Nothing says “RELAX” better than a spa and if that’s what you’re looking for its one of the very many things you can easily find at Boracay, so easy in fact that most of the time you don’t even have to go looking for it.
A typical Boracay spa can be you, the masseur, and a towel on the beach or for a considerable sum of money it can be as luxurious as an exotic message, a milk bath with rose petals and four walls. Of course there’s always something in the middle of any two extremes but I was also looking for something I’ve never experienced before.
… And like a heaven-sent I found Fotzee’s Foot Spa. I was just perfect at the time, being that my vacation was nearing it’s end I needed a way to relieve my feet of the stress (and sand) from all the walking -PLUS! my never experienced before experience.
The Pinay-French owner of Fotzee’s has recently added Dr. Fish to their menu of services (March 09). Garra rufa, better known as Dr. Fish, are imported all the way from Turkey to her trendy little foot spa in Boracay. I remembered watching a documentary a couple years back on how they provided relief from psoriasis, apparently they have since been used for other purposes too. The fascinating thing about these little dermatologists is that they only feed on areas with dead skin therefore allowing the healthy to grow. If we follow this logic, this means that most of the dead skin cells were on my ankles cuz the jumbo nibbler shown at the bottom left picture would not let up!
Not to sound like such a girl but I sorta freaked when I saw that a couple fishes were bigger than what I thought them to be, they’re usually no bigger than my finger when shown on the boob tube. It takes some getting used to, you have to fight the urge to jump up and squeal at first but after that you start to enjoy the gentle nibbling on your feet.
After a 30 minute soak in the aquarium it’s off to these fancily decorated chairs for a soothing foot scrub.
Other than Footzee’s, I heard they had these fished at Manila Ocean Park too where you can soak with the nibblers for only Php120.00.
Foot Scrub and Dr. Fish -Php1,2000.00
Dr. Fish (30min) -Php550.00
Footzee’s Boracay Foot Spa
Boat Station 2, D’Mall,
Boracay Island
Malay Aklan, Philippines
Tel. No. (+6336) 288-4264
3 Responses to “Make An Appointment With Dr. Fish At Footzee’z Boracay”
we’re going to manila ocean park this weekend. this is one of the things i am excited about
ACCCKKK… when I read about that in yahoo a couple of months ago, the fish didn’t look that big! Parang gusto ko ma-try. Mejo mabubusog ang mga yan at wala akong oras magpa-foot scrub ngayon!
Busog na busog! I’m giggling at the thougth of being submerged in a swimming pool full of these fishes… So far walang pang ganun dito, so email me when any of you hear of one.