Fish Spa Pedicure
by Lena — Tuesday, July 21st, 2009 at 5:17 pm
in Salon & Spa and tagged with Fish Spa
The first time I heard about the fish spa, I knew I had to try it. There’s just something about using nature to solve your problems. But even though fish spa had been available in Jakarta for a few months, it’s only a few weeks ago that I managed to find the time to try one,
I tried the fish spa at Senayan City in Jakarta, the half hour fish spa for IDR 120,000. It was about seven in the evening on a Saturday and the place was quiet, there were only 6 other people in the fish spa area (from a capacity of about 30, I think). First I was asked to take off my shoes, and was given a set of sandals. Next, an attendant washed my feet with water and soap, and dried them with a clean towel. I was then asked to choose where to sit, choosing from among four shallow pools. Each pool had 7-8 seating stations around them.
I picked up a few magazines and settled myself on one of the stations, sharing my pool with only one other person, a little kid. Slowly I place both of feet in the pool, and right away fish started to swarm over. They started to pick on my skin, and it became so ticklish that I had to take my feet out of the water a couple of time. The fish really started to work on my feet, leaving the little kid with only a few fish nipping at the little kid. When an attendant came around to check on me, I asked her why the fish are not evenly distributed, and she said they really like feet with a lot of dead skin.
After the first 5 minutes or so I got tired of watching the fish pick on my feet, so I started to read. I could still feel my feet being nibbled on, however, including down on the soles and around the ankles. The bottom of the pool had smooth stones on its bottom, so you could place your feet all the way down at the bottom, and lightly step and message your feet on the stones.
After exactly half an hour, an attendant came around to warn me that my time is up. I took both feet out of the pool, rinsed and dried them myself (rinsing after the soak is apparently optional), and put on my shoes. My feet felt somewhat light and ‘airy’, but to be honest, I wasn’t able to detect any changes in the softness of my feet. I wish, though, that I had brought some body lotion to right away moisturize my feet.
I’m not sure whether I would try the fish spa again. I think I’ll get better results from an hour of soak and scrub in a regular salon, and that usually already includes some nail work too (at least nail cleaning and shaping).
So, anybody tried the fish spa yet? Do you see any results? Do you go regularly?
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Len gue jadi males nih mau coba, entar jangan2 kalo gue nyemplungin kaki, kaki gue langsung diserbu sama ikan! Malu deh gue! Ha ha
udah pernah nyoba.. sekali.. suka sama sensasi saat para ikan2 itu berebut di kaki gw.. celikit2 gimanaaa gitu.. ;p walaupun hasil nya tidak menunjukkan perubahan berarti..
mungkin harus rutin kali ya biar keliatan..
di jambi ada,daku udin cobain juga
pas digrogotin ikannya
25rb sekitar 15mnitan, geli geli
ya cukupla buat first time.
baru pernah sekali…awal masukin kaki sih ga tahan kegelian, lama2 baru deh tahan…
di gw ga tlalu kelihatan efeknya, tp di cowo g kelihatan banget, kulit kering di pangkal jari2nya langsung ilang, asiiikkk
Hahaha! Len, kuteksmu membuat gw hepiiii.
Btw, gw pikir selain show ikan itu, elo juga dipedikur spt biasa (potong kuku, kuteks, and so on).
dulu gue pernah liat juga di TV, soal fish spa ini apperantly its quite popular in japan… dunt think its gona work for me tho’ gue gelian & feels kinda strange to have something swimming around ur feet and eating ur dead cells
i wonder what if the fish is already full & decided not to eat anymore dead cells? :p
Mahal juga yang di Sency itu ya Len. Oki nyoba di Seaworld 35 ribu 20 menit. Tapi kalo diitung ticket masuk Ancol dan Seaworldnya sih sama aja..LOL.
Waktu itu sebelahnya Oki juga anak kecil Len, dan ikannya nggak ada yang mau nyamperin gitu…nggak ada yang suka sama baby fat kali yah..hehehe.
Fish Spa di Rumah Sosis, Bandung juga ada. Kalo nggak salah 70 ribu deh untuk 20 atau 30 menit.
Len .. kuku kaki mu sangat menarik daripada ikan2 itu haha
Hanz ..wah ancol .. asik bener dan murah, sebelah rumah gw dan masuknya gw bs gratis … jadi kepengen.
