Now this is just crazy! I saw this on the local news the other night and just couldn’t believe my eyes. A local (Alexandria, VA) salon is offering a pedicure treatment that involves tiny carp (Garra Rufa) fish that eat away your dead skin and callouses.
Like hungry little piranha’s these “Dr. Fish” nibble at the dead skin on your feet. As soon as you lower your feet into their tank they go to work. According to the salon workers “they never get full” so they can eat dead skin all day long. Yummo!
Apparently this is a common practice in several countries. After looking around the internet it also appears to be the latest salon craze in the US. People are raving about what a great job the little “ticklers” are doing.
Current health restrictions have no guidance for the flesh eating fish. The only regulation that is currently enforced is that the water has to be changed after each customer. It is said that the fish are a cleaner, healthier alternative to surgical clippers, scrapers and harsh scrubbing stones. Perhaps this is a perfect solution for diabetics.
I guess I have to add this one to the now I’ve seen everything category.
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