Do you have the guts for these?

For a woman her beauty is foremost and anything goes to keep that glow on her face. We reveal some totally scary spa treatments that make you wonder how much is too much! By Prachi S Vaish

Leech therapy
How about letting bloodsucker leeches dig their teeth into your skin? Oh no! Right? Also known as Hirudotherapy, leeches have been used on and off for over 2000 years for various ailments. They are supposed to be effective in many areas involving blood flow regulation, inflammation, heart and lung conditions and many more. It is believed that leeches are so effective due to the anti-coagulating agents found in their saliva that results in smoother blood flow from the affected area. You think it’s a good bargain - those suckers for a relief from chronic illness?

Laser vaginal rejuvenation
Bikini waxing is the maximum terror you can think of inflicting on yourself down there? Laser Vaginal Rejuvenation (LVR) goes a step further. Imagine laser beams all over your nether regions, tightening them up to give you a more youthful, firmer vagina! Agreed there are no incisions involved, but laser beams playing with your vagina isn’t such a pleasant thought either. LVR is the latest rage in the most posh societies in the west nowadays and willing women are ready to shell out up to $10,000 for a single session to tighten up! So are you going to be satisfied with a fanny facial or does it take LVR to complete your ‘full-body’ spa experience?

Snake massage
For about $70-$80, you can have your own Fear Factor moment by indulging in this slithering massage treatment perfected by Ada Barak in northern Israel. She uses king snakes, corn snakes and milk snakes for the treatment and claims that once people can get past the initial hitches, they will find this massage quite stress relieving. We wonder if the customers agree!

Placenta facials
Seems like the perfect issue for human rights to fight on…isn’t it? Beauty treatment aficionados feel otherwise. For the unaware, placenta is the living organ that attaches a growing fetus to the mother’s uterine wall as the baby develops in the womb. It is expelled naturally from the body right after birth and is enriched with stem cells. According to beauty experts, the same science that makes stem cell therapy unprecedented in regeneration and recovery, works wonders to reverse the ageing process and rejuvenate one’s skin! Does it work? Maybe someone should ask sultry J Lo who attributes her youthful skin to Placenta facials! Sheep as well as human placenta is used for these facials and both are considered equally effective. Now the question is how far are you willing to go to get that glow on your skin?

Bull semen hair conditioning
A latest addition to the carte du jour of Hari’s salon in London (Catherine Zeta Jones’ favourite salon) is the option of getting your hair washed with a mixture of bull semen and a protein rich plant root, Katera. The salon avers that this strengthens your hair and gives it glossy shine. It costs just above $100 and lasts for about 45 minutes.

Things that would give you goose bumps are being slathered and smeared for beauty’s sake in the most exclusive joints. Are you bold enough to indulge?