Do "ion detoxification machines" (the foot spa kind) really work?

Answer 1

Honestly, this is the first time I encountered this word, ion detoxification machine. Does it work? I checked on internet what is the machine and it operates by an electric current in some bath in which you put your feet. Supposedly, ions (which are electrically charged natural particles such as Na+, Cl-, etc), will bind to toxins in your feet and then draw them out, somehow.

I am answering this question by plain logical thought and gut feeling. And my answer is a full-hearted NO! Why?

First of all, health is a hype, and people sell the most beautiful bogus ever invented to make some money out of the hype.
Second, people are not sewage pipes, and do not leak out of their feet.
Having said that, 'toxins' is a very wide group of molecules. Toxins come in many different sizes, shapes, toxic meachanisms, and solubility/electric charge (if any).
Ions will not bind to all toxins. Futhermore, toxins may find storage in the human body in fat tissue (such as certain pesticides), or accumulate in the liver or in other parts. Certainly, not all these toxins will pass the skin and come out through your feet. Whereas their exist some toxins that are able to pass the skin, most do not just so.
I would say this is an interesting marketing stunt, and no more than that.
Might as well believe that people can **** from their mouths and eat from their assholes, like in Southpark.
Funny though, yes.

Answer 2

I know the foot patches for detoxification work at reducing toxic overload of heavy metals etc. This has been substantiated by scientific evaluation. So, I guess it is possible that the machines also offer some benefit. If you really want to have detoxification of heavy metals from your body, try the foot patches.

Answer 3

Ok, Im giong to be honest ! Hell NO girl. I gotten a treatment done and my feet was claen and no Toxins were removed. The darkness on the pad is a chemical reaction. I am in the process of suing right now but its hard because its Alternative medicine and no cetifications for it....Go figure. I am detoxing right now with an oral supplement. Stick 2 the old fashioned way.

Answer 4

We have them at work. People claim they do. I personally haven't tried them. They look a little different each time, but that honestly could also depend on how clean the foot is. Some people look for floating objects.

A friend of mine asked one of our teachers. She said that they don't work and it's all bs. There's this powder that you add to it then start the little machine (I assume it's for ionizing). She said that they left the room and it starting changing colors on its own.

I have co-workers that say that it works, and they notice a difference. Maybe I should try it without putting my feet in and see if it changes colors. Sometimes the best way of finding out is by just doing it yourself. :)

Answer 5

No. They're a scam, like those stupid foot patches. They only fool the really gullible. Like the other poster said, people do NOT leak out of their feet!

Answer 6

Absolutely not! There is no scientific rationale for it to work. But the placebo effect is enough for some people to think it does. Save your time and money!

Answer 7

No i wish i did but i always run around the house without socks or slippers and have never had a corn or anything else..touch wood..

Answer 8

I heard that it is a scam. But if it makes you feel better, who cares.

Answer 9

yes

Answer 10

yes