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'Doctor fish' Clear Skin Disease
BBC ^ | Friday, 21 November 2008

Posted on 11/21/2008 6:59:49 PM PST by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 11/21/2008 6:59:49 PM PST by nickcarraway
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Man bites fish isn’t news.


2 posted on 11/21/2008 7:02:15 PM PST by null and void (0bama is Gorbachev treating a dying system with the same poison that's killing it in the first place)
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Looks like they have a long way to go. Quite the feast.


3 posted on 11/21/2008 7:05:48 PM PST by NonValueAdded (once you get to really know people, there are always better reasons than [race] for despising them.)
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Don’t need to travel so far, find any pond containing Gambusias or oher onnivorous minnows, and just sit still.


4 posted on 11/21/2008 7:07:14 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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I wonder if it’s ok for the fish to eat people during lent?


5 posted on 11/21/2008 7:08:24 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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lol, this has been around a while. saw it a few months or maybe a year ago.


6 posted on 11/21/2008 7:11:29 PM PST by television is just wrong (obama is going to pay my mortgage for me!)
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Yes, but never on Fridays. :)


7 posted on 11/21/2008 7:12:07 PM PST by NonValueAdded (once you get to really know people, there are always better reasons than [race] for despising them.)
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Samantha Grayston, 38, from Kent, said she returned from her three-week trip to find the "doctor fish" treatment had worked and boosted her confidence.

For deeper muscle problems, you need to sit in a tank of piranhas, the surgeon fish.

8 posted on 11/21/2008 7:15:13 PM PST by KarlInOhio (11/4: The revolutionary socialists beat the Fabian ones. Where can we find a capitalist party?)
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Actually, surgeonfish have spiny, razor sharp spurs just in front of their tails...nasty little critters when they feel threatened...


9 posted on 11/21/2008 7:18:06 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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Reminds me of my hernia surgeon, contemptuous blank stare, yellow tail, etc.


10 posted on 11/21/2008 7:22:57 PM PST by nkycincinnatikid
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So delighted to see you! I’ve forgotten what this thread is all about, oh yes, the lady that believes guppies can cure her. ok.


11 posted on 11/21/2008 7:24:36 PM PST by mojo114
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Why doesn’t it just return after a period of time passes?


12 posted on 11/21/2008 7:26:00 PM PST by arrogantsob (Hero vs Zero)
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"Why doesn’t it just return after a period of time passes?"

Because the head sturgeon provides a gar-antee ;-)

13 posted on 11/21/2008 7:38:22 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: nickcarraway

I have psoriasis, and I’ve had dozens of small fish do the same to me while floating in lake Allatoona.

They eat me up, and it actually helps.


14 posted on 11/21/2008 7:48:38 PM PST by bamahead (Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
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Very finny.


15 posted on 11/21/2008 7:58:58 PM PST by arrogantsob (Hero vs Zero)
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I have psoriasis luckly it’s underneath my hairline. I can’t imagine it everywhere on the body...it is very uncomfortable...those who have it suffer...stop with the catholic jokes....:(


16 posted on 11/21/2008 8:32:45 PM PST by prayerfullywaiting
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I wonder how long this treatment lasts?


17 posted on 11/21/2008 9:59:38 PM PST by Bellflower (A Brand New Day Is Coming!)
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It says in the article she expects it to last about 18 months.


18 posted on 11/21/2008 10:23:54 PM PST by nickcarraway (Are the Good Times Really Over?)
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Suffer isn’t the word. I’ve had days when my skin is literally burning all over. Doesn’t do much for your self esteem either.

Thank God for Embrel, it has been a miracle drug for me.


19 posted on 11/22/2008 5:38:31 AM PST by bamahead (Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
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I wonder if humans are brain food for fish?

Leni

20 posted on 11/22/2008 5:46:00 AM PST by MinuteGal
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