In 2006, doctor fish spa resorts opened in Hakone, Japan, and in Umag, Croatia, where the fish are used to clean the bathers
at the spa. There are also spas in resorts in China, Belgium, the Netherlands, South Korea, Singapore, Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Hungary, Slovakia, India, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Hong Kong, Bucharest, Prague (Czech Republic)
and Sibiu (Romania), Madrid (Corralejo Fuerteventura Dr Fish) and Barcelona (Spain), France and Trondheim (Norway). In 2008,
the first widely known doctor fish pedicure service was opened in the United States in Alexandria, Virginia, and later in
Woodbridge, Virginia. In 2010 the first U.K. spa opened in Sheffield. They are used to help treat patients suffering from
various skin disorders, including psoriasis and eczema, since the fish will eat and remove any dead skin.
