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Mon Jul 21, 2008 6:59 AM EDT
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ALEXANDRIA — Ready for the latest in spa pampering? Prepare to dunk your tootsies in a tank of water and let tiny carp nibble away.
Fish pedicures are creating something of a splash in the D.C. area, where a northern Virginia spa has been offering them for the past four months. John Ho, who runs the Yvonne Hair and Nails salon with his wife, Yvonne Le, said 5,000 people have taken the plunge so far.
"This is a good treatment for everyone who likes to have nice feet," Ho said.
He said he wanted to come up with something unique while finding a replacement for pedicures that use razors to scrape off dead skin. The razors have fallen out of favor with state regulators because of concerns about whether they're sanitary.
Ho was skeptical at first about the fish, which are called garra rufa but typically known as doctor fish. They were first used in Turkey and have become popular in some Asian countries.
But Ho doubted they would thrive in the warm water needed for a comfortable footbath. And he didn't know if customers would like the idea.
"I know people were a little intimidated at first," Ho said. "But I just said, 'Let's give it a shot.' "
Customers were quickly hooked.
Tracy Roberts, 33, of Rockville, Md., heard about it on a local radio show. She said it was "the best pedicure I ever had" and has spread the word to friends and co-workers.
"I'd been an athlete all my life, so I've always had calluses on my feet. This was the first time somebody got rid of my calluses completely," she said.
First time customer KaNin Reese, 32, of Washington, described the tingling sensation created by the toothless fish: "It kind of feels like your foot's asleep," she said.
The fish don't do the job alone. After 15 to 30 minutes in the tank, customers get a standard pedicure, made easier by the soft skin the doctor fish leave behind.
Ho believes his is the only salon in the country to offer the treatment, which costs $35 for 15 minutes and $50 for 30 minutes. The spa has more than 1,000 fish, with about 100 in each individual pedicure tank at any given time.
Dennis Arnold, a podiatrist who four years ago established the International Pedicure Association, said he had never heard of the treatment and doubts it will become widespread.
"I think most people would be afraid of it," he said.
Customer Patsy Fisher, 42, of Crofton, Md., admitted she was nervous as she prepared for her first fish pedicure. But her apprehension dissolved into laughter after she put her feet in the tank and the fish swarmed to her toes.
"It's a little ticklish, actually," she said.
Ho said the hot water in which the fish thrive doesn't support much plant or aquatic life, so they learned to feed on whatever food sources were available — including dead, flaking skin. They leave live skin alone because, without teeth, they can't bite it off.
In addition to offering pedicures, Ho hopes to establish a network of Doctor Fish Massage franchises and is evaluating a full-body fish treatment that, among other things, could treat psoriasis and other skin ailments.
Ho spent a year and about $40,000 getting the pedicures up and running, with a few hiccups along the way.
State regulations make no provision for regulating fish pedicures. But the county health department — which does regulate pools — required the salon to switch from a shallow, tiled communal pool that served as many as eight people to individual tanks in which the water is changed for each customer.
The communal pool also presented its own problem: At times the fish would flock to the feet of an individual with a surplus of dead skin, leaving others with a dearth of fish.
"It would sometimes be embarrassing for them but it was also really hilarious," Ho said.
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{"commentId":2241845,"authorDomain":"JStranahan"}
Good thing there's not a war going on or people aren't losing their jobs and houses, because then this story would be tragically irrelevant.
{"commentId":2241845,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"JStranahan"}
- 9 votes
#1 - Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:45 AM EDT{"commentId":2241982,"authorDomain":"keggerlord-1"}
Yeah, hey, thanks for that. God forbid that any of us escape from those facts for a few minutes. In fact, let's have a complete news blackout of anything that is interesting, educational or at the very least, not significantly depressing. That should make this site number one in a matter of days!
{"commentId":2241982,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"keggerlord-1"}
- 23 votes
{"commentId":2242156,"authorDomain":"ViralMonkey"}
What the.....Are you serious Jimster...er...Chicken Little? It must be tough not being able to smile. Hang in there little buddy.
{"commentId":2242156,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"ViralMonkey"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":2242565,"authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
Jimster, If it wasn't for the light-hearted side of life we'd all be killing ourselves from despair. Thanks for the cynicism, though - it's not like we don't have enough of that already...
