In Reply to: vagina spa posted by chick on Wednesday, 28. July 2010 at 07:22 Bali Time:
Do not laugh, it is true! There is an old Javanese 'woman's treatment' used prior to weddings and other special occasions when this is done. A number of spas in Bali offer the treatment, look at the Spa Guide:
http://balispaguide.com/spa-search/?type=location&locationID=0&categoryID=0&featureID=16
I quote from the guide:
In the USA referred to as Venus Smoke and often included in a Balinese Beauty Package. In fact it is not Balinese in origin but an ancient Javanese custom where women go a 'secret place' to beautify and rejuvinate their bodies prior to weddings and other special occasions. Available in some of the upmarket spas in Bali but is normally found in any of Javanese origin such as the Martha Tilaar spas.
The woman sits naked in a chair with a hole in the seat while a bowl of seeds and herbs is burned under the hole. The smoke that wafts up into her vagina is meant to stimulate and disinfect the region.