July 27, 2006

fishy pedicure
posted by gomichild 18 years ago
  • Inquiring minds want to hear from someone who has actually done this. I have a morbid fear of fish and hate being tickled, so I don't think I could handle it. Interesting, though! :D
  • How about the full body psoriasis cure?
  • I recall searching for info on this a couple years ago, not much luck back then... I wonder what the dangers of infection are? The fish is biting off skin, are they to be trusted not to miss a chomp and bite on live skin? There's a treatment based on maggots for similar skin conditions... *shudder*
  • I use maggots to clean my teeth. Works great.
  • I could so use a bowlful of these little beggers in the summer *peers at cracked flaky skin on dirty feet
  • Wow. And I thought I was disturbed.
  • I would totally try this, given the chance. I'd be skeered, though.
  • I've had fish come up and tug the hairs on my legs, but I don't think they were interested in my feet (quite understandably).
  • Okay, I been thinkin' this, and a really, really disturbin' thought has come to me. What if one were to, instead of stickin' ones toes in the water, sit in the water? Would it be like erotically satisfying? Just wanderin' is all.
  • Have you got "dry patches and callouses" er, in that area, Berek?
  • "Hi, I'm Berek McLure. You might remember me for made-for-TV movies like 'Too many links in my post' and 'Everybody wants to ban(g) Berek'... : )
  • I use hedgehogs to comb my hair.
  • Two comments: Back when I was a scout leader, if a dumb kid managed to coat the bottom of a good fry-pan with burned on whatever, we would tie a rope on it, throw it in a pond or lake for a week or so, the fish would clean it.. saved hours of scrubbing! Two...gomichild... you found this when you were searching for what, exactly?
  • *books trip to Japan* But, am I the only one who finds the ubiquitous flip-flops annoying as all getout? Out of the proper context they just look silly and childish to me. The students here even wear flipflops with their caps and gowns at graduation.
  • I have experienced this at the beach. One- to two-inch fish come around and nip - nip - nip at the little bits of loose skin on my feet. It is quite distracting, because as they bite the dead skin they also pull it a bit. There are two solutions to the problem. One is to keep your feet moving. Or, you can wiggle them down into the sand, where the fish cannot get at them. The little fish have never gone after skin on other parts of the body. This is either because there is not as many loose flakes, or because they like to swim along the bottom. However, I have been reluctant to consider skinny dipping with these little nippers around. I have found these fish along the Alabama and Florida Gulf beaches. I have never noticed that my feet were prettier after the fish did their job.
  • That's horrifying and gross. I'll stick to my patented Get Leprosy and Roll Around in the SandTM exfoliation regimen, tyvm.
  • Gee, I've always secretly yearned to be fish food. Seems to me this is one of those "everybody wins" scenarios. Organic foot management... I'm all for it. PS I've got a parrot who removes neck skin tags quickly, neatly and almost painlessly. Perhaps there is a market for this, too.
  • I have a parrot who removes skin quickly, neatly and quite painfully. There is no market for this.
  • Would it be like erotically satisfying? Only if you had a member small enough to fit in a tiny fish's mouth. Oh, and if said member were necrotized.
  • Gee, I've always secretly yearned to be fish food. Yeah, well if you don't pay back those loansharks by the end of the week the guys with no necks will see that you get your wish!
  • RalphTheDog, on occasion my parrot does this as well. Sort of a fast ebola effect.
  • I'd try it, especially if the fish were less likely to draw blood than the pedicurist :)
  • Two...gomichild... you found this when you were searching for what, exactly? Just some more pics to satisfy my hairy toe fetish..... hahaha I kid.... no I was searching for info on this in English to share and this blog had the best info and pics.
  • So, Gomi, what's the low-down. Is it as kinky as it sounds?
  • "...with the main footfree days of summer still ahead, now would be the time to get your feet in shape." Or transplanted, even.
  • Nah doesn't appear to be very kinky at all. Just a bit novel.
  • Um, did anyone else get an ad of a guy licking his own toe, or is there something wrong with my beer? My zebra danios will sometimes attack my fingertip if I stick it in during feeding time.
  • "I'd like to lie, shipwrecked and comatose, drinking fresh mango juice, goldfish are nibbling at my toes, fun, fun, fun, in the sun, sun, sun..." - Theme song from Red Dwarf
  • In the DC area? $35 can net you 15 minutes worth of doctor fish pedicure! 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. Say, is there a fish in your, errr, umm, never mind...
  • Have I mentioned WANT? Or maybe WANTWANTWANT McWANTY-WANT? Surely the socialites of Manhattan would support such an establishment, bringing it a bit closer to us upstate bumpkins?
  • If this makes way to Manhattan, which it inevitably will, I'm willing to try it out for the sake of this thread. Care to join me, TUM?? Capt, care for a cold brewski over a tantalizing fishicure?? *imagines the shout out possibilities*
  • I think we should all converge on Washington in January for the first 100% attendance, no shout-outs-needed Mofi Meetup. Here's our partial agenda: 1. Friday Night with Kamus and the Capitol Steps. 2. Attend Obama inauguration. 3. Nude group fish pedicure, with a selection of quality beverages as selected (and paid for) by the Captain. 4. The First Annual I'm So Thirsty I Could Drink a Blue Horse Gin Swilling Contest. 5. Nap time. 6. 7. Profit.
  • 6. Suprise banana pie-in-the-face attack on moooshy at NPR studios (via a little inside help from our friend speedlime)?? If so, I'm all-in.
  • ^surprise
  • *begins recipe testing for Blue Horse Gin specials*
  • Have you been in my liquor cupboard again, you young whippersnapper?!?!?!!!
  • Liquor? Hardly knew 'er!
  • smt, you're killing me! I have now barely slept in 5 days due to work emergencies, and I nearly choked at the banana-mooshy attack. That sounds like the best meetup EVER!
  • Goodness, Lara. Get some rest! MoFi doesn't need to lose any members to karoshi. Oh, blame Ralph for setting off my imagination. *signs up for the DC Meetup*
  • If the fish pedicure doesn't do it for you, there's always the bird dropping facial. Don't know why, but Japanese Nightingale Facial sounds a bit risqué to me...
  • I've personally watched kit stand under a tree demonstrating his patented Special Pigeonshit Shampoo. Leaves his hair soft, silky, and oh, so slimy.