I'm not much of a new-age person, but I can almost see the dark aura surrounding him. A note of advice to all the people out there who want to enjoy this short life while we are here on this planet: avoid people like Jimster - their negativity will start to affect you eventually. Put yourself around positive people as much as possible. So, There!!
{"commentId":2242565,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":2242581,"authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
Cool story - I would be willing to try it. Sounds fun! A little symbiosis in action.
{"commentId":2242581,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
- 7 votes
{"commentId":2242990,"authorDomain":"JoulesBeef"}
do yall really think this needs to be the main feed though? sure you need a break now and then but the comics are on p;age 10 not page 1 for a reason. Does watching a bunch of people with disposible income get their feet chomped on by fish.
He let me get a newpaper and see if there is a banner headline
"PEDICURE HAS BEEN DECLARED"
I swear some people act like they have been asked to sacrifice.
You want a break, click on the odd news section, I agree this has no place as our main feed with the us how it is.
{"commentId":2242990,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"JoulesBeef"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":2243204,"authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
people with disposable income get their feet chomped on by fish.
I'm not sure why, but that comment is the funniest I've read so far! Like I said - I'm not sure why... but it actually made me laugh. :)
{"commentId":2243204,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2243219,"authorDomain":"ed-thompson"}
The Piranah pediicure fell through, so carp was the next best choice
{"commentId":2243219,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"ed-thompson"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2244253,"authorDomain":"ljshelhamer"}
Vanity has no bounds. Those poor little fish eating all of that shopping mall fat. Someone should report the spas to animal protection! I want to know if they are going to serve the carp at the mall restaurant after they get a bit bigger!
{"commentId":2244253,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"ljshelhamer"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":2244507,"authorDomain":"barry-rutherford"}
Carpe Diem "buyer beware !"
{"commentId":2244507,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"barry-rutherford"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2244519,"authorDomain":"jennifer-troupe"}
Hahah-I think you meant "Caveat emptor"
{"commentId":2244519,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"jennifer-troupe"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2244642,"authorDomain":"MissDev"}
@Barry -
Don't you mean Carp Diem? ;-)
And I would totally do this. It sounds fun!
{"commentId":2244642,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"MissDev"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":2244796,"authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
Those poor little fish eating all of that shopping mall fat. Someone should report the spas to animal protection!
Ummm, Cat Lady, I'm not sure if you're serious or being facetious. If you're serious...then I have one question to ask, and one comment to make:
What is shopping mall fat?
Read the whole "article" before you say the fish are being mistreated...eating dead skin is like gourmet to them...not cruel treatment - and there appears to be a bonanza!
{"commentId":2244796,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2245143,"authorDomain":"ljshelhamer"}
I meant it to be humorous, partially. I am not worried about the fish. THE WOMEN IN THE PICTURE ARE OVER 30 POUND OVER WEIGHT.
{"commentId":2245143,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"ljshelhamer"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":2245216,"authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
THE WOMEN IN THE PICTURE ARE OVER 30 POUND OVER WEIGHT.
So?! I think you may have a slight obsession with the whole weight issue - just my honest observation from your comments.
{"commentId":2245216,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2245353,"authorDomain":"jennifer-troupe"}
I see a point to CatLady's statement regardless of how she meant it. I rarely get my nails done, but when I do, I would say that 75% of the women I see in the salon are obese. But then again, almost everyone in Lancaster, PA is obese.
{"commentId":2245353,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"jennifer-troupe"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2245393,"authorDomain":"ljshelhamer"}
patriciaad: Ya think?
{"commentId":2245393,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"ljshelhamer"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":2248035,"authorDomain":"barry-rutherford"}
Hahah-I think you meant "Caveat emptor
LOL buyer beware just seemed to fit better beside my feet are very tickly !
{"commentId":2248035,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"barry-rutherford"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2253836,"authorDomain":"barry-rutherford"}
Carpe Deim I mean seize the Day !
{"commentId":2253836,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"barry-rutherford"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2242115,"authorDomain":"bigmomma"}
full-body fish treatment
Oh my, I could never do that! I'm too ticklish...
