August 22, 2007: Flesh-eating fish spa

Undertoad · 08-22-2007, 07:16 AM

Axlrosen suggests this item from here. No it isn't just a way to get swimsuit models on the IotD. What we have here is a spa in China, where people pay to soak in hot spring water. And in that water...

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A newly emerged "fish spa" is becoming fashionable in many hot spring resorts, and has attracted even more customers, all curious about this peculiar treatment.

At such a spa, many Garra Rufa, a type of small tropical fish, also nicknamed Chinchin Yu, nibble fish or simply doctor fish, are put in hot springs. As they can live and swim freely in at least 43-degree-hot waters, they are naturally used for the treatment of skin diseases in such spas.

When placed in the spa, these fish can feed themselves on the dead cells of the human body, since they only consume such cells, leaving the healthy skin of the human body to grow. The whole process is reportedly free of pain. It won't hurt and the bather might feel a pleasant tingling on his or her skin.

Well, I think I would wear the tightest bathing suit possible.

Spexxvet · 08-22-2007, 07:43 AM

Next door is the spa that has the blow fish and sucker fish in it. It's a much more popular spa.

smurfalicious · 08-22-2007, 07:44 AM

I prefer the dust mites that live in my sheets and eat my skin.

Nikolai · 08-22-2007, 08:37 AM

So can old people use them, cause you know old people are prety much held togeather by there layers of dead skin.

piercehawkeye45 · 08-22-2007, 08:42 AM

That sounds cool but I would still think my feet and hands would be raw due to all my callouses.

Is the price for this extremely high or something affordable?

lumberjim · 08-22-2007, 08:45 AM

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TIM: He'll do you up a treat mate!
GALAHAD: Oh, yeah?
ROBIN: You mangy scots git!
TIM: I'm warning you!
ROBIN: What's he do, nibble your bum?
TIM: He's got huge, sharp-- eh-- he can leap about-- look at the bones!

Shawnee123 · 08-22-2007, 08:54 AM

She has way too much dead flesh in the pookie area. Perhaps she's just trying to get a cheap Brazilian?

dar512 · 08-22-2007, 08:56 AM

Look in the second picture how they're clustered around the feet and knees. I'm not sure I care if my knees glow.

jester · 08-22-2007, 10:32 AM

Eww, that would drive me insane. That's precisely why I don't get into lakes - the thought of a fish nibbling

(other than their just nasty) - barely get into the ocean.

Shawnee123 · 08-22-2007, 10:34 AM

Having been a mermaid in a past life, i don't think the fish would bother me so much...but the thought of flesh eating fish is pretty creepy.

skysidhe · 08-22-2007, 11:45 AM

I notice they seem to mass around the feet.

Clodfobble · 08-22-2007, 12:02 PM

You could sit in a vat of maggots and get the same effect, you know.

Shawnee123 · 08-22-2007, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

You could sit in a vat of maggots and get the same effect, you know.

And they're easier to come by!

odie number seven · 08-22-2007, 12:14 PM

It would be fun to throw something dead in there and see what happens.

Clodfobble · 08-22-2007, 12:19 PM

It's a shame they don't eat bones, you could dispose of some bodies at night when the spa is closed.

08-22-2007, 07:43 AM	#2
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Next door is the spa that has the blow fish and sucker fish in it. It's a much more popular spa. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

08-22-2007, 07:44 AM	#3
smurfalicious Tool. Not the band - you are one. Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: 501 Northlake Blvd., North Palm Beach FL Posts: 329	I prefer the dust mites that live in my sheets and eat my skin. __________________

08-22-2007, 08:37 AM	#4
Nikolai Greener than the rest Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Near London Posts: 68	Damn 3rd So can old people use them, cause you know old people are prety much held togeather by there layers of dead skin.

08-22-2007, 08:54 AM	#7
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	She has way too much dead flesh in the pookie area. Perhaps she's just trying to get a cheap Brazilian? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

08-22-2007, 08:56 AM	#8
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Look in the second picture how they're clustered around the feet and knees. I'm not sure I care if my knees glow. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

08-22-2007, 08:42 AM	#5
piercehawkeye45 Franklin Pierce Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,695	That sounds cool but I would still think my feet and hands would be raw due to all my callouses. Is the price for this extremely high or something affordable?

08-22-2007, 10:32 AM	#9
jester why so serious Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,712	Eww, that would drive me insane. That's precisely why I don't get into lakes - the thought of a fish nibbling (other than their just nasty) - barely get into the ocean.

08-22-2007, 10:34 AM	#10
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Having been a mermaid in a past life, i don't think the fish would bother me so much...but the thought of flesh eating fish is pretty creepy. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

08-22-2007, 11:45 AM	#11
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	I notice they seem to mass around the feet.

08-22-2007, 12:02 PM	#12
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	You could sit in a vat of maggots and get the same effect, you know.

08-22-2007, 12:14 PM	#14
odie number seven A dying breed. Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 22	It would be fun to throw something dead in there and see what happens. __________________ odie

08-22-2007, 12:19 PM	#15
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	It's a shame they don't eat bones, you could dispose of some bodies at night when the spa is closed.

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