Kl di cina ada yg sebadan di cemplungin di Hainan, hrgnya 120rmb kira2 190rb tapi dpt buffet afternoon tea.
banyak juga yang sudah coba ya!
deszell, my thoughts exactly waktu mbaknya bilang gitu. loe mesti cari yg waktu2 yg gak rame kayaknya…
dunia_dandan, juleha, itu bukan kaki gue
fotonya yg gue ambil gak terlalu bagus, abis tempatnya gelap benerrrr.
dunia_dandan, di spa kenko itu justru gak ada mani pedi kayak salon; selain fish spa yg ada pijet refleksi
sexy in blac, kayaknya ikan dikasih waktu pere deh. soalnya waktu gue ke situ, ada satu kolam yg ditulis out of service …
hani, yoi agak mahal dia. tadinya gue mo sama pijet refleksi, tapi 30 menit Rp100k bo!
Lucu sekali ini
..
G pernahnya coba yg di Underwater World Sing – paketnya udah termasuk reflexology.. reflexologynya sih lbh mantep yg di Jkt sini (mgkn krn lbh lama n lbh murah hehe..) tp abis fish spa itu both me and hubby berasa kaki bersih n jd enteng lho
Len, gue jg tadinya nyangkain itu kaki lo
I don’t think I’ll try this treatment because I find it creepy that some animals are eating my dead skin cells. Seriously, ew.
wah…sus len aku jd pgen nyoba.
uda nyobain di cibubur jucntion dan jauh lebih murah jg sih sekitar rp 60rb for 1/2 hour.. walo gw ga tau kaki gw uda berkrg ap belum kulit matinya? cm terasa lebih lunak dan ringan aja stlh fish spa ktnya sih bagusnya rutin dilakukan min 1bln 1x
sugarenspice huaaa pasti di sing lebi mahal ya.
koukla, just think of it as….swapping–someone’s trash is other people’s treasure
kei, iya coba aja, at least to see if you like it.
inadya, kalau harga segitu dan ada deket rumah, gue mau deh coba untuk rutin, demi kaki sehalus pantat bayi hihi
gue pernah nyobain yg di Senci itu juga, berasa halus sih setelah kelar, tapi besok2nya ya biasa aja hehehe abis itu gak pernah lagi, soalnya mayan mahal sih yg di Senci. mendingan nyobain di tempat laen, deket rumah gue (Sunter) ada harganya cuman 30 ribu untuk 25 menit
gue sih demen ya, enak aja geli2 gitu hihihi seneng ngeliat ikan2nya pada ngerubungin kaki gue
tapi emang kayanya mesti rajin banget kalo mo hasil yg optimal. waktu itu mbak2nya bilang disarankan sih at least seminggu 2x.
gue udah liat ini sejak pindah ke spore. waktu itu baru ada di satu tempat. tapi gue ga pernah niat mau nyoba.. entah kenapa rasanay geli aja nyobain nya.. hihi..
and after your review, i think it confirms it. mendingan buat pedicure beneran aja ah. i think this is probably just hype yah. dunno..
wah jule, ada ya.. gw mau tuh kalo disini ada yg bisa nyemplung satu badan.. enak kali ya kalo seluruh badan..
oh iya, mbak2 yang di sency bilang, nanti bakal ada yg buat nyemplung satu badan. tapi gue lupa di bilang kapan dan di mana bakal bukanya.
tapi kalo satu badan hmm kayaknya gue pass deh (sambil membayangkan ikan2 itu masuk ke sela-sela….)
Udah nyoba, seperti Inadya, di cibubur Junction. geli-geli gimana gitu. Lembut setelah selesai treatmentnya aku rasa dari efek berendam ya ketimbang si ikan-ikan. Anyway, they love fat boy!! Ikannya ngumpul semua di kakiku, pengunjung lain sampe bengong. Feel like Evan Almighty. Ok, with dead skins.. *sigh
HAH ada yg buat sebadan-badan?! OK am in!!!
myluna, lo serius mau nyobain seluruh badan???
gue mah ogah,… will stick to the good ol body scrub
Gw dah coba in fish spa di pluit 30 menit 60rb.
Pas masukin kaki ke kolamnya semua ikan langsung dateng. Gw ketawa trus kerjanya soalnya geli bgt(untung sepi). Pertama kali coba belom ada efeknya. Mungkin kunjungan berikutnya br kelihatan.
yg satu badan bakal ada di cabang Kenko Grand Indonesia.
honestly gue sih pengen nyobain yg satu badan
gak totally naked kok katanya, bagian2 sensitif pake penutup hehehe tapi kalo Kenko sih pasti mahal bgt, wong kaki doang aja 120 ribu/30 menit.
