Pedicures get soaked - Extra Bodyfit - Brief Article

Muscle & Fitness/Hers, Jan-Feb, 2003

If you love to get pampered with a pedicure, beware: At least one type a bacteria can thrive in whirl pool footbaths, even those that arc cleaned regularly. U.S. health officials traced more than 100 recent cases of severe bacterial skin infections to a microbe known as mycobacterium fortuitum; the resulting boils and skin ulcers that seem to be resistant to antibiotics can cause permanent scarring.

If you're still willing to take your chances, don't shave your legs beforehand a fresh shave could make it easier for the microbe to penetrate the skin.