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.