I don't want to alarm you but: What you are seeing is an actual spa treatment.
That woman is actually receiving a massage with snakes. If you thought the fish pedicure was too creepy, then I'm pretty sure you're not going to like this new trend. But, and I don't want to alarm you further, I've been seeing press on this unique treatment from The Ada Barak Spa in Northern Israel all over the place.
First there was a small write up about it in Allure's Spa Guide this month, then ForbesTraveler.com wrote about it in their Bizarre Spa Treatment slideshow (hence the above pic) and then this morning The Cut writes about it and tells me Time sent a writer to check it out. So the buzz is building and I'm curious as to whether this spa anomaly will translate to American spa-goers. Will people line up to have half a dozen snakes slither and squeeze their tensions away? Well, you can read about the experience the writer for Time had - personally, I'm willing to try it but when the snake starts to nibble on my eyelashes (as happened to the writer) I think I'd be out. Ada Barak, the owner of the spa, says that "Many people prefer the touch of the snake to that of humans." Hmmm...I'm not sure about that....
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