I've actually heard of the fish treatment before. There's a spa in this area that does it. They call it Dr. Fish. I think it's weird but I kinda want to try it anyway. [www.yvonnesalon.com]

I don't think the chocolate or beer treatments are "disturbing." I've used cocoa powder in a home made body scrub before, and I know some people use dark beer as a hair conditioner.

But how many women would even agree to be in the same building as the reptiles in #1, let alone have them on their back?? good grief!

I loooooooooooove it when my bf does what we call 'the back thing' - he just lightly drags his fingertips all over my back. It's so lovely and relaxing.

Snakes slithering on you is very similar. One of my friend's pythons wound his way into my shirt on Earth Day (the herpetology club was on campus with their snakes as part of the festivities), and sometimes the scales catch you, but for the most part, it's just a really light stroking feeling. It sounds way more dirty than it is :-X

My mom used to stroke my forearm like that when we'd watch TV together. A snake slithering on my arm felt exactly like that.

I wish I could have a snake :-(

And re: the birdshit facial, that's really nothing, compared to what many cosmetic products are made out of. Whale puke is a common ingredient.

Over on Gawker, they call that a "Janka".

That movie was the first thing I thought of when I saw that "treatment", too.

@Darren W.: What?! Where do they get infant foreskin? Is there some kind of black market for circumcised foreskin? I figured the waste (ahem) went in those red biohazard bags and then went off to the dump.

Wow, I will never look at my moisturizer the same way again.

I can't believe someone would spend money for "organic bull sperm." Do I believe for one moment that real bull sperm is being used- absolutely not. There's probably a group of high school boys filling those bottles, if you know what I mean. What the heck is organic sperm, anyway?!

Anyway, I found this site that explains the content of Lesko's books and why they're such a rip-off. Basically, all he does is list federal and state government programs that anyone could easily find on their own, and since you can only be eligible for the programs in one state, the overwhelming majority of the book is going to be irrelevant for anyone who buys it.

On my "list of things never to get near my crotch," lasers come in pretty near the top.

Then again, different type of fish I suppose.

#2 is not really shocking. Since bird's nest are consumed.

Where are the "There's Something About Mary" jokes?

Yeah ... I'm still cringing from that picture, and I'm a man!

@kalemaat: Yes, he's the guy in the dollar sign suit.

I'd consider it yummy.

It's a sad day when women are having surgery and "treatments" to rejuvenate their nether-regions. When will women stop criticizing their bodies and learn to love them the way they are? If you're paranoid about the way your vagina looks then you have waaaaay too much time on your hands.

That picture really creeped me out, too. The "other face lift" may only be listed as the #9 most disturbing spa treatment, but that picture may very well be the #1 most disturbing thing I see all day.

@sleze69: that's exactly what I thought. I couldn't figure out how putting a sausage on your back would accomplish anything...
the other face lift? somebody better be getting paid a lot of money to perform that

The thumbnail version of the snake picture made me think it was some strange Italian sausage treatment.

Snakes make much more sense.

@Optimistic Prime: I remember seeing a story on the old Ripleys Believe It or Not w/ Jack Palance where they had a similar thing where you submersed your whole body in. Supposedly it worked wonders for psoriasis and other skin maladies. I have seen it in more recent television shows, but I don't remember which ones.

@verucalise:
Exactly, who wears a bowtie these days?

The bull sperm kind of ruins the happy ending part.

That first picture... the one referring to the "Other Face Lift"... ewww, it's creeping me out. He needs a sign out front of his house, per Megan's Law. Creeeeeeepy. Not Cool.