Our manicure treatments offer the ideal holiday for your hands: we’ll make them fresh, young, smooth and beautiful. No matter how harmful your daily life is to your hands and fingers, we’ve got the tools, the know how and the staff to rescue them: either as a one off treatment or over a series of regular appointments.

Everyone deserves a little pampering, particularly on those parts of the body that take the most punishment. Modern life can be extremely hard on skin and nails: grime deposits, exhaust fumes, multiple chemicals and even household cleaning products all leave their mark in your hands, which can become cracked, chapped, chipped or even split. Temperature changes can also have a telling effect on hands, as of course can the vicissitudes of parenting. The Doctor Fish Spa employs a team of skilled manicurists, each one of whom will be able to restore your most important body parts to their beautiful best.

Choose from a wide range of manicure treatments – from nail polishing and filing through to a full work over. Our manicures cover all the classic styles and treatments: French polish; artificial nails (either short term use, for parties and special occasions, or long term artificial nails); paraffin waxing; and herbal or botanic oil treatments. As well as beautifying manicures, the Doctor Fish Spa has a complete roster of health related hand treatments available, including massage, pressure point, nourishment and exfoliation.

It’s now known that manicure treatments have a much wider ranging set of effects than simple beautification. Nails and nail beds are, along with the tongue and eyes, the body’s first register for telltale signs notifying you of imbalances in nutrition or health. That’s because the nail bed, like the tongue, is made of a different sort of flesh – it is, effectively, “internal skin”: that is to say, bodily material one would usually find inside a person. Internal skin is usually invisible (for obvious reasons): so the existence of these two indicator areas, the tongue and nail beds, are extremely useful for spotting first warnings regarding the overall condition of the body. Nail beds have long been used as indicators in holistic and alternative therapies, and are still routinely checked by doctors for signs of poor nutrition, nervous system conditions and blood defects such as anaemia. A manicure, as well as rectifying the signs of ageing and daily use, can provide detailed information about the overall health of the body: our manicurists are trained to spot these signs, and will give thorough and helpful recommendations for diet, exercise and sleep, which can arrest and reverse nutritional and mineral complaints.

In some cases, manicure can directly improve the nutritional state of the body. Often, small white marks or imperfections within the cuticle are indicative of mineral imbalances or deficiencies. Our hot oil manicures, as well as leaving your skin soft and supple and your nails firm, shiny and pliable, can impregnate your hands with the essential oils and minerals they need to regain a youthful, healthy appearance.

We also do special one-off manicure treatments designed to make hands and nails the star of the show at a party, wedding or night out. Whether you’re looking for a series of corrective manicures, a bling-laden pair of party hands, or just a bit of one-on-one pampering, we’ve got the perfect treatment for you. Just give us a call to arrange an appointment – and get ready to take your hands to heaven!