The Fish & I

Remember I blogged about Fish Spa some time ago (well, quite 'some' time ago), I actually did went to it while I was in Penang. Never have the time to blog about my actual encounter with the fishes, so here it is now -- my close encounter with Dr.Fish.

Went to a shop called 'Happy Feet'. They have 2 types of fish available -- sucker fish & licker fish. Sucker fish are bigger in size, so I really feel the 'bites' (doesn't hurt, don't worry). It was said to be able to bite off the dead skins. Licker fish are much smaller, typically can go into smaller area between your toes and nibble the dead skins there (however, it's very ticklish).

Fishes (by that, I mean the Dr.Fishes) have short life span of about 9months so they don't grow over-sized & chew off someone's feet. I made sure the water is being circulated well with proper purifying system. I don't want to catch some unknown skin disease by putting my feet into 'dead water' :p

Pic: close up shot at the sucker fishes

Pic: Close up shot at licker fishes

Any significant skin improvement effect? well, my feet is certainly smoother after soaking in water for 20minutes but I really can't tell the difference afterwards. Then again, I never expect it to be able to show any effect on first try, else it'd be too hard to believe, hehe...

A short 20minutes session for 2 different types of fishes, a unique experience. The best part is: the shop keeper thought I was a student & offered me student price (of course I'm honest to tell her the truth that I'm not) ;)