| Imagine yourself floating in a wonderfully warm spa of | | | | tendency to be genetically inherited. Red rashes |
| 35 degrees at a hot spring resort. Then imagine | | | | appear on the surface of the skin and begin to itch. |
| yourself being nibbled & gnawed by hundreds of | | | | These areas form plaques over the reddened lesions. |
| tiny garra aka kissing fish. And imagine emerging from | | | | It is characterized by raised, inflamed (red) lesions |
| the spa totally refreshed with glowing skin... The | | | | covered with a silvery white scale. The scale is |
| magic? | | | | actually a buildup of dead skin cells. The technical |
| The Kissing Fish of course! There are endearing terms | | | | name for plaque psoriasis is psoriasis vulgaris (vulgaris |
| for these kissing fish the Strikers (cyprinion | | | | means common). Plaque psoriasis may appear on any |
| macrostomus) and Lickers (garra rufa). And this | | | | skin surface, though the knees, elbows, scalp, and trunk |
| amazing alternative healing process begins when | | | | are the most common locations. |
| these strikers and lickers starts feeding on the flaking | | | | The next wave of alternative healing for skin disorders |
| skin which are actually a buildup of dead skin cells | | | | seemed to have started on a big bang. Kissing Fish |
| which appears on any skin surface, though the knees, | | | | Therapy converts, be them patients or wellness |
| elbows, scalp, and trunk are the most common | | | | seekers have heeled the globe searching for the |
| locations. The feeling is something between hundreds | | | | perfect Kissing Fish Therapy Spa with hot spring spas |
| of tweezers and tiny suction cups gently pecking at | | | | in Japan, South Korea, China and Europe being the |
| your skin. Couple this with the warm circulation of the | | | | most popular. In Singapore, fish farms and off-island |
| hot spring spa, and you get rejuvenated glowing skin! | | | | sanctuaries are fast catching on to this alternative |
| It is said that repeated course of treatment over a 21 | | | | healing. Service providers are rushing to serve up |
| day period for more serious cases of skin disorders | | | | attractive therapeutic Spas in hot springs, be it deep in |
| such as Psoriasis and Dermatitis. | | | | the mountains or by the sea. Enthusiasts often treat |
| Traditionally, such treatments are sought after by | | | | these as exclusive therapeutic getaways from the |
| patients with skin disorders like Psoriasis which is a | | | | stress of work. |
| persistent and chronic skin disease which has a | | | | So, Take a break, go spa with the fishes! |