Flesh Eating Fish Foot Facial Fad. Really.

In random Friday news, our friends over at Trend Central reported on a fishy "foot-facial" fad fresh from Japan. Spa's are using LIVE FISH (yes, really) to cure skin conditions like psoriasis; acting as a living exfoliator, the fish actually eat dead skin cells, leaving fresh, healthy skin in their wake. The freakiest part - you have to stick your feet into a small tank, where they swarm your feet and nibble on your skin. Eek! I really respect Trend Central's intrepid beauty reporter for her guts -- I'll do strange things for beauty's sake, but the thought of hundreds of fish sucking on my toes makes me sit cross legged at my desk, because these fish may be lurking somewhere beneath (...along with the spiders).  Tonight I'll sleep with my lights on, hugging my Fresh Brown Sugar Body Polish for comfort.   - Laura Kenney