Doctor fish will eat your dead skin cells

[Maraya1969]

Doctor fish—a new Asian health trend

"Doctor fish" is a nickname given to two species of small fish traditionally kept in Turkish-style baths in the Middle East. Able to live in hot water, the fish also nibble the dead skin of bathers and so have been used as a folk remedy for skin conditions such as psoriasis. (The fish nibble only dead skin, not live skin.)


The "doctor fish" phenomenon has now spread to Asia as a kind of natural exfoliant. The fish are increasingly popular in China, and last year Japan's Yunessun hot-spring resort, in the city of Hakone, became the first in the nation to set up its own doctor-fish bath (although the fish aren't mentioned on the resort's English-language site).



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[BlueJazz]

1. The Americans get a "Special" Fish.

[Maraya1969]

2. LOL That is great.....and seems kind of true.