The Garra Rufa or "Doctor Fish or Kangal fish " belongs to the family of "Cyprinidae", so the carp fish.

Doctor fish is the name given to two species of fish: Garra rufa and Cyprinion macrostomus.

Garra rufa is called the reddish log sucker. The fish are like combfishes in that they only consume the affected and dead areas of the skin, leaving the healthy skin to grow, with the outdoor location of the treatment bringing beneficial effects.

Many suffering from psoriasis and dermatitis have benefited from the treatment, which involves lying in the ponds and letting the fish eat the scales and loose skin on the affected areas.

Doctor fishes, used for treating skin diseases in ThermeMaris

The Garra Rufa make many kinds of skin diseases; such as copy, acne, atopic dermatitis, athlete's foot, blackheads, psoriasis, warts and naturally the skin again.

The nibble fish occurs naturally in the Euphrates. The benefits were first observed in Kangal, Turkey - therefore it is also called the Kangal Fish.

Contrary to various statements, is that the Nibblers fish not by 2 or 3 different species. The second most fish called "Leuciscus cephalus,  is therapeutically ineffective and his" use "quite uncomfortable to painful, since it small scraps of skin.

The only "effective" Dr. Fish is the Garra Rufa. This up to approximately 12 cm wide, from the Turkish-born Kangal fish, achieves its therapeutic effect by dithranol and enzymhaltiges secretion, which he, during his age. This secretion causes a normalization of skin renewal.