We offer a wide variety of nail products for both professional andNail products - Acrylic, Manicure, Pedicure, Proteins, Color Tips, Color powder, Air brush stencil, file machine, decals, Spa Chairs and much more. * Polish Rack - Woodback Wall Rack EDGE TIP - BOX Konad Stamp & Scraper - Set B Lash addition Eyelashes - SEX KITTEN Mirage Nail Lacquer - #073-108 Manicure Table - WYNN Manicure Table - ZM Manicure Table - HOLLYWOOD Manicure Table - DDM UV Light Table - UV Bella UV Light Table - New York UV Light Table - TKThe next time fish-pedicure enthusiasts dunk their feet in a vat of squirming, skin-nibbling, toothless carp, they may get more than they bargained for—especially if those fish just feasted on diseased skin. Health officials, fearing the spread of infections, have now launched a major investigation into this allegedly fishy beauty technique. In the UK, fish pedicures are booming, which is great for beauty clinics because the procedure costs upwards of £50 ($81 U.S.).
Visitors place their feet in a tank full of Garra rufa fish—a variety of Turkish toothless carp—and sit back while the fish eat away their dead skin. These foot-fetishistic fish have been nicknamed “doctor fish,” and though more and more UK citizens are dunking their feet, the UK’s Health Protection Agency (HPA) has a hunch that this procedure may be doing more harm than good. Over the past six months, several environmental health officers have contacted the HPA about the dangers of fish pedicures, leading to the present investigation, which hopes to discover whether fish spa pedicures spread infections. Quoting an HPA agency member, BBC News reports: “Alongside colleagues in environmental health, Health Protection Scotland and the Health and Safety Laboratory, the HPA will examine the most up to date evidence of any possible risks associated with Garra rufa fish pedicures and will publish guidelines that will be available UK-wide.” If commercial fish pedicures are banned, the UK would be following the lead of 14 U.S. states that have already outlawed the procedure.
In the U.S., the major concern was how spas reuse the fish on many customers—a practice they’re forced to do because Garra rufa fish are pricey. But salons are defending their practices by pointing out that diseases don’t stand a chance in their UV-lit, filtered tanks. And their position is buffered by the little fact that there are as yet no known cases—at least to the HPA’s knowledge—of fish-spa-induced infections in the UK. Despite this fact, just the thought of dunking one’s feet in the same vat of fish as countless other people is enough to make them squeamish, according to the Daily Mail: Customer Max Langton, from North London, said: ‘I had a pedicure from one of the new high street chains. I was put off when a man sitting opposite me said he had something wrong with his foot and hoped the fish were enjoying it.’ He added: ‘We were asked if we had any fungal infections, but no one checked.’ 80beats: Cockeyed Flatfish Ancestor Tells an Evolutionary Tale
DISCOVER: Fish Oil Is No Snake Oil 80beats: Researchers Find Primitive Finger Bones in Ancient Fish 80beats: A Sunbath a Day Keeps the Grim Reaper Away Image: flickr / permanently scatterbrained Diseases, Injuries, & Other Ailments, The Wide (& Strange) World of Animals fish pedicures, Garra rufa fish, Health Protection Agency, safety, toothless carpWe suggest you arrive 10-15 minutes before your appointment to check in and fill out a Spa Nordstrom Confidential Client Profile Card. If you arrive late, your appointment may be shortened to allow the therapist to be on time for his/her next client. If you need to cancel or reschedule your appointment, please notify us 24 hours before your reservation. For spa packages, group reservations or multiple-service bookings, please notify us 48 hours prior to your appointment. A cancellation fee of 50% of the treatment price will be charged for a late cancellation. Failure to cancel a reservation will result in a full charge of the treatment price for the missed appointment.
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