SCOTUS Will Not Weigh In on Fish Pedicure Ban

If you were waiting to find out if you would be able to get an exotic fish pedicure in Arizona, I’m sorry to tell you that you will not.

Let me tell you about the latest fad in pedicures, for those who are out of the loop on the latest pedicure innovations. A fish pedicure is one where you put your feet into water filled with small fish, the Garra Rufa species, and the fish eat away at the dead skin on your feet.

Full disclosure: I have never had a fish pedicure.

Here’s a picture to give you a better idea of what I’m talking about.

The Supreme Court will not be hearing an appeal from an Arizona owner of a “fish spa” over the decision of local regulators to shut down her shop.  Regulators claimed the fish were not safe for exfoliation because, I’m not kidding here, “the fish couldn’t be sanitized between uses.”

“The justices on Monday left in place a lower court ruling that said the state Board of Cosmetology didn’t violate Cindy Vong’s constitutional rights.”

De gustibus non est disputandum.