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I Feel Slimey: The Snake Spa Treatment

Imagine saying, "I'll take the live snake spa treatment, please."

That's a real option at a spa in Israel.  Live snakes are draped across your body and left to "slither around" in an $80 treatment available at Ada Barak's Carnivorous Plant Farm.  Barak hand-selected the nonvenomous snakes she uses in her treatment: big ones for kneading, plus a few little ones for the "shivery" sensation. 

 

Barak swears she's got regular clients, some who even claim this snake-trick eases migraines and soothes sore muscles.  She keeps them in place by "braiding" the snakes together, then letting them work their way across your back or belly.

Stuff like this sounds fake, right?  Luckily, there's video. 

 
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Liz S A's picture

Yeah, I heard about this. How very odd. I'm not a total snake-hater as I am an animal nut, but who the hell would want a bunch of 'em slithering around your naked back? I mean, I love my guinea pigs but I don't want them running all over me either.

 
 
lauracarsonmiller's picture

I am really just SO UN-FOND of snakes. I can not fathom a worse spa treatment ~ but I was not into the fish eating pedicure either. I guess I am really old school.

 
 

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