According to UK Elle magazine, in an effort to entice new clients a select number of spas around the world are offering, well, interesting new beauty treatments that involve the use of some very unorthodox, rather unsavoury, methods and ingredients.
At Ada Barak’s Snake Spa in Israel stressed visitors can enjoy the relaxing properties of a live snake massage, said to relieve tension and ease aching muscles.
The Diamond Resort and Spa in Hawaii uses nightingale dung (once a favourite among
geishas) mixed with clay or bran to rejuvenate a tired, dull, complexion.
While at Hari’s hair salon in London a protein-rich conditioning treatment, in which the key ingredient, bull semen, is often used.
In Japan, at the Yunessun Spa in
Hakone, a ramen noodle soup treatment is on offer. Visitors are encouraged to soak in a bath filled with hot pork broth and noodles in an effort to boost their metabolism. They also offer baths filled with green tea, sake, coffee and wine.
And finally, there’s a spa in Dubai offering placenta facials, in which a more youthful look may be achieved care of a serum derived from human afterbirth (said to be sourced from mothers in Russia).
To me, using these ingredients is akin to eating offal. Sure they might be rich in nutrients and restorative properties, but still, I won’t be applying the nose to tail approach to my skincare regime anytime soon. Thoughts.