"Doctor Fish"

Doctor fish is the name given to Garra rufa. The fish are like combfishes in that they only consume the affected and dead areas of the skin, leaving the healthy skin to grow, with the outdoor location of the treatment bringing beneficial effects. The pedicure should be painless. Customers dunk their feet into a long fish tank or individual plastic basins filled with warm water. Immediately the feet are enveloped by hundreds of the silvery orange-tinged Garra rufa, also known as nibble fish, kangal fish, little dermatologists, doctor fish and doctorfishen.