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    Fancy being fish food?

    Updated:19 Jan 2015 6:41 AM | Posted by
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    And to think I ever thought acupuncture was weird. Writing Bh's feature story for this week, The New Alternatives, was certainly an eye-popper. I found out why crystal facials can shake up my chakras, how Native American La Stone therapy can trigger my cranial nerve and how patrons at a posh Hawaiian hotel spa pay to have bird droppings slathered on their faces. Then, just when I thought spas couldn't get more bizarre, I hear about a hot spring in Turkey where tiny fish nibble flakes and dead skin cells off your body like you chomp corn on the cob. Curiouser and curiouser.

    The peckish little blighters are known as 'doctor fish', Garra rufa, reddish log suckers or Kangal fish (after Kangal, the town that boasts the spring) and they thrive in thermal outdoor pools, just waiting for flaky people to show up for lunch. Apparently, psoriasis is their favourite dish but they'll also happily gnaw and lick away any type of dead skin without damaging the fresh, healthy layers beneath -  it's like being detailed by a thinking micro-exfoliant. And it's said to tingle in a nice, I'm-being-buffed-and-polished kind of way.

    The fishy business was opened in the Sixties and the nibblers are now so popular that they've got their own website, www.psoriasisfishcure.com, and a whole tourism trade has sprung up around them. 'Feed fish one day, visit ancient ruins the next' has quite good postcard potential, don't you think? Certainly better than 'snorkel today, slap on some bird poo tomorrow' anyway. I don't care how hot they're looking in Hawaii...

    27 Member Comments

    Miss19 26 Nov 2018 11:49 AM

    I wouldn't do it

    itslinda 4 Apr 2016 9:19 PM

    great article

    Linda_Vesinger 28 Mar 2016 4:39 AM

    I have a family member with psoriasis, I'd never suggest they go have fish nibble their limbs to help it. Truly bizarre

    Coconut Jayne 18 Jan 2016 1:53 PM

    I actually think I'd give this a go, sounds kinda interesting!

    Yohanna 9 Jan 2016 5:21 PM

    yuck!

    Hayley644 19 Jan 2015 6:41 AM

    I have seen this before in Asia. I don;t think I'd like to try it.

    bmill229 9 Jul 2014 12:37 PM

    I love her teeth.

    Goldcat 9 Apr 2014 9:21 PM

    Too bizarre for me.

    Evanescencessy 30 Jul 2013 12:39 PM

    Some of these treatments are so weird!

    Oonga 28 Jul 2013 8:54 AM

    wow I have heard of the fish for feet, but not the whole body. I don't know that just kind of seems a bit creepy to me? even though its obviously a win win! Humans get rid off dead skin, fish get fed, not sure its for me. However good on those who will give it a go!

    Jessicalaw 22 Jun 2013 11:36 AM

    Dr Fish is EVERYWHERE in thailand & bali. Such a cool feeling!

    Blink182 6 Feb 2013 8:26 AM

    Nice!

    Trish_D 19 Aug 2012 9:40 AM

    OHHHHH NO THANK YOU.

    FeatheredBeauty 18 May 2012 9:57 AM

    I'm definitely trying this if I get the chance.

    Lovely65 26 Mar 2012 7:49 AM

    would love to try it

    Limabean 10 Oct 2011 6:15 AM

    would be a bit of fun

    Fabb22 26 Mar 2011 12:35 AM

    oh my skin just crawled

    Rpear 18 Sep 2010 1:12 AM

    wow! what a good idea! Fish are great! also great for eating! I wonder how this was discovered! hehe

    Soozie67 23 Jun 2010 11:40 AM

    Yuck, this doesnt appeal to me at all, I think it would be so weird. I think I will just exfoliate and moisturise and leave the little fishies alone.

    Sumaya 13 Mar 2010 4:16 AM

    I am very ticklish but i also think it would feel weird have those little suckers near my feet lol

    Ariana82 21 May 2009 12:24 PM

    I cant even think about bird dropping ones that is horrible to have it smeared on your face - I am more likely to give the feet a go but I am so ticklish that I dont think I would be able to sit there through the whole thing... some very weird and interesteing concepts

    Little miss sunshine 14 May 2009 7:07 AM

    I think I'd giggle too much if the fish were tickling my feet!

    Dedide 15 Nov 2008 10:35 PM

    I would love to try it what an interesting experience it would be, something to freak my friends out about.

    annibaby 24 Jul 2008 6:08 AM

    I would be worried that the fish would tickle my feet. Interesting concept though.

    Billywig 13 Apr 2008 10:48 AM

    I think that it'd be funny. Wouldn't mind =]

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