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!

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.

ferret88 · 08-22-2007, 12:39 PM

Bravo!

Sheldonrs · 08-22-2007, 02:08 PM

Just for laughs, replace a few of the fish with pirrannah (sp.?) and see if it still tingles. :-D

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?

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.

HungLikeJesus · 08-23-2007, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

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.

Shawnee - I think you are a mermaid in this life.

But, the fish eat the flesh, not the other way around. How could flesh eat fish? Though I did have one housemate whose feet could eat shoes, so maybe...

Shawnee123 · 08-24-2007, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

Shawnee - I think you are a mermaid in this life.

But, the fish eat the flesh, not the other way around. How could flesh eat fish? Though I did have one housemate whose feet could eat shoes, so maybe...

Correction: flesh-eating fish!

Awww, thanks for noticing my fins.

HungLikeJesus · 08-24-2007, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Correction: flesh-eating fish!

Awww, thanks for noticing my fins.

Oh, no. I was noticing your algae-bra.

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, 08:56 AM	#7
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, 02:08 PM	#10
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	Just for laughs, replace a few of the fish with pirrannah (sp.?) and see if it still tingles. :-D __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

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	#8
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, 12:39 PM	#9
ferret88 (This space left intentionally UN-blank.) Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Albuquerque Posts: 604	Bravo!

08-22-2007, 08:54 AM	#11
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, 10:34 AM	#12
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

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