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Tue 08 Aug 2010A pedicure from flesh- eating fish
Garra Rufa fish, which eat dead flesh, are becoming popular in the West for pedicures, and can also be used to treat psoriasis. We put them to the test
LETTING a flesh-eating fish loose on my skin isn’t usually top of my list of things to do on a Saturday morning. But after a summer of flip-flops my feet are in dire need of some TLC, and so it is that I find myself sitting in a beauty salon in Dublin about to dip my toes into a tank of Garra Rufa fish and let them do their worst.
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