Thursday, June 5, 2008

Real and Fake doctor fish - all the rave online

I have previously stated in my earlier post, there are real and fake doctor fish spa treatments.

I am really glad to know that at last there are people who can see and feel the difference and are speaking up for the real fish spa treatments so do not be scammed by the fake ones.

http://reviews.pinkelle.com/2008/05/09/garra-rufa-or-not/

http://www.slipperylittlesuckers.com.my/articles.php?subaction=showfull&id=1197972934&archive=&start_from=&ucat=4&

The real 'doctor fish', garra rufa have evolved to feed on dead skin cells due to their natural living environment when they are first discovered in hot springs in Turkey. Hot springs as you have called it have Hot spring waters up to 40 degrees Celsius and most bacteria or plankton do not survive under such hot temperatures hence, they have no choice but to feed on dead skin cells. These dead skin cells in layman's terms are just a small pesky blob on proteins, fats and minerals that are useless to us and removing it means only benefit (giving space for new skin cells to grow) and no harm. But for the real doctor fishes, even though these dead skin cells are not much of nutrition, at least they are food and it's better off than starving. :P

For the fake doctor fish, it is more or less like animal abuse. Just starve the fishes for a couple of days and they eat anything you give them, heavily calloused hand and feet including.

I'm so glad we have been using the real ones from the start hence, no case for being startled by people exclaiming our fishes are fake. Ha.