This strange beauty trend has you place your feet into a tank full of Garra rufa fish, which proceed to eat away at the dead skin on your feet without injuring or drawing blood.
The fish aren’t biting, they’re more like sucking off your dry skin. They’re like little vacuum cleaners. Celebrities such as Mena Suvari and Jessica Simpson swear by the treatment.
The trouble is that the fish are literally starving, relying on the dead human skin for sustenance. They could also be damaged by poor water quality, especially when people put their feet in the water when they are wearing cosmetics.
Because the fish are being used multiple times, there is a danger of passing skin infections among clients. The fish might even be carrying diseases themselves, as well as dangerous bacteria.
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It’s also worth noting that the fish are using the same water your feet are in as a toilet so that their waste is floating around you.
For various reasons, more than 10 states have banned the practice of fish spa pedicures. The potential for these exotic fish to enter the water system and the ecosystem is high, too high to justify this practice, according to many.
