Weird but true: Letting fish exfoliate your skin

Dry winter skin deserves attention for certain, but in some spas in China and South Korea, bathers are tossing out their loofahs and jumping in the tub with hundreds of little fish.

Nicknamed “doctor fish” or “nibble fish,” the Garra Rufa can habitable off the dead cells of human skin, and plus outlive in steamy waters. Bathers take a soak in hot springs filled with the fish, and are said to only feel a tingling sensation while the tiny fish clear their dead skin absent, leaving a fresh layer of healthy skin behind.

Even whether the opportunity arose, I’m not certain I’d jump at the chance. What about

you? Does that sound like a relaxing day at the spa, or does it compose you think about being a contestant on Fear Factor?

Original post by Bethany Sanders

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