{"commentId":2242115,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"bigmomma"}
- 3 votes
#2 - Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:37 AM EDT{"commentId":2242138,"authorDomain":"keggerlord-1"}
(... as Jay advances on Rotty, with fingers twitching at the ready)
{"commentId":2242138,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"keggerlord-1"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2242151,"authorDomain":"bigmomma"}
Thanks for the warning, I'll be watching for you now...
{"commentId":2242151,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"bigmomma"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2242270,"authorDomain":"jamesey"}
I don't think scaly skin is the problem the women in the picture should be most worried about. Now if there was a fish that could suck the fat out of you, that'd be newsworthy.
{"commentId":2242270,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"jamesey"}
- 2 votes
#3 - Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:04 AM EDT{"commentId":2244286,"authorDomain":"djshiva"}
Nothing like some full-on meanness to really make yer day, huh? We sure do need more jerks making fat jokes. Really. Not enough of that every day.
Do people have a pathological NEED to be @!$%#s? Nevermind. It's the internets, I know...
{"commentId":2244286,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"djshiva"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":2244467,"authorDomain":"ljshelhamer"}
DJ Shiva: I am a lifetime member of weight watchers. Quit feeling sorry for yourself. Many, many people die every year from weight related illness. There are more obese people in the US than there are smokers! There is also a great deal of help available for Americans who want to deal with any illness. The nutrition industry is a billion dollar industry. Being over weight is a choice you make every day. A person falls down and gets a broken arm. This is a one time event. To be 30, or 50, or 100 pounds over weight you have to consume that many calories EVERY DAY!! Nobody has enough pain in their lives to justify that much self pity. If you have a medical condition, go to the doc. I know of people who have lost children who do not commit suicide. What excuse does an over weight person have?
{"commentId":2244467,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"ljshelhamer"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2244863,"authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
Quit feeling sorry for yourself. Many, many people die every year from weight related illness. There are more obese people in the US than there are smokers!
Yeesh! I started out on my high horse and now Cat Lady has taken over!
And now, I'm going to say something that ViralMonkey wisely told me earlier:
Ahhh lighten up [Cat Lady].... It's a goofy story about fish cleaning people's feet, not one about war, politics or poverty for a change.
{"commentId":2244863,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":2296343,"authorDomain":"snokb04"}
Who cares if they are overweight are not? Cat Lady may be a member of WW, but she is starting to sound like the girls with eating disorders who are about to die of heart problems in the hospital where I work. No wonder there are so many young girls starving themselves out there. Again, so what if they ladies in the picture are overweight? Also, you tell DJ Shiva to stop feeling sorry for his/herself, but I see nothing in that post to indicate that's the case. DJ simply stated a fact that people have nothing better to do and/or took nothing more from this article other than to make a fat joke.
Good one Patricaad to throw out some uncited statistic about overweight vs. smokers. So that means it is okay to ridicule those people? Because there are more of them? Okay, you guys make perfect sense.
It is so sad that people can't read a light-hearted, informative article without resorting to attacking the people featured in it.
By the way, I am 5'6 and weigh 132, and I still think your jabs at the girls in the picture are disgusting.
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{"commentId":2242302,"authorDomain":"jdl-28"}
And life moves on, I guess fish will eat anything.
{"commentId":2242302,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"jdl-28"}
- 3 votes
#4 - Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:09 AM EDT{"commentId":2242515,"authorDomain":"judoka61"}
I guess fish will eat anything.
Ahem.. so, who's gonna eat fresh fish today?
{"commentId":2242515,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"judoka61"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2242680,"authorDomain":"tang"}
Poor carp.
{"commentId":2242680,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"tang"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2242715,"authorDomain":"keggerlord-1"}
"Why do my fish-n-chips taste like tough actin' Tinactin?"
{"commentId":2242715,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"keggerlord-1"}
- 12 votes
{"commentId":2242820,"authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
Foot Fetish
{"commentId":2242820,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2249547,"authorDomain":"barry-rutherford"}
This is getting a little corny
{"commentId":2249547,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"barry-rutherford"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2249754,"authorDomain":"ViralMonkey"}
This is getting a little corny
LOL. Well done Barry. It took me a minute to get that one!
{"commentId":2249754,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"ViralMonkey"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2250271,"authorDomain":"tang"}
Those fish are in a jam.
