Medically reviewed by Sonal Kumar, MD Key Takeaways Colonics are meant to remove toxins and improve health, but may not be safe.There's limited evidence that colonics help treat irritable bowel ...

You may have heard that getting colon cleanses will flush out all the toxins in your GI tract, help your skin glow from the inside out (we debunked this), and leave you feeling as light as a feather.

Colonic stent placement as a bridge to surgery shows similar survival to emergency resection while reducing stoma rates in obstructive colorectal cancer.