After undergoing beauty treatment lost the nails of her feet

Beauty treatments are increasingly sought after by women and men around the world, even if they cost a lot of money or endanger the health of patients.

After undergoing a method of rejuvenating feet by pricking fish, a woman lost her ten nails.

The fish is dubbed a procedure in which tiny fish nibble a person's feet by dipping them into a lukewarm water tank

. Rufa is the species of carp without teeth that is usually herbivorous, but in some cases it can eat dead human skin.

It is said that the voracious feast of fish helps treat conditions such as psoriasis and beautify the skin, which gives them the nickname "doctor fish".

For the 20-year-old woman who practiced this method it was an absolutely negative experience and nothing rejuvenating because after the treatment her nails They began to grow and started falling for no apparent reason.

What happened to the patient is known in the world of medicine under the name of onychomadesis. Six months after having problems with nails, she consulted a dermatologist who ruled out any known cause of onychomatosis, such as a serious illness or a side effect of certain drugs. The most likely culprit was the fish pedicure

"Although the mechanism of action is not entirely clear, it is likely that the fish will traumatize the matrix of the nail", explains there. badistant in dermatology at Weill Cornell Medicine at Columbia University and a female attending physician. The case, according to Lipner, would be the first documented case of onychomadesis ever caused by fish.

Fish are frequently used in more than one patient, making the risk of transmission of infections real

"I do not recommend pedicures with fish for medical or aesthetic purposes" said Lipner. "In addition to onychomatosis, there are also serious infections badociated with pedicures with fish."

As for the woman, her nails will probably grow back, but not for long. Lipner notes that nails grow only one millimeter per month on average, while a full nail can take up to 18 months to be replaced. "Therefore, we will have to wait a long time to see the result," he said

Editorial with information from GIZMODO

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