sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works to Today I learned@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agoTIL there is a meat loving sea fleas that casually nibble on your skin at the beach but in rare sever cases it can cause real injurieswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down15
arrow-up174arrow-down1external-linkTIL there is a meat loving sea fleas that casually nibble on your skin at the beach but in rare sever cases it can cause real injurieswww.theguardian.comsun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works to Today I learned@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·4 months agoThere’s a species of fish that will do this too… except they have a taste for dead/dry skin. It’s supposed to very… exfoliating… https://www.cdc.gov/hygiene/personal-hygiene/feet.html#:~:text=Garra rufa are sometimes referred,with skin diseases%2C like psoriasis.
minus-squareTikiporch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·4 months agoThey starve the fish to get them to eat your dead skin. CDC really buried the lead there.
There’s a species of fish that will do this too… except they have a taste for dead/dry skin. It’s supposed to very… exfoliating…
https://www.cdc.gov/hygiene/personal-hygiene/feet.html#:~:text=Garra rufa are sometimes referred,with skin diseases%2C like psoriasis.
They starve the fish to get them to eat your dead skin. CDC really buried the lead there.