGraySaturday Posts: 2,878
    They are little fish, they are sorta silvery looking small goldfish.. at least the ones I saw..

    I forget what kind they are, but thats what they look like.
  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    CityMouse wrote:
    fish nibble off the dead skin on your feet?
    I've heard you can get these in China town.
    It sounds like a BIZARRE experience.
    Anyone?

    On the chinese blackmarket they have dead fish that will eat your live skin! Of course, those aren't quite as popular.
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  • CityMouseCityMouse Posts: 1,010
    oh they are cute little fish:

    http://www.styledash.com/2008/07/22/would-you-get-hooked-on-a-fish-pedicure/
  • saveuplifesaveuplife Posts: 1,173
    Why do the fish want to eat dead skin?
  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    saveuplife wrote:
    Why do the fish want to eat dead skin?


    The same reason Cheney wants to eat your dead skin, because they are straight out of hell!
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  • CityMouseCityMouse Posts: 1,010
    saveuplife wrote:
    Why do the fish want to eat dead skin?

    according to the article, because they don't have anything else to eat. they can't eat the live skin because they don't have teeth.

    I have to feel bad for these fish.
  • Phantom PainPhantom Pain Posts: 9,876
    You still need a standard pedicure afterwards..what a rip

    If something is nibbling on me for 15-30 mins I want a happy ending at least
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  • rearviewmirorrearviewmiror Posts: 894
    I so want that. They are neat little things.
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  • comebackwomancomebackwoman Posts: 7,271
    CityMouse wrote:
    according to the article, because they don't have anything else to eat. they can't eat the live skin because they don't have teeth.

    I have to feel bad for these fish.
    me too! :( poor little fish. Ick!
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  • dreaminincolordreaminincolor Posts: 87
    i don't see anything unsanitary about it....it's not like you can't wash your legs off afterwards....

    I'm from michigan-land of lakes and i remember standing next to a dock talking to people once in about thigh high deep water-standing still chatting and a school of minnows came up and started nibbling on my legs an dmy friends legs-was the weirdest sensation ever! just tickled a lot! if i remember correctly though i think my friend had a scab on her leg and they were nibbling on it and it hurt..............
  • nfanelnfanel Posts: 2,558
    GraySaturday wrote:
    I saw that recently on TV.. and no, I haven't had that done.. nor will I.. I went snorkling once, and a fish touched my foot, and that was the end of that.. I could not imagine sitting through that!
    seriously, that pedicure is my worst nightmare.

    i don't know what it is with me and fish...but i've snorkeled once and i couldn't breathe the whole time because i was panicking and trying not to hyperventilate.
  • saveuplifesaveuplife Posts: 1,173
    CityMouse wrote:
    according to the article, because they don't have anything else to eat. they can't eat the live skin because they don't have teeth.

    I have to feel bad for these fish.

    Then show em some skin. ;)
  • Yellow LedbellyYellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    CityMouse wrote:
    It sounds like a BIZARRE experience.
    Anyone?
    No, but this is another grand example of how white people will do anything
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  • electronblueelectronblue WPB Florida Posts: 3,460
    comebackgirl wrote:
    me too! :( poor little fish. Ick!

    can't fish get some kinda sickness called ick?...~
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  • anothercloneanotherclone Posts: 1,688
    CityMouse wrote:
    http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hzJgRAaYCJMvjh98hAk45as3DPgwD9226PM80

    aparently they don't have teeth.


    well, I'll be darned. huh...that's interesting. kinda weird, but interesting. :)

    If someone gets one, I'd like to hear about it.
  • comebackwomancomebackwoman Posts: 7,271
    eddie's Tone rocks wrote:
    can't fish get some kinda sickness called ick?...~
    I think it's a diagnosable illness. Poor little fish all coming down with ick :( I hear it's incurable
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  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    that is fucking NASTY!

    this reminds me i need to make my pedi appointment for saturday...so thank you for the reminder anyway lol
  • small town becksmall town beck Posts: 6,691
    Phantom Pain wrote:
    You may find someone on Craigslist that does it cheaper

    ;)


    Is that an offer? ;)
  • kcherubkcherub Posts: 961
    I read the original article on this...maybe CNN? Like, there isn't anything else to report on these days...

    I am seriously thinking about trying this, if I can find somewhere in the Atlanta area. Apparently, it is pretty sanitary, and probably more so than the pumice they use on everyone else's feet! No one uses the razor anymore, which ganked your skin up, but at least got down some layers.

    I couldn't get a pedicure all last year while I was doing chemo, so my feet are horrible right now. I had a pedicure last month, but nothing seems to work.

    If I find someone who does it, I will take a video! I am sure it does tickle!!!

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  • meisteredermeistereder Posts: 1,577
    1. Don't feel sorry for those fish. They are depending on your dead skin for food.

    2. I would do it, but I am a guy. That said, I would do it just for the experience.
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