*cekikikan baca komennya Gandrasta*
Aduh aduh satu badan makin geleuh lg gue ngebayanginnya. I’m with sexy in black here, I’ll keep them fishies in the bowl (or frying pan!) and use my body scrub instead..
tadi akhirnya ktemu yg lumayan murah, di pluit village 50RB/30min..sayang uda malem jd ga cobain deh :p
seems like they have price war yaa(hyperbolic). So, the lowest price for this fishy spa is 50grands, rite? It’s about the time that we can breed em at home for multitude purposes such as therapeutic spa to diner to foreplay to terrorism (just after the fundamentalists plunged piranhas to your ponds).
FD girls: “Hey fishy fishy, what’s up?”
fish: *blup
FD girls: “Today’s job is peeling my dead skins and chlamydias”
piranhas in disguise: *blup (read: my pleasure!)
Duh, sebadan?? Geliiii….
Klo kaki doank, dari dulu sih pingin nyoba…tapi nyari yg deket2 rumah :p
Aren’t they loaches? I used to have some species of them in my aquarium…
jangan fish spa loh
di singapore sudah di banned
karena byk yg ketularan penyakit kulit getu….
jorok…
wincan…. thx buat infonya
Aku pernah coba tuh full body di Grand Indonesia..
Enak deh, soalnya lebih berasa banget alusnya.. apalagi di tangan ya..
Emang terbilang pricey sih..But considering my sensitive skin, aku ga boleh scrubbing.
karena udah terbukti juga kalo sering2 scrubbing itu bisa bikin kulit lecet ( ada yg pernah difoto super deket kulitnya) ngeri deh, lecet2 gitu..
Pernah berpikir soal higenisnya? Atau berpikir utk nyobain berendam seluruh badan di rumah? Memang modal awal rada besar, cuma soal privat dan higenisnya itu bisa lebih dipertanggungjawabkan
Bukan promo, cuma coba kasih sudut pandang lain
Di ITC Cempaka Mas ada lho nanti buka sekitar tanggal 7 Agustus, tadi pas gue lagi jalan kesana ada dibagiin brosurnya gitu. Tadi sih gue liat harganya 25.000/15 menit. Murah yee.. Ntar nyobain ahh klo udah buka, lumayan bo sambil cape belanja bs lsg fish spa.. hehe..
boleh cuba skali…
hi all… aku selly n aku skrng sdang bekerja d Kenko fish spa n reflexology d MALAYSIA, KUALALUMPUR (BUKIT BINTANG). Selamat mencoba yach wat fish spa atau pun reflexologynya. untuk fish spa aku rasa sangat menyenangkan, bkan cuma wat bersihklan kulit mati saja, tp ku rasa itu jg wat kt lebih rileks… n wat massagenya sngt bgus wat sirkkulsi darah. SELAMAT MENCOBA
aku jg orgnya jijikan bgt..
awalnya tuh ga mauu deh coba2 fish spa gitu bekas kaki2 org lain. hihi
tp kenko tuh emg paling mending dr yg laen2. scara dia kan franchise.
klo tmpt2 laen yg belasan rb gitu ga jelas bgtt.
klo kenko sih aku prnah nanya sm masnya, ktanya sirkulasi air jalan trs.
trs dia pake semacem infrared or something buat bunuh2 kuman di air
tp minusnya ya itu dia emg mahall booo..
mau yang murah juga ada
di mangga dua square
di lt.B1 deket carefour situ
patokannya deket donat fresco…
harganya 25rb selama 15 menit..
dijamin tuh kaki2 lw pada aluus klo abiz di gerogotin tuh ikan..
terasa beda deh after dan before
apalagi uniknya itu ikan ya ,dia bisa tau kaki lw mulus ato ga..
coz ada kesaksian ne,temen gue lagi spa ikan sama cowonya..
kebetulan temen gue ini suka SPA dan luluran gitu deh,jd kulitnya halus banget..
eh,dia coba sama cowonya..
ikaannya malah lebih banyak ngegorogotin kaki cowonya di banding kaki dia itu..hahahaha
patut di coba tuh buat kalian semua..