During the detoxification process, some people will leech acid into the foot spa water (especially during your first 10-15 treatments). The body’s natural pH should be slightly alkaline to fight infections and toxins most effectively. (In chemistry, ‘alkaline’ means ‘cool and slow,’ whereas ‘acid’ means ‘hot and fast.’ You can compare an acidic car battery, which needs to run hot and fast to start your car, to an alkaline battery in your TV remote control, which you would want to stay cool, and run for a long time.)

However, some toxins and disease can cause our body to become more acidic. The acidity that is released into the foot bath water is being released by your body as part of the detoxification process. (Please note that the absence of this rash is not necessarily a sign that the Ionic Body Balancer has failed to work. Each person will detoxify differently.)

If you do get this rash, be sure to wash your feet thoroughly with soap and warm water after each treatment. You can also gently rub baking soda (which is an alkaline) on the affected area to help neutralize the rash, and then rinse the area well. If the rash becomes itchy, you can try applying calamine lotion. Appearance of this rash does not mean you should stop treatments. If it makes you uncomfortable to continue treatments, then wait a few days before resuming. Appearance of this rash can be a good thing, as it means that the detox treatments are working. However, our goal is to reduce pain and discomfort, not add to it!!