{"commentId":2250271,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"tang"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2242341,"authorDomain":"lunartick"}
"I'd been an athlete all my life, so I've always had calluses on my feet. This was the first time somebody got rid of my calluses completely," she said.
And what sort of athlete is that, Tracy? That picture up there doesn't seem to tell the same story...
{"commentId":2242341,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"lunartick"}
- 5 votes
#5 - Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:15 AM EDT{"commentId":2242502,"authorDomain":"ViralMonkey"}
I think she plays left tackle for the D.C. Divas of the Independent Women's Football League. Hot!
{"commentId":2242502,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"ViralMonkey"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2242656,"authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
And what sort of athlete is that, Tracy? That picture up there doesn't seem to tell the same story...
Impressive! You used your intellect to say something really witty about the picture! Awesome, Refreshing!!!
How 'bout thinking beyond the surface and try to make an intelligent comment?
{"commentId":2242656,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2242994,"authorDomain":"ViralMonkey"}
Ahhh lighten up Patricia.... It's a goofy story about fish cleaning people's feet, not one about war, politics or poverty for a change.
{"commentId":2242994,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"ViralMonkey"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2243067,"authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
*sigh* Okay.
{"commentId":2243067,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2243126,"authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
I think she plays left tackle for the D.C. Divas of the Independent Women's Football League. Hot!
Sorry for being judgemental this morning.. I'm getting off my high horse now.
Who am I to judge? There's probably a type of guy who really does think football playing women are hot. :)
{"commentId":2243126,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2243147,"authorDomain":"ViralMonkey"}
Me!
{"commentId":2243147,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"ViralMonkey"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2242597,"authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
you'd thing they could have found a few hot buxom babes in a 2-piece for the photo.
It's an article, not an advertisement. Sounds like commercialism has brainwashed another consumer.
{"commentId":2242597,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
- 3 votes
#6 - Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:54 AM EDT{"commentId":2243027,"authorDomain":"JoulesBeef"}
lol it is an advertisement masquerading as an article.. just like the little kid with a hot- wheels radar gun. (there are other brand of kiddie radar guns)
anywys notice the link at the end of the article.
yeah it's an advert.
{"commentId":2243027,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"JoulesBeef"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":2243095,"authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
notice the link at the end of the article. yeah it's an advert.
OMG (and I usually don't say that)!
{"commentId":2243095,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2244489,"authorDomain":"ljshelhamer"}
Holy Fish Bate! You guys are right! And I fell for it. I feel sick!
{"commentId":2244489,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"ljshelhamer"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":2244888,"authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
I feel sick!
lol
{"commentId":2244888,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":2242630,"authorDomain":"kokayi"}
I like this story. The comments here are cute and funny. What a nice spirit brightener.
{"commentId":2242630,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"kokayi"}
- 3 votes
#7 - Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:02 AM EDT{"commentId":2242880,"authorDomain":"jessica1973"}
Ummm...no thank you! I don't even like swimming in ponds or lakes because little fish come up and nibble on you.
{"commentId":2242880,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"jessica1973"}
- 2 votes
#8 - Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:37 AM EDT{"commentId":2244497,"authorDomain":"ljshelhamer"}
So fish nibble on you? This article lends insight to the reasoning behind fishy habits!
{"commentId":2244497,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"ljshelhamer"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2243359,"authorDomain":"padelimohamad"}
{"commentId":2244309,"authorDomain":"jennifer-troupe"}
That water must be freezing. I don't think I would be too interested. And I wonder if that's unhealthy for the fish.
{"commentId":2244309,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"jennifer-troupe"}
- 1 vote
#10 - Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:31 PM EDT{"commentId":2244411,"authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
According to the "Article" these fish need warm/hot water to survive.
{"commentId":2244411,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2244427,"authorDomain":"jennifer-troupe"}
Ooh! thank you. I was too lazy to read.
{"commentId":2244427,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"jennifer-troupe"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2244629,"authorDomain":"craig-6"}
Suprised PETA is not all over this.
