I dislike liars, thieves and cheats. That being said, I think that the makers of Kinoki Cleansing Detox Foot Pads are liars who cheat people out of their money.
I had only recently heard of the footpad things. I had no idea of their main purpose or what they even did, but I was definitely curious, and I usually give everything the benefit of the doubt. A friend purchased the $19.99 package for me at her workplace. The package contains 14 pads and claims to be a two-week supply. I guess the makers forgot to factor in that humans have two feet.
The selling points on the box claim to aid in natural cleansing and absorb impurities and all while sleeping. This alone raised a couple of questions in my mind. The first being just what impurities do I have in my body exactly? I also questioned how it could aid in natural cleansing because it would no longer be natural if you were adding another chemical to the cleansing process.
The ingredients listed on the box were vague and didn’t actually tell me what was in the pad. It was like someone trying to BS an essay. Some of the ingredients were listed as follows: “detox herbs, bamboo vinegar and emollient base.” It left me asking this: What are the ingredients in the ingredients? Skeptical as I was already, the confusing directions didn’t improve my confidence in this product. The directions should have simply said, “Remove backing from adhesive, place detox pad on foot and stick adhesive to foot. Leave on overnight.”
Instead there were 12 steps on how to use them written in the most difficult wording I have ever read. It was like they wrote the directions in a foreign language and unsuccessfully attempted to translate it.
I realized that the adhesive, super adhesive actually, once it stuck to itself or you or any other object, was definitely not coming off without a rigorous fight. And by the time I was done wrestling to take it off of whatever it had stuck to, it was so mangled that it was completely unusable. After I finally got the pads on, I felt as if I had accomplished a great feat. As I was lying in my bed, I could feel my feet slightly tingling and burning a bit. It wasn’t so annoying or painful, though, that I could not fall asleep.
After waking up in the morning, I anxiously took off the footpads, excited for the result. As I peeled the first pad off I was disappointed. I don’t know if I had rubbed the super adhesive off during the night or what, but there was no result. With the second footpad, I was a bit more successful. On the other side was a nasty, green slimy substance in the pad. It was a pretty gnarly sight, but I was slightly content that I had any result at all. That day I felt exactly the same as I always did, and for the next four nights I continued to use the footpads. I achieved about the same results each time.
When people asked me if they worked or what they did, I wasn’t able to give them a straight answer. I mean, sure, they could have taken potential poisons out of my body, but for all I know, the pads could just change colors randomly. Over the next five days, I felt no different than I ever did. The only thing that changed in my daily routine was struggling to put the pads on my feet.
Curious what I was actually supposed to be feeling, I looked the advertisement for Kinoki footpads up on YouTube. The ad claimed that it removed heavy metals such as mercury and toxins like asbestos. It also said that it could remove cellulite from the body and help you lose weight. Then they had two phony testimonies and showed an “independent study” graph about how much toxins the pads remove but gave no attribution to the group who supposedly tested the pads. Finally at the end of the video, the producers had a cheerful woman say that if we, the consumers, didn’t see results within the first day to call for a money-back guarantee.
It’s been five days, so I think I’ll take her up on that offer.