FISH FOOT SPA MAY SPREAD HIV AND HEPATITIS: The hard selling trend of fish foot spa, which has spread across the world now, has left the doctors warning us about its potential health risks. Fish ...

The threat has remained largely theoretical ever since a spa in Alexandria, Va., brought the fishy foot treatments to U.S. shores in 2008 as a replacement for the razors typically used to scrape ...

Fish foot spa pedicures could spread diseases such as HIV and hepatitis C, health experts have warned. The government’s Health Protection Agency said those with diabetes, psoriasis or a weak ...

Fish pedicures could spread HIV and hepatitis C, officials warned. People with diabetes, psoriasis or weakened immune systems are especially vulnerable and should never undergo the pampering craze ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Ready for the latest in spa pampering? Prepare to dunk your tootsies in a tank of water and let tiny carp nibble away. Fish pedicures are creating something of a splash in ...

Doctor fish foot spa SOCHI, Russia — A woman places her feet in a fish tank containing Garra Rufa fish, also known as doctor fish, during a fish pedicure treatment at a salon, in the Russian the ...

CONCERNS for the welfare of 800 fish left in a former foot spa in the town are unfounded.

Victoria Curthoys, 29, caught an infection at a fish foot spa in Thailand Credit: Victoria Curthoys / MDWfeatures. Four years later, while on holiday in Thailand in 2010, Victoria used one of the ...

THE owner of an innovative spa in which customers immerse their feet in hot pools for tiny fish to nibble is fighting council plans to close the business down. For centuries people in Thailand and ...