At Fun Fins in the Gurnee Mills Mall, small Garra rufa fish eat the dead skin off the feet of Shauntiah Grashen of Waukegan.
Posted on 05/15/2009 4:59:34 PM PDT by JoeProBono
Marine pedicures have popped up in Illinois -- and clients are biting: nlike many fish, the Garra rufa is unafraid of humans. In fact, these pinkie-size fish like you. They like you very much. Which is key to why they're turning up in salons in Virginia, Ohio and now, Aurora and Gurnee. People are paying $25-$50 to plop their feet and/or hands in water tanks and let swarms of the gray, toothless fish work as Neptune's exfoliators. "They have very firm lips," said Olena Manakina, co-owner of Fun Fins in the Gurnee Mills Mall. "They literally suck off the tiny patches of dead skin. It tingles like crazy for a minute. But I've yet to see somebody jump out of the tank."
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At Fun Fins in the Gurnee Mills Mall, small Garra rufa fish eat the dead skin off the feet of Shauntiah Grashen of Waukegan.
Feet ?.....;o)
Is Dick Morris their spokesman?
I heard they banned them here in Washington because the heath department ruled that there’s no way to properly “sanitize” them between customers...
Weren’t there other problems with these fish? I seem to recall it wasn’t such a good idea. (Personally I think it’s gross).
Ummm..., it’s like my Grandpa used to say — they took it “hook, line and sinker!”... LOL...
This is a great way to spread bacterial, fungus, and viral infections among customers.
It’s been outlawed in several states (Florida, Texas, Washington, Massachusetts and New Hampshire that I know of) over concerns the fish could carry “something” from one client to the next.
Can they also apply nail polish??
I don’t see them putting thousands of pedicurists out of work anytime soon, though.
Unemployment is at 9%, the economy is in the tank and Obamas buds are getting fish pedicures?
I guess the devil is in the details, so to speak. I for one would love the details too. :)
Beyond being a fad, I can see where they would offer some relief, even if temporary, to those with chronic skin disorders such as psoriasis (of which I suffer).
Piranhas work too, but just a tad to extreme or me. :-)
Somehow, someway, there lurks here something vaguely obscene?
sumpin’ fishy about this story...
ROFLOL!!
I got one of these in Texas. Didn’t pay for it though. Was out hiking, and dipped my feet in the creek. Tickled like crazy.
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