Beauty....Things you will do to stay beautiful....

• elindra

  7 Apr 06, 13:49

  http://www.rentafish.at/online/page.php?P=90
  
  Extracted from the site:
  
  Welcome to Garaderm!
  
  Dive into 35° degrees Celsius warm water and enjoy an extraordinary experience - and bath together with 150 Kangal fish (lat. Garra Rufa).
  While relaxing in blue water you undergo a gentle peeling of your entire body. The fish are sucking and licking off dead skin cells and thereby clean the skin thoroughly and gentle. This "micromassage" enhances blood circulation and helps purifying the structure of your skin. The nibbling of the fish is often compared to a micromassage which can lead to deep relaxation.
  
  This natural body-peeling (microabrasion) is medically known and used as a biological treatment of chronical skin deseases (psoriasis, neurodermitis, eczeme, acne). Lymphatic vessels which lie beneath the skin are vitalized by the micromassage which leads to improvement f. example of cellulitis.
  
  The garaderm fish bath is a very efficient method to clean our greatest body organ - our skin - to help it to recover in cases of skin desease or to keep it longer in good shape. Besides it is an optimal preparation for any following skin treatment such as ayurveda or oil massages.
  
  It is very difficult to describe the feeling of a garaderm fishbath - you have to experience it by your own!
  
  Pamper your skin and keep it in tiptop condition by feeding it to the fishes
• the Bear

  7 Apr 06, 13:55

  hmm.. cleaner fish at cleaning stations... sorta like wrasses or cleaner shrimp..
  
  they'll clean anything
  
  
• elindra

  7 Apr 06, 14:01

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  hmm.. cleaner fish at cleaning stations... sorta like wrasses or cleaner shrimp..
  
  they'll clean anything
  
  

  
  Yeah but sitting in a tank with 150 fishes who will nip at your skin
• FBI

  7 Apr 06, 14:04

  pretty amazing!
• the Bear

  7 Apr 06, 14:10

  singapore got or not?
  
  if have, i don't mind trying..
  
  probably end up killing the fish
• elindra

  7 Apr 06, 14:14

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  singapore got or not?
  
  if have, i don't mind trying..
  
  probably end up killing the fish

  Don't think so but maybe you want to introduce this biz into Singapore?
  
  What about getting eaten by this:
  http://www.angelfire.com/biz/piranha038/wallago.html
• stellazio

  7 Apr 06, 15:27

  i cannot be held responsible if the fishes were to die suddenly the next day..
• the Bear

  7 Apr 06, 17:28

  nah.. i'm not a business-minded person..
  
  was thinking of trying it out coz the back of my neck is kinda peeling from the sunburn i got last sunday
  
  

  Originally posted by elindra:

  Don't think so but maybe you want to introduce this biz into Singapore?
  
  What about getting eaten by this:
  http://www.angelfire.com/biz/piranha038/wallago.html

• elindra

  7 Apr 06, 17:32

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  nah.. i'm not a business-minded person..
  
  was thinking of trying it out coz the back of my neck is kinda peeling from the sunburn i got last sunday
  
  

  Try it with the catfish I posted I know they do sell it as tiny cute things in Singapore coz alot of ppl do not know that they can grow into 6 feet monsters
  
  But you might lose more than skin
• the Bear

  7 Apr 06, 17:34

  catfish quite nice to eat
  
  

  Originally posted by elindra:

  Try it with the catfish I posted I know they do sell it as tiny cute things in Singapore coz alot of ppl do not know that they can grow into 6 feet monsters
  
  But you might lose more than skin

• cornyfish2000

  8 Apr 06, 07:00

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  hmm.. cleaner fish at cleaning stations... sorta like wrasses or cleaner shrimp..
  
  they'll clean anything
  
  

  I keep this cleaner shrimp too... whenever i stick my finger into the water it will climb onto my finger and start 'grooming' it. Sorta like their instinct, to pick dead cells off not only bigger fishes, but also human skin as well. It's true.
• the Bear

  8 Apr 06, 12:31

  i think i saw a travelogue showing this type of fish too..
  
  "for treating skin ailments"
  
  people with sores, ulcers and whatever, went to this place in Israel for the fish to do their thing.. and because the dead and diseased cells are eaten by the fish, the sores do start to heal..
  
  
• stellazio

  8 Apr 06, 12:39

  Originally posted by elindra:

  Try it with the catfish I posted I know they do sell it as tiny cute things in Singapore coz alot of ppl do not know that they can grow into 6 feet monsters
  
  But you might lose more than skin

  catfish?
  u mean the head of the catfish left behind??
  
  
• Rhonda

  10 Apr 06, 00:37

  Erm... "One man's skin flakes is another fish's food!"
  
  And stella, it's not very nice to always derive such glee from other people's misfortunes and misery, ok. If your 'joke' renders a lot of negative reactions and vibes from people, it means it isn't a joke in good taste, ok?
  
  Also, you like to rub it in. Elindra's already so sad over the death of her poor catfish and you keep what... celebrating the unfortunate death?