Fish Pedicure

ontheroad_2

immynjoesmum wrote: »

Is it? The one I've seen 4 people were sat round one big tank?

the ones in our shopping centre are 4 tanks in a square, and so 4 people can sit around it, with their feet in one tank each.

flower24

ahh that makes sense lol

I wouldn't be able to cope if there were any men there I hate mens feet

Amy83

I'm not keen. Tried it in Cambodia and thought never will it catch on here, it was awful! How wrong I was!

stumpycat

Hmm... I would like it if the fish were treated well - but are they?

RacyRed

I once cooled off my feet in a pool in a lake district stream after a tough day walking the fells. Fairly quickly I felt a funny sensation and realised that there were loads and loads of little fish nibbling at my feet.

Once I got over the shock I really enjoyed it and think it is safe to assume that the fish did too, as they could have swum off any time they wanted. They didn't budge until I moved my feet, then came straight back when I kept still again.

I loved it and now am always on the look out for likely looking pools when I'm out walking. Not sure about shopping centres though.

wolfehouse

the one in the shopping centre by me
asks you to declare and not participate if you are hiv positive.
i wonder what the risk is
and what about all those who don't know their status?

can't imagine there have been too many problems so far though or it would have made the headlines

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

wolfehouse wrote: »

the one in the shopping centre by me
asks you to declare and not participate if you are hiv positive.
i wonder what the risk is
and what about all those who don't know their status?

can't imagine there have been too many problems so far though or it would have made the headlines

Would imagine that they're just being careful, more likely to be an issue with eyebrow threading, as ingrown hairs need to be lifted out with tweezers and can bleed.

Think it would take a shoal of piranha to deal with my horrid feet.

ninky_2

wolfehouse wrote: »

the one in the shopping centre by me
asks you to declare and not participate if you are hiv positive.

well i guess unlike a swimming pool they can't clorinate the the water as it would be harmful to the aquatic life. i don't see how the water can be that sterile when there are lifeforms living in it (i.e. fish). sterilisation means killing the lifeforms in the water.

Errata

However the water is 'filtered' or 'sterilised' at any one point in time there will will fish wee and poo floating around in it. However hygiene conscious the operators might be, there is still the chance of someone being HIV positive and not aware of it.
The operators won't be cleaning the little fishes teeth between customers either!
Like a previous poster, I've sat on the bank of a beck in Cumbria and had tiddlers trying to have a nibble at my feet, it's not unpleasant and I suspect the water was fresher and the tiddlers healthier than anything that could be found in a shopping centre. Plus a good chance they haven't nibbled umpteen other people's feet before they got to mine!

SailorSam

What sort of fish are they, sole ?