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Have you seen in some of the beauty salons or in your local shopping centre that there now offering fish pedicures ?

Well today me and the wife had a go and reading of the leaflet we were given "Tiny Garra Rufa fish, or "doctor fish" as they are affectionately called, are a type of toothless carp that nibble on the dead skin."

Its a bit scary at first as all of a sudden 20 hungry fish rush and start to nibble at your feet, After a few minutes the ticking felling go's away and you start to enjoy it.

So next time you see one treat your wife or the both of you to a treat

Posted 12 Jul 2011, 18:15 #1 

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Posted 12 Jul 2011, 18:31 #2 

Paul

That apart Mrs Lincoln, did you enjoy the play

Posted 12 Jul 2011, 18:42 #3 

PaulT wrote:Thanks for the explanation - I always wondered about is cos I did not think that fish had toes

You get fish fingers

Posted 12 Jul 2011, 18:44 #4 

Posted 12 Jul 2011, 18:59 #5 

JohnDotCom wrote:Hope they change the water before next person "gets in"

What you saying about my feet ? ......

The water is filtered and a complete water change takes 15 minutes.

Posted 12 Jul 2011, 19:06 #6 

kandyman wrote:

JohnDotCom wrote:Hope they change the water before next person "gets in"

What you saying about my feet ? ......

The water is filtered and a complete water change takes 15 minutes.

Yeah but have you seen what those fish have had in their mouths?

Posted 12 Jul 2011, 21:09 #7 

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Posted 12 Jul 2011, 21:41 #9 

How strange - I posted earlier on my laptop????

Anyway, what I said was - there have been reports of possible health risks with this treatment - apparently you can catch nasty things from fish . . .

See here (and yes I know it's from the Daily Mail )

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic ... itain.html

Posted 12 Jul 2011, 21:47 #10 

Last edited by Tourerfogey on 12 Jul 2011, 21:50, edited 2 times in total.

Sorry TF did you want the address of the nearest fish pedicure shop to you

Posted 12 Jul 2011, 21:48 #11 

Errr, no thanks

Posted 12 Jul 2011, 21:50 #12 

Thanks for the link TF,

I have read the article and have to say that the place we went to asked us to fill out a questionnaire asking various questions about feet and various skin problems and then before we are allowed to put our feet in to the tank the young ladies wash your feet and give them a visual check which was nice after the fish treatment the young ladies drys your feet and rubs some peppermint ointment on your feet.

Maybe if we could just find somewhere that has young ladies washing and drying your feet and don't bother about the fish bit

Posted 12 Jul 2011, 22:03 #13 

My wife is going mad for this at the moment, she's always suffered with dry feet and now reckons that they are getting silky smooth! Ten quid for 15mins of nibbling, them fish are getting a good feed for her money!

Kandyman, there are place you can go for that type of service, but not normally with your wife!

Posted 12 Jul 2011, 22:06 #14 

One wonders what they might do for you in Dover.............a Sole perhaps!!

Posted 18 Jul 2011, 18:50 #15