The Doctor Fish
A fun and entertaining day on the riverside. All the tourists gather around to the doctor fish go to work.
Garra rufa has been known as a doctor's fish for therapeutic and cosmetic purposes in humans. It is used to nip off choked skin parts, especially of the feet.
This doctor fish also called nibble fish, kangal fish, and the bonefish are found in some flowing fresh waters in the Jordan, Euphrates Tigris system, Kangal region in Turkey as well as in some coastal rivers of Northern Syria and southern Turkey.
Piranhas!!
Without fear the fish swim to humans and nibble the softened upper skin layers. In some cases, this process is also described by the test persons as "dripping" of the affected areas of the skin. Here, skin particles dissolve and are eaten by the fish. Yummy!
No Need for Soap
The fish are also used for cosmetic purposes in foot care ("fish pedicure"). Reports on the medical success of the reddish suckers and the rejuvenating or skin-cleansing function of "nibbling" have led to a boom in the trade with the small carp fish.
Buy The Doctor Fish
You can now buy or rent them in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. There they are known as Kangalfi or nibbles. Otherwise you can book in thermal baths or baths with their own existing cures. Sorry, to folks in some states in USA and most provinces in Canada as these fish are banned. They are deemed unsanitary.
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