From Snake Massage to Vampire Facial: The 10 Most Bizarre Spa Treatments

Relax, Release, Relate…

When it comes to outrageous spa treatments, don’t knock it until you try it — especially those that seem too bizarre to fathom. 

Unusual spa treatments are becoming more of a reason for travelers to jet set across the globe in search for an opportunity to feel and look better.

Even if it does involve wild animals, blood transfusions, and bathing in beer.

Fish Pedicure or Doctor Fish Massage

From the river basins of Turkey to many nail salons across the U.S., fish pedicures are becoming a hot commodity for travelers wanting an extraordinary pedicure.

Forget about the regular wash and pleasing scrub.

With this pedicure you will be required to dump your feet in a pool of water and feel the sucking of many Garra rufa or Doctor fish nibbling the dead skin off of your feet.

This bizarre treatment is expected to exfoliate the skin, provide relaxation and modulate the nervous system to relax the body.

Snake massage

Calling this massage skin-crawling is both extremely apt and a bit of an understatement. 

Many flock to Israel to have their naked skin completely covered with numerous non-venomous corn and king snakes. As these slithering masseurs wiggle down the body they release any unwanted kinks and relieve clients’ ailments including migraines.

Bird- Poo Facial

It is said that getting splattered with bird droppings is a sign of good luck. We're not sure who said it, but we admire their optimism.

Well, in Wailea Spa in Maui, the Nightingale’s droppings are a Japanese age-defying beauty secret commonly used among geishas. For about $220, you can feel its affects too. 

Here, the Nightingale’s droppings is stored and treated with ultraviolent rays to kill bacteria, and transformed into a silky powder, which is used to prevent blemishes, plus brighten and heal damaged skin.

Galos Salt-iodine Caves

The Galos Salt-iodine caves in Chicago takes the resort experience to a whole new level — namely, underground.

Stretch out on a lawn chair for about 45 minutes and inhale the scented aromas of crystalized salts while the caves heal you with their soothing sparkle. The caves are purported to provide a plethora of benefits such as clear sinuses and alleviation of ulcers, allergies, skin conditions, colitis, and hypertension.

Leech Therapy

Demi Moore reportedly visited Austria for this unusual spa treatment, which offers a unique form of detoxing in addition to fighting many other illnesses like arthritis.

This age-old remedy releases Hirudo Medicinalis (medicinal leeches) on the patient’s body for bloodsucking fun for about an hour, releasing enzymes in the blood that detox the body until the leeches are full and eventually drop off.

Vampire Facial

Appearing on an episode of “Keeping Up with the Kardashians", the vampire facial is a Hollywood beauty trend that requires drawing of blood from the arm, which is then purified in a machine to remove platelets. 

After numbing cream is applied to the face, the drawn blood is then injected in the face to prevent wrinkles and revitalize the skin.

Beer Spa

The Czech Republic is a popular travel destination for many reasons.

Since 2006, the Chodover brewery is flooded with many visitors in need of an unusual bath. 

Here, you can spend about 20 minutes soaking in a tub of authentic Czech beer as its natural elements cleanse the skin and stimulate the body.

Mud Baths

From the Dead Sea of Jordan to California’s Napa Valley, mud baths were designed centuries ago to rejuvenate the body, beautify the skin, release tension, and increase blood circulation.

Chocolate Facial Therapy

If you’re a chocolate fanatic, then this spa treatment will definitely be calling your name and your tummy.

Located in the Aquapura Douro Valley in Portugal, this spa smothers you with the creamy delicacy of Swiss chocolate. Enjoy a decadent treat smeared all over your face as its age-defying toxins heal damaged skin and rejuvenate the face.

Just try not to eat it!

Manaka Tapping Treatment

If you’ve heard of acupuncture, here is the next best thing.

Guests of the LakeHouse Spa in Austin Texas resort to this peculiar 16^th century Japanese treatment, where wooden pegs are tapped along the patient’s back to release tension, provide balanced energy, and relieve the body from any sore muscles.