{"commentId":2244629,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"craig-6"}
- 1 vote
#11 - Mon Jul 21, 2008 3:07 PM EDT{"commentId":2244663,"authorDomain":"usaexpressmoving"}
{"commentId":2244933,"authorDomain":"ktmartin"}
Presently I have a large empty fish tank just sitting in my living room and have been wondering what to do with it. Come to think of it, my feet are getting (pardon the pun) a little scaly recently. I wonder what these fish cost? Also, what do you think might happen if the pedicure shop received the wrong type of fish delivery one day, let's say pyranha for example?
{"commentId":2244933,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"ktmartin"}
#13 - Mon Jul 21, 2008 3:41 PM EDT{"commentId":2245089,"authorDomain":"evanevans5"}
Wow. That is really creative. I would be too scared to try it though. I'd end up squishing one on my fast exit out of there! I'm too scared when they try to use the scraper thing on my feet. I couldn't even imagine fishing chomping away. Eck.
{"commentId":2245089,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"evanevans5"}
- 3 votes
#14 - Mon Jul 21, 2008 3:56 PM EDT{"commentId":2245235,"authorDomain":"ljshelhamer"}
You guys missed understood several of my comments. I think the article if funny! I have enjoyed every one of your jokes about it. AND, I recently went to the doctor because I am just coming off of steroids and I have the appetite of a crazy woman! If I were a giant mole, I could eat my way all the way through a huge grocery store! He prescribed appetite suppressants. I am hoping that, like depression, being over weight will become a treatable disease in the next 5 to 10 years. Being 30 lbs overweight can cause serious health problems. I am 30 pounds over weight and am going to do something about it now.
Years ago, before I got clean and sober, people imagined every alcoholic to be on skid row. Not true. I say we push for health for people who are overweight whether it be 30 or 330 pounds. I am not going to ride the garbage truck all the way to the dump! There is nothing wrong with making the mistake of believing the advertisements I have seen all of my life on tv regarding food! Let's all waddle down to the MD and take a stand!
{"commentId":2245235,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"ljshelhamer"}
- 1 vote
#15 - Mon Jul 21, 2008 4:11 PM EDT{"commentId":2245462,"authorDomain":"ljshelhamer"}
This is cute. Weight watchers has two systems: one is the "point system" were everyone is given a number of point that they can consume in a day; the other is the "core system" which lets everyone eat until they feel comfortably full but, they have to select food from a list. I eared "lifetime" on the point system. When I was put on steroids, I could not stay within my points limit. I tried the core plan. It states, "evaluate how you feel and eat until you feel full." Guess what! I never got full! EVER! I could eat everything in sight and still have room to eat. I ate until I could not breath well. I still have a hard time bending over! My butt shmooshes out of the top of my jeans! I got in my boyfriend's truck and thought I was sitting on something. It was my ASS!
{"commentId":2245462,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"ljshelhamer"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":2245492,"authorDomain":"ViralMonkey"}
It all sounds a little fishy to me Cat Lady ; ) Maybe you need to...ahem...scale it back a bit.
{"commentId":2245492,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"ViralMonkey"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2245598,"authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
If I were a giant mole, I could eat my way all the way through a huge grocery store! He prescribed appetite suppressants.
Now that is a funny image.
Remind me to stay away from steroids! ;)
{"commentId":2245598,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2251394,"authorDomain":"ljshelhamer"}
Steroids can make a HUGE impact in your life!
ViralMonkey: That is really funny!
patriciaad: I work part time in a grocery store. When I said that to my co workers, they would look over their shoulder toward the stacks and say, "holy @!$%#!"
{"commentId":2251394,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"ljshelhamer"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":2245742,"authorDomain":"mcsmomma"}
This is just disgusting. Feet are GROSS!!! I wont let anyone or anything touch my feet! I wont even let my husband touch my feet even when they were sore as heck when I was pregnant. YUCK YUCK YUCK!!!
{"commentId":2245742,"threadId":"316715","contentId":"1682855","authorDomain":"mcsmomma"}
- 1 vote
#16 - Mon Jul 21, 2008 4:59 PM EDT{"commentId":2246100,"authorDomain":"smooksschriner"}
All of you who comment on the 3 ladies being overweight, have issues. Im sure you all are absolutely beautiful, have no body fat and aren't a few pounds overweight yourselves, right? UH HUH. Ya, they are a little more then a few pounds, but your comments are rude and crude. What happens if one of your fat asses was sitting in that chair and the picture was posted all over the net. And people like you, were making rude comments about YOUR weight??? Wouldn't feel so good, would it? And the igit who made the comment that there should have been a girl in a bikini instead? What about a dude in a g-string with his junk hanging out??? Jesus, I know all of you are out of high school for the summer, but cant you go out and find jobs and do SOMETHING productive for society?
