If you’ve exhausted all your options
with traditional skin creams or just have a thirst for mild adventure,
consider the newest dermatological treatment being offered in Japan:
snail facials.
The regenerative treatment involves
placing three of the shelled creatures on a guest’s cheeks and forehead
and letting them inch about over the person’s complexion, leaving behind
a mucus trail that many experts claim is chock-full of powerful
proteins, antioxidants, and hyularonic acid. Together, these compounds
soothe inflammation, remove dead skin, and help skin retain its
moisture.
At the Clinical Salon in Tokyo, the only
place currently offering a snail facial, guests’ faces are cleaned
before the snails are applied by a trained employee. Guests should
expect to shell out almost $250 (N50k) for an hour-long session that
also includes facial massages, masks, and the use of an electical pulse
machine.
“Snail slime can help the recovery of
skin cells on the face, so we expect the snail facial to help heal
damaged skin,” Yoko Minami, sales manager at Clinical Salon, told the Sunday Telegraph.
The salon currently calls home to five
resident snails, which are kept in a clear plastic container and fed a
steady diet of organic vegetables. The spa