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New York State Moves to Ban Fish Pedicures, Giving Nemo the Royal Flush

by Erin Donnelly (Subscribe to Erin Donnelly's posts)
Posted Oct 12th 2009 at 3:00PM  
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Fish Pedicure. Photo: Getty Images/Flickr RF

Go fish?

Fuhgeddaboudit!

Fish pedicures -- in which doctor fish (otherwise known as Garra rufa), a type of toothless carp, suck dead skin off the client's feet -- may soon be getting the boot in New York State, as State Senator Jeffrey Klein has drafted a new bill banning the treatment, the New York Post reports.

Should the legislation pass, New York would become the 15th state -- including Massachusetts and Pennsylvania -- to forbid the unconventional beauty practice, which was introduced to the States last year, according to the paper.

"Sometimes, people might think that something sounds cool, 'It's trendy. Let me try it,'" Klein, a Democrat from the Bronx, told the paper.

"They should know the ramifications. This is something that is dangerous and clearly unsanitary. Once we shed some light on this dirty little process, more people will avoid it and we can ban it."

Besides the obvious deterrent of sticking your feet in a tub full of fish, health and safety concerns have cast doubt on the piscine pedi treatment -- namely, that the fish could spread infections from person to person via open wounds, health officials told the Post.

The Department of State, which regulates beauty salons, has also expressed interest in investigating the fishy fad, spokesman Joel Barkin told the paper, saying, "This is something that for a whole number of reasons we would be concerned about. This may already be something that's not allowed under a current law."

We love a good beauty craze, but we draw the line at letting Nemo gnaw on our bunions. And besides -- if we wanted something slimy to nibble on our toes, we'd call our ex-boyfriends.

Check out these pedicure tips to keep your feet out of harm's way.
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kkelllan, 10-12-2009, 3:22PM

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The thing that I found most unattractive about my face as I got older were the dark circles under my eyes. I tried everything I could to get rid of them but nothing ever worked. I got tired of seeing all the scam ads on TV for skin care products that don't work so I started dong some research about my problem on the internet and I discovered that dark circles around and underneath eye area is not usually caused by a lack of sleep, instead the membrane in that area (a vascular rich zone) of skin is readily susceptible to discoloration (usually dark or pink). I found a great product ( http://youramazingeyes.com ) that contains Haloxyl which is a new ingredient combination that has shown great promise and results in lowering the darkness of color in the under eye area. This cream is natural based so no pore clogging ingredients like mineral oil will make the problem worse. The ingredients in this natural based skin care cream are all about stimulating the pooling blood in the area under and around the eyes. This is one of the main causes of dark circles.
The very thin and fine layers of skin are pumped full of skin thickening ingredients to help maximize the cell wall to decode the see through color for the skin in that area. It also helps to firm the skin around the eyes and reduce puffiness. Extremely good for a great all around look. http://youramazingeyes.com
One of the reported side effects (there are only good side effects with this cream) is that puffiness and bags under the eyes are reduced in appearance drastically making this one of the best all around eyes cream in general not to mention for the afore mentioned problems.
As mentioned above the causes can vary a little but for most the same three causes of both under eye puffiness, bags under the eyes and of course dark circles are lack of blood flow, pooling blood, thinning or thin skin and leaking of blood in the very veinous tissue. All of these can be helped tremendously with the absolute best under eye treatment that includes peptides, skin thickeners and much more all in a natural base. http://youramazingeyes.com

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gah, 10-12-2009, 11:02PM

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Okay, I have to ask. You were paid by this company, right?

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Philip Harris, 10-13-2009, 12:02PM

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I had the same problem with puffy circles under my eyes but I found that by attaching live goldfish to my face the problem went away.

The side effects, of course, include smelling like fish and having your pores blocked with algae.

And, in a pinch, you can use fishsticks.

Mrs. Paul

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miranda, 10-13-2009, 5:39PM

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I wish the writer cared more about employee privacy rights.

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by Dane Youssef, 12-31-2009, 1:55AM

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by Dane Youssef


Now this seems like an inspired little find!

I've seen news reports revealing the dangerous unsanitary procedures that go on in a lot of major salons nowadays. These beauty parlors are so popular nowadays, there's legions of women who come traipsing through there by the dozens. And feet are practically the dirtiest part of the body. So all the effort that goes into cleaning them, scraping all the filth off--the germs collecting and joining and forming diseases.

Real new viruses. Like leprosy. Women actually getting painful leg boils, open wounds with oozing pustules, burning red-infections--some leading to nessicary amputation, even an actual death in one case. Such a high-profile tragedy and wake-up call was featured in "Death By Pedicure, the dirty secrets of nail salons," by DR. Robert Spalding.

It seems as though nowadays, organic inventions are coming out every ten seconds. Soap, shampoo, toothbrushes, soda, popsicles, cereal, chips and everything else all made from natural rainforest elements. All these all-natural bohemian hippie stores are constantly popping up and bringing us into the future and into the age of good health.

This fish Pedi seems like a real find. Like the Ped Egg that came out into the world but a short time ago.

Women are going to love this. Especially women who prefer bohemian products. I imagine a lot of professional starlets are going to try it, fall in love with it and really promote the hell out of it. Become spokeswomen for the “doctor fish.”

Asians are using fish like crazy the same way that people used to use leeches for all-medicinal purposes eons ago. The only difference is, the fish actually work! Now this... is a real discovery.

To quote Yakoff Smirnoff, "In Turkey and some Asian countries, Fish eat YOU!"


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