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- 2 votes
#17 - Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:26 PM EDT{"commentId":2246393,"authorDomain":"aleciastrim2134"}
LMAO that was so funny!!!
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- 1 vote
{"commentId":2246452,"authorDomain":"ViralMonkey"}
Lighten up Retrogurl! Don't make a Big deal about it. It's not really a Weighty issue... We all need a good Belly Laugh now and then!
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":2246472,"authorDomain":"MissDev"}
I would love to see some guys in g-strings (or less!) getting those pedicures. I think you've hit on something...
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":2251437,"authorDomain":"ljshelhamer"}
retrogurl: I feel your pain baby. Read my above comments about my struggles with weight loss. It is from photos of myself that I realized that I did not look the way I want to. I used to smoke, too. I don't kick myself when I look at my wedding pictures - not for smoking anyway! I quit 8 years ago in December. Now it is time to get the body in shape. I am 47 years old. I am also a recovering addict and alcoholic, going on 8 years in October. You are clearly suffering from what we old drunks call, "terminal uniqueness." You are not alone, but if you stay that way, it will kill you. People die every year from smoking, drinking, drugs and yes, being over weight. And, they usually die alone. 30 extra pounds can kill you! People used to think I was lying when I said I was in recovery because I had not been a skid row bum. Thank god times have changed and people get help early! The time has come when we need to feel good about getting help at 30 pounds rather than riding the garbage truck all the way to the dump.
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":2251567,"authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
I would love to see some guys in g-strings (or less!) getting those pedicures. I think you've hit on something...
Miss Dev, thanks for making me smile - that is an interesting and alluring picture you have put into my mind's eye!
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":2246249,"authorDomain":"WJE"}
These fishy places have already been reported to PETA. They keep the fish in absurdly hot water for the species of fish that they are, and regularly kill these fish off from all the stuff they eat and the living conditions. Ignorance is bliss in this country - it's amazing to me that people don't mind killing off fish (much less 10 billion animals a year for consumption) just to get their feet feeling softer. PETA sent stuff out last month about this... told everyone to write in. Guess it worked really well. :(
Here's the link to send a "polite" letter asking the salon to stop.
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- 2 votes
#18 - Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:39 PM EDT{"commentId":2251470,"authorDomain":"ljshelhamer"}
WJE: You are absolutely right! I know of a guy who uses gold fish in his cow tank in the summer to eat the scum. I asked, "What do you do with them in the winter?" He, and his wife, and his kids laughed. He said, "I dump the tank over before it freezes." I looked at his kids and said, "There are better ways of taking care of animals so that they don't suffer. When my kid's gold fish got too big for our tank, we gave them to the zoo. They are swimming in that fountain by the bird house and they go in the basement during the winter." The little girl got a big smile on her face. The parents looked like the fools they are.
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- 1 vote
{"commentId":2291383,"authorDomain":"alexpschlitt"}
Two Concerns of mine:
#1 Could a fish itself take one of our plethora of diseases and pass on to another human? Forget PETA, call the CDC!!!
#2 How could it possibly by healthy for fish to feed off of the soap scummed/residued feet? Many of the chemicals from soap and shampoo and whatever other modern tonics are surely toxic to these animals. Imagine breeding generations of fish dieting on Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Cocamidoprpyl Betaine, Sodium Chloride, etc.!
Question: What rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? Answer: A mutant Carp from Virginia!!!
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{"commentId":2246260,"authorDomain":"ppuckett4713"}
I'm sorry but this does not sound very sanitary to me. I can't see paying for fish to nibble on my feet & then turning around & paying for the rest of the pedicure...I have better things to do with my money.
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- 1 vote
#19 - Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:40 PM EDT{"commentId":2246352,"authorDomain":"lianeripley"}
We have a similar thing in Costa Rica. Sit by a waterfall with your feet in the water and little shrimp will spend time cleaning your feet. Nice feeling (confirmed with a foot fetish). Afraid of what? That a tiny fish will eat you? NOT!!
JB
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- 1 vote
#20 - Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:47 PM EDT{"commentId":2246383,"authorDomain":"MinnieApolis"}
Actually I have heard about using fish for a traditional pedicure -- tho I cannot recall now where on earth I came across it.
But I enjoyed this 'fish story' as much as anything I've ever read on Newsvine so would everyone just lighten up and enjoy it cantcha?
We are going thru a very tough summer, true, with a very tough economy and I think we all could really use a good laugh about now.
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- 4 votes
#21 - Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:50 PM EDT{"commentId":2246394,"authorDomain":"lianeripley"}
We have a similar thing here in Costa Rica. Sit by a waterfall with your feet in the water and little shrimp will clean your feet. I love it (confirmed foot fetish). Afraid of what?? A tiny fish may eat you??? NOT!!
Pura Vida.
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#22 - Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:52 PM EDT{"commentId":2246406,"authorDomain":"bfbell"}
I know that I could not sit there and let the fish nibble on my feet. I suppose a lot of people enjoy it. I think that focusing on the weight of the ladies in the photo is unfortunate, I had to look at the photo again to notice. The article was not about obesity.
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- 1 vote
#23 - Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:53 PM EDT{"commentId":2246413,"authorDomain":"kathejo"}
This seems really, really unsanitary. Do they remove the fish after each pedicure to replace the water??
I have a feeling it's not long before someone's leg rots off.
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- 1 vote
#24 - Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:53 PM EDT{"commentId":2251488,"authorDomain":"ljshelhamer"}
Actually veterinarians have been using maggots to clean wounds for years. When the wound is clean, the maggots are removed. I might add that I have little sympathy for maggots. I would let the chickens in at that point.
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- 1 vote
{"commentId":2246462,"authorDomain":"kathejo"}
Most pedicure places are completely disgusting as it is... but putting your feet in the same water as the person before you, and then letting the same fish gnaw on you as the person before you? That's filthy, that's how diseases are spread.
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- 1 vote
#25 - Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:58 PM EDT{"commentId":2251505,"authorDomain":"ljshelhamer"}
I agree. I never go to a spa for pedicures or manicures. (Or anything else that is a waste of money outside of cat rescue places.) I think that those people are intensely lazy, do not know the value of what a dollar can do, and don't clean themselves very well. They need someone else to do it for them! I would rather spend $30 buying masses and I have not been catholic since I was 13 years old!
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- 1 vote
{"commentId":2246622,"authorDomain":"bfbell"}
I work in a hair salon. We do pedicures and our pedicure chairs are cleaned real well after each pedicure. Pedicures are safe if you go to a reputable salon. Be kind to your feet and clean them up.
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- 1 vote
#26 - Mon Jul 21, 2008 6:13 PM EDT{"commentId":2247890,"authorDomain":"chalonsursaone95"}
Please take time to read this informative article from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animal's website: peta.org
Excerpt:
"Confining thousands of fish to a tiled pool in a beauty salon—in 94°F water—is anything but harmony with nature! In fact, it's exceptionally cruel. These severely crowded fish have no environmental enrichment, and they're fed the calluses and corns of customers who care more about foot beauty than about animals' lives and welfare. Furthermore, these fish's lives are very much at risk. In fact, 7,000 of these helpless animals were reportedly cooked to death recently after an Yvonne Salon staff member left the heat on in the animals' tub. Not to be dissuaded by this tragic setback, salon spokespeople have informed PETA that the store has already ordered "replacement fish."
Please ask the management at Yvonne Hair and Nails Salon to do the right thing and get rid of the Doctor Fish massage. Remind the salon that fish aren't just merchandise that it can damage and reorder but rather sentient beings capable of suffering. Let the salon know that there are plenty of ways to pamper their clients without harming animals, and ask the salon to adopt animal-free products and tried and true exfoliating treatments."
Please send polite comments to:
Yvonne Hair and Nails Salon
8643 Richmond Hwy.
Alexandria, VA 22309
703-799-3708
703-783-0477 (fax)
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- 1 vote
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