I do not understand how the cleanse works when you don’t have your feet in it.
I tried to have it work with no body parts and it does not do anything. You need a contact for the cleanse to work.
So I don’t get it. interesting.
Anyhow, I believe in the cleanse it has help alot of my freinds mind games or no mind games if it works let people do it.

I thought you might appreciate this: I am a double above knee amputee, so she has me put my left hand in the water (LOL) after she told my wife that it could only be done with the feet because the foot has the big pores. Our water results were identical.

It almost was worth believing until she found out that I have diabetes, two blood disorders, emphysema, Kleinfelters Syndrome and phantom pains now and then, and I am being treated for pre-cancerous skin problems….lo and behold this machine can slide ALL that stuff out of my body. Now just ain’t that amazing!

Her machine has no brand name other than Ion Detoxify Cleansing Device. Me thinketh she speaks with forked tongue. Her price started at $850, but because we are such wonderful people, her boss said to sell us the machine for $600…what a grand guy!

In my West Texas Cowboy Voice, I say: “Them’s steamin’ stacks in the cow paddock, Jack!”

Thanks for echoing my thoughts about this; it is very important that we keep our shop level and truthful as there is skepticism from some about what we offer, and snake oil is never allowed.

Whenever I hear about a detoxifying treatment I am both intrigued and skeptical. One of the newest “detox” treatments is an “ion cleanse” that requires an individual to immerse their feet in a basin of water for 30 minutes. They go by names like ion cleanse ionic footbath, ionic cleanse foot detox bath among others. The claim is that a variety of toxins will be released through the feet.

I was told the water in the basin may change color and consistency from orange, brown through to black — due to the release of toxic substances through the pores on the sole of each foot. I was told when the water is changing colors, each color represents the part of the body that is being detoxified.

I thought I would give the ion cleanse a try and experienced a demonstration myself.

Blue Water Spa’s spa manager Mari Beth Hedeman and I both elected to have ion cleanse treatments. We sat side by side as the ion cleansing procedure started. We placed our feet in basins of warm, clear water. An electrical device that looked like a filter (but clearly was NOT a filter) was placed in the basin. This device powered the ion cleanse machine. Within minutes, the water began changing color. Yellow, orange, green, black. The water was also bubbly. It looked like sewage. The woman providing the demonstration analyzed the water in the basins. We were told we were releasing toxins through our feet. The colors, according to her, indicated we both were releasing a lot of toxins and a lot of metals. She said something about toxins from our gallbladder being released. She also stated that she noticed “lymph” in the water..

I asked about evidence. There were no published medical studies available. And, the person providing the demonstration could not give me the name of a single physician who uses this device in their practice.

The biggest surprise was when I asked what would happen if we performed a treatment but did not immerse feet in the water. Apparently, the water would turn colors and bubble up whether an individual’s feet were immersed in the water or not. Hmmmm……. I thought the colors in the water were based on toxins being released.

Maybe this treatment really does something. There are several manufacturers of these devices and it is possible that there are significant differences between the systems. Maybe somewhere, evidence does exist that this treatment really does work. All I know personally is that when I asked for evidence it was not available to me.

In my opinion, this treatment can provide a deep cleaning of one’s bank account. The only real evidence presented about this device was the amount of money practitioners were making by providing this treatment to consumers.

This device claims to help from everything from arthritis to cancer. The woman providing the demonstration mentioned a several times the positive effects this treatment can have on children with autism. Of course, there was absolutely no evidence available about how this treatment could possibly treat autism. I was sickened by the thought of practitioners purchasing this system and promoting it to parents who are desperately looking for anything available that might help a child with a health concern. People who seek out opportunities make money from people who are faced with adversity in my opinion are the lowest of the low.

I am blessed with healthy children. But, I imagine that if the health of my children was compromised that I would try absolutely anything and spend any amount of money on any treatment that promised a cure or an improvement.

The public needs to ask for evidence of safety and efficacy of products and devices that make claims about improving health or well being. Sadly, there will always be some unscrupulous people, including many so called medical spas not owned and operated by physicians who evaluate treatments based on the revenue they can generate rather than the safety and efficacy of a procedure or device.

For more information about Blue Water Spa, a medical spa owned and operated by board certified plastic surgeon Michael Law MD please go to http://www.bluewaterspa.com or http://www.michaellawmd.com