Snake massage, beer bath or bird poop facial? Asia’s 7 weirdest beauty treatments – and where to get them
Snails crawling across your face, knives on your neck, and fish nibbling your feet – these are just a few of the insanely popular beauty treatments around Asia
People will stop at nothing to preserve health and obtain beauty. The following list of Asian beauty treatments shows how far some people will go. From facials using animal excretions to massages with scary tools, there is plenty of strangeness to be found, along with some reported benefits, too. Check them out below.
1. Bird dropping facial
Bird poop is not just a symbol of good luck, is it also a beauty elixir. Having originated in ancient Japan, the bird poop facial was sought by geishas as a beauty maintaining tool. This treatment can now be found in Japanese spas across the globe. Its chief ingredient is uguisu no fun, or “nightingale faeces”, which is said to heal the skin and retain moisture by reducing water loss from the epidermis.
Where to get it: beauty spas in Japan; Ikeda Spa in Singapore
2. Beer bath
A beer bath session at the Premedion Beer Spa Beijing (in Star World Hotel) lets you sit in a tub of Schwartz beer mixed with yeast, malt and hops for 20 minutes. The bubbly delight does not end there: after the bath, you get an hour to enjoy a massage and a 20-minute exfoliation session. Did we mention you can access Schwartz beer on tap the entire time, too?
Where to get it: Star World Hotel in Beijing, China
3. Snake massage
