Fish Spa

In the spirit of "trying anything once," I went with Lauren and Jess to the spa, the fish spa. Originally used to treat patients with psoriasis, the "doctor fish" remove the dead skin from your feet. Basically its a pedicure with a twist.

As you walk up to the shop you see the small fish in the window - this is the point where I got a little anxious but Lauren had been before and knew what to expect. The room had a large tank in the middle surrounded by smaller tanks on the outside. We started with the small fish...

Yes, I pretty much freaked out. It was the weirdest feeling! The second you put your foot in the water the fish swarm them. The only way I got over the initial "ahh" was not to look at the fish and try to distract myself. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone who has very sensitive feet. It can really tickle. After about 5 minutes it just starts to feel like jet streams in a hot tub. Lauren was right you just have to commmit to keeping your foot in the water.

After awhile got brave enough to try the big fish. You can really feel the individual fish biting your feet. Some of those suckers were almost as long as my foot. There was an adorable little girl just chilling with her feet in the water and I thought, if this little girl can stick it out with the big fish so can I. Here's some more pictures of our Saturday afternoon adventure.