If you do a Google search on the word "Pedicure", you will receive no less than 12.6 million results. From the definition of the word pedicure, to guidance on what to expect from a pedicure, to advice on how to give yourself a pedicure, the world wide web is full of information surrounding this luxury service.
Wikipedia offers us this simplified definition of the pedicure: A pedicure is a way to improve the appearance of the feet, and their nails. It provides a similar service as a manicure. The word pedicure comes from the Latin words pedis, which means of the foot, and cura, which means care. It also means the care of the feet and toenails. A pedicure can help prevent nail diseases and nail disorders. Pedicures are not just limited to nails; usually dead skin cells on the bottom of feet are rubbed off using a rough stone called a pumice stone.
Ah, the good old days - when pedicures involved clippers and files, hot stones and pumice. Who knows how long this practice has existed in its unadultered state. But now, a revolutionary new twist on the pedicure has surfaced: the fish pedicure. Apparently, just 4 short months ago, the very first fish pedicures were offered in this Virginia Salon.
How it works:
Customers soak in their individual tanks and the tiny (toothless) fish flock to their feet. "...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. "
The cost:
$35 for 15 minutes and $50 for 30 minutes.
Is it catching on?
An estimated 5,000 people have tried the pedicures so far...
The spa has more than 1,000 fish, with about 100 in each individual pedicure tank at any given time. Let's just hope that when they restock the tanks with fish, they don't accidentally confuse piranah for the carp ~ ouch!
Wikipedia offers us this simplified definition of the pedicure: A pedicure is a way to improve the appearance of the feet, and their nails. It provides a similar service as a manicure. The word pedicure comes from the Latin words pedis, which means of the foot, and cura, which means care. It also means the care of the feet and toenails. A pedicure can help prevent nail diseases and nail disorders. Pedicures are not just limited to nails; usually dead skin cells on the bottom of feet are rubbed off using a rough stone called a pumice stone.
Ah, the good old days - when pedicures involved clippers and files, hot stones and pumice. Who knows how long this practice has existed in its unadultered state. But now, a revolutionary new twist on the pedicure has surfaced: the fish pedicure. Apparently, just 4 short months ago, the very first fish pedicures were offered in this Virginia Salon.
How it works:
Customers soak in their individual tanks and the tiny (toothless) fish flock to their feet. "...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. "
The cost:
$35 for 15 minutes and $50 for 30 minutes.
Is it catching on?
An estimated 5,000 people have tried the pedicures so far...
The spa has more than 1,000 fish, with about 100 in each individual pedicure tank at any given time. Let's just hope that when they restock the tanks with fish, they don't accidentally confuse piranah for the carp ~ ouch!
If you are interested in more pedicure information, you might enjoy reading my recap of my very first pedicure experience...last year...with great girlfriends!
Sources:
* Photo & news article - Associated Press 7/21/08
Sources:
* Photo & news article - Associated Press 7/21/08
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