[jhoechtl]

What's your profession? And where is such a treatment accepted?

[AlexCoventry]

Probably an MD. This is a mainstream treatment. My understanding is that it's used to deal with necrotic flesh caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria. (I could easily be wrong; I heard about this via my wife, who is a hospital chaplain.)

[glfharris]

I'm a doctor in the UK. We used them for vascular patients with poor wound healing/ulcers.

[jhoechtl]

Wow, I was totally unaware this method is used in developed western medicine.

[dmoy]

It's also described in the US army field survival manual

[givemeethekeys]

Psychologist. Specializes in maggot phobia.

[edit: just kidding].

[rubatuga]

Exposure therapy?