![]() ![]() In an email to the Herald, Ho wrote that his salon had lost power for a few days and had to relocate those fish to his own home. The PETA animal rights group has accused Yvonne’s Hair, Nails & Tanning Salon in Virginia of accidentally “cooking” up to 7,000 “doctor fish” to death, a charge that owner John Ho denies. Ong says their water must be always be kept between 82 and 85 degrees. Her salon uses individual plexiglass tanks and does not use the same fish with two different customers on the same day.Ĭaring for chin chin fish requires constant vigilance. Ong says some salons have had multiple customers share the same fish tank during the nibbling sessions. Customers’ feet and legs are first checked for scrapes and small cuts that could be made larger by suckling fish.Ĭiting hygienic reasons, Texas state health authorities just banned fish pedicures last month. She’s also zealous about making sure beauty salon patrons won’t find blood in the tanks either. ![]() ![]() If new food comes along, they poop out the partially digested food to make room for the new food.”īased on that fish fact alone, Ong’s policy not to “overwork” the chin chins makes good business sense. Their digestive systems process the best stuff first. “They’re pretty much on an all-protein Atkins Diet,” he says. They are later fed a serving of regular goldfish flakes and don’t return to human flesh until the next day.Īccording to Scott Dowd, a senior freshwater biologist at the New England Aquarium, these fish are capable of non-stop snacking. These fish are always hungry, they’re always happy and they can eat dead skin all day,” she adds.Īt Kim’s Spa, groups of 100 toothless chin chins are shut off from their buffet after a 30-minute session. “But once you try it, you’ll find it really relaxing.” “Just the thought of fish eating your feet was a little freaky to me at first,” admits Ong. Chin chins, also called “doctor fish” or “massage fish” have nibbled for the cameras on Good Morning America, The Today Show, The View and The Tyra Banks Show. Kim’s Spa & Nails in Derry, NH, is the first salon in New England to offer the service, which sparked a media frenzy in Virginia this past summer. And they are revolutionizing the traditional spa pedicure, softening and smoothing out rough feet before the pumice stone gets a chance. The diners are chin chins, native Chinese guppy-like fish with a voracious appetite for scaly skin. Can flesh-nibbling fish breathe new life into nail salons?Įvery day at Kim Ong’s nail salon is an all-you-can-eat buffet. ![]()
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