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Pedicure with fish stripped a woman of all toes

'17.09.2018'

Source: Lenta.ru

During a visit to a resort in Thailand, the Australian Victoria Courtois tried an exotic spa procedure called fish pedicure and lost all the fingers on her right foot.

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The incident occurred in 2010, writes Lenta.ru. Four years before, in 2006, an Australian had already amputated one toe: then the infection had entered the body after the girl had stepped on the glass.

In Thailand, she decided to try a procedure that is gaining popularity, during which it is necessary to lower her legs into an aquarium with small fish that gnaw on dead skin.

As it turned out later, the cause of the new infection was dirty water in the aquarium. Returning to the Australian city of Perth, the girl felt unwell. After the examination, she was diagnosed with osteomyelitis.

In 2012, the girl had the right toe amputated. However, the symptoms of the infection returned, and over the next five years, her remaining fingers were removed.

After the last amputation, she started Instagram, which publishes a photo of a deformed leg. Thus, the Australian is trying to warn other people about the dangers of exotic procedures.

We previously wrote about American woman who has no nails on her legs after the same procedure. The 20-year-old New Yorker began to peel off her toenails. Turning to a dermatologist, the woman learned that the popular pedicure procedure with fish was the cause of her trouble.

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, fish pedicure salons often mistakenly use other types of fish “that have teeth and that are able to suck blood,” they are mistaken for Garra Rufa. How the infection spreads is not yet clear - perhaps the fact is that the salons use the same fish that feed on the skin of different people, and the baths cannot be properly cleaned between treatments. Obviously, some patients may be infected with infections.

The use of fish for a pedicure has been banned in at least 10 US states.

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