Doctor Fish Spa

These little Doctor Fish are known as Garra Rufa Fish, Kangal Fish, Reddish Log Sucker Fish but more commonly, Doctor Fish. They are the original breed and are more responsive compared to many fake Garra Rufa look alike which are distant cousins of the ones in the video. This doctor fish treatment has existed for 400 years. Please support doctor fish originality & stop doctor fish piracy. Pay peanuts & you'll get monkeys. There is also a difference in the feel. Visit www.princefish.com for more details of doctor fish & setup.

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[DoctorFishSpa]

Press Release by HPA is "Fish Pedicures UNLIKELY to cause infection"

[DoctorFishSpa]

The Daily Mail and the Sun are alarming their readers today with articles alleging that “fish foot spa pedicures could spread HIV and hepatitis C” and that there is a "fish foot spa virus bombshell". The story has been picked up other media outlets, including Fox News, the Times of India and the Daily Telegraph.

[DoctorFishSpa]

However, the stories mostly twist and distort the source they are based on: a set of recommendations from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) on the management of fish pedicures and fish spas. Indeed, the HPA titled its press release: “Fish pedicures unlikely to cause infection.”

There are no known cases of HIV infection due to the use of fish spas, or indeed from any other water-borne route.

[DoctorFishSpa]

An increasing number of salons and beauty therapists offer ‘fish pedicures’ in the UK. They involve immersing the feet in a tank of water containing Garra rufa fish (small toothless species of freshwater carp) that nibble off dead & thickened skin. The use of Garra rufa fish is long established in Turkey, India and the Far East where it has a history as a treatment for a variety of skin conditions and,more recently, as a cosmetic treatment for the removal of dead and hardened skin from the feet.

[DoctorFishSpa]

While there is little evidence in scientific literature of the potential public health risk to users, some are concerned about the presence of bacteria in the fish tank water. Moreover, while the fish are only meant to nibble dead skin, some clients may occasionally bleed into the water, raising anxieties about the transmission of blood-borne viruses.

[DoctorFishSpa]

There are restrictions on the practice in Germany and 18 states of the USA. Four Canadian provinces have banned the procedure on the grounds that fish used as ‘instruments’ for pedicures cannot be disinfected or sterilised between clients.

[1stAidMEDIC]

A i tried this with pirranhas in my bath tube. Life was never the same. LOL

[juju55488]

his hands must be really dry or they are really hungry..

[RobertForInfo]

Search YouTube for "Dr fish danger"

[DoctorFishSpa]

The HPA’s report examines the available evidence and scientific plausibility for the transmission of blood-borne viruses from person to person, via the water in the fish tank. Hepatitis B and C survive outside the body for longer than HIV and the only suspected blood-borne virus transmission cases via water relate to hepatitis B.

[DoctorFishSpa]

An infected client would need to bleed from an open cut, abrasion or wound into the water, and then another client would need to also have an open cut, abrasion or wound for the infected blood to enter his or her bloodstream. Importantly, the concentration of virus would be substantially reduced by the diluting effect of the water.

[DoctorFishSpa]

If virus contaminated a fish’s mouth, it would be unlikely to remain on the mouth and thus to effect a transmission to the next client. Moreover, a fish cannot itself be infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (and there is no 'fish equivalent' of HIV).

Overall, the HPA describes the risk of blood-borne virus infection as “extremely low”, although it cannot be completely excluded.