Food for fish?
There’s this apparently therapeutic spa treatment for feet using small fish to chew off dead skin.
Try googling “fish spa”, “garra rufa” and the like and you’ll find multiple articles about it. Are the health claims true? Can it treat psoriasis and other skin conditions?
These fish pedicures, using “doctor fish”, can be found in most touristy locations in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, China and Japan.
The latest news is that rather than therapeutic, the fish spas can actually facilitate transfer of infections!
Check out the information provided in these links – http://www.wellnesswa.com.au/2009/12/q-a-where-can-i-get-a-fish-pedicure-in-perth/
and
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2050342/Fish-pedicures-foot-spas-spread-HIV-hepatitis-C.html
Food for thought.
What about the fish? Is it healthy/safe for them to be consuming human skin?
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You are correct. I would think there is negligible nutritional value in the dead skin. The fish will have to have a proper feed in the evenings.
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