By Melanie McCracken
I’ve always been obsessed with smooth soft skin.  In my quest I’ve slathered, heated, rummaged in the fridge for home remedies, sat in questionable mud and wrapped my body in saran wrap. When I heard there were Korean women near downtown Los Angeles who would buff my body to its most velvety state I jumped on the opportunity and was off to Wi Spa, a co-ed traditional “Jjim Jil Bang” (translated as a “steam/sweat room”) that offers a truly unique experience, even for the most daring Angelino.  
This three floor complex is split up into one male, and one female “wet spa” floors, which offers the steaming hot Jacuzzis and pore clearing steam saunas, and a co-ed floor which has an array of dry sauna rooms, lounging area for napping and a cafe.  
The buff treatment, at a mere $40, is the reason for coming here though.  When you enter the women’s floor you leave behind more than your cares and worries – you’ll notice right away that every single woman is completely nude and you’re expected to strip down as well.  Come with an open mind and abandon your body complexes, after 5 minutes you’ll be blissfully stewing in a bubbling Jacuzzi waiting for your buff appointment to start.  
Take my advice and go on a day where you can spare a couple of hours.  After being scoured, bathed and rinsed by the “Ddeh Dakneen Ajumma” (the women clad in black bras and underwear who will scrub off (2-lbs of your dead skin) you’ll want to linger in this huge complex, soaking up the rest and relaxation that will last you all week.  
Here’s the other thing, they’re open 24 hours/7 days a week.
Wi Spa     
2700 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90057
213-487-2700
Melanie works on the show Weeds.

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