Ewww!
Watching a bit on the tube about a spa visit gift for mother’s day, I got to wondering what sloughs off of, and out of, the body in a mud bath (or any of the other substances commonly used) at these spas. Male and female bodies. All those cavities. And pores.
I mean, you don’t get fresh cocoa hulls for each new client.
Again, ewww!
Enjoy your spa visit.
Peace,
mangeorge
Dunno…but at my spa, they clean the heck out of any recessed table (for Vichy showers), bath, capsule, pedi chair tub, or anything else that has been occupied by someone for any length of time.
I thought this was S.O.P.
I’ve never been to a spa, but what I’ve seen on TV and movies etc, the mud bath looks pretty big and deep. The mud is almost always “special”, so I’m guessing that they wouldn’t just flush it away. Like at this one.
What are all those things you name, anyway?
Vichy shower: http://spas.about.com/library/weekly/aa061503a23.htm
Pedicure chair: http://www.pedicurechair.com/
Alpha spa capsule: http://www.llpleasures.com/alpha_spa_capsule_treatments.htm
*I should clarify that my own day spa only has two bath treatments–jacuzzis with aroma milk or aroma sea salt; and that they use a type of “mud” (actually more of a creamy paste or exfoliating scrub) as a wrap. The one you linked to is definitely different. As for your question…I don’t know, as I have not had a mud bath anywhere. Hmmm.
I learn something every day. I’m still getting used to the fairly new use of the term “aesthetician”. 
But, have no doubt that these things have their place in the sun. Anything that makes you feel good, makes you feel good. I might try it, if the cost isn’t exploitative.
If you do a mud soak, it’s usually after you are washed, exfoliated, washed again. At a minimum you shower before you do a mud soak. Depending on the type of treatment, you might be wrapped in a wet sheet and get plastered with the stuff. If you’re doing an immersion soak, they give you underwear to cover your butt and crotch. You can bring your own swimsuit or underwear if you want. Women especially don’t want to get mud in their cootchies, so it’s pretty much standard procedure to have cleaned and sterilized underwear of some kind on hand.
The mud in most spas is sterilized by boiling it. If they want to, they can even heat it at higher temperatures in a low-temperature kiln, until all the water evaporates, and reclaim the mud by pulverizing it and mixing it with new water.
And, yeah, they do get fresh cocoa hulls for each client. Any exfoliating material is not reused. That’s part of what you’re paying for when you shell out the big bucks for these things. The ingredients are relatively cheap, but they use a ton of them.
So the poor people can go to the spa landfill and enrich themselves by wallowing in it. How nice. 
I found out after my 21st birthday party that I was the only one who bothered to leave the hot tub to take a piss, the whole night.
As it was my 21st birthday party, there was a lot of booze on hand, and a lot of people were drinking quite a lot. Eww.
Apparently, though, pissing in the hot tub is the SOP, and I was the square. “Hey”, says I, “You wacko Californians should be happy you got me naked for a good six hours in public”.
The cost at a day spa shouldn’t be too horrific. It gets much, much higher at boutique spas, in certain cities, and in hotels.
Remember that the price of the treatment includes not only the staff member’s services, but also figures in electricity, water, sheets, towels, possible use of a sauna or steam room, various ingredients, and a locker that will contain disposable undies, sandals, robe, and shower cap. I also often take a shower and wash my hair at my spa, then use their hair gel, blow dryers, and other things afterwards. I can also sit in the massage chairs in the relaxation room and have some water or tea.