A rather absurd story
about a spa that alleges it’s burning away the
calories…with fire. Yes, the Life of Life Healing Spa says it can help you trim down pretty much any body part
with this fire treatment, which includes being massaged, smothered in Chinese herbs and wrapped in wet towels before
being set alight. Fun! The manager of the spa says that one female client had lost some five inches off her stomach
through the, shall we say, unorthodox treatment. He drags out the old " detoxifying your body" argument more
often heard these days from New Age types with too much disposable income who are in search of quick fixes to obesity
that don’t include a change in diet or exercise.
But it gets better. Once you’ve been set alight, you
undergo a “full body exfoliation” and then soak in a 300-jet spa tub before being sprayed down with a
high-pressure hose…the latter, once favored by police during the Civil Rights movement, is used for
“lymphatic drainage”. Riiiigggghht.