If someone has any problem on their skin, I don't let them do it," says nail technician Tiffany Trinh, who is [Quach]'s wife.
Doctor fish actually refers to two species of freshwater carp, native to the Middle East: [Garra] rufa and cyprinion macrostomus, also known, respectively, as "strikers" and "lickers." (The latter is more aggressive and apparently removes too much skin.)
In 2006, Dr. Martin Grassberger, a researcher at the Medical University of Vienna, conducted a study using the doctor fish of Kangal Spa with 67 psoriasis patients who underwent 21 days of "ichthyotherapy" combined with UVA sunbed treatment. He found "clear benefits" to more than 70 per cent of patients and a mean remission time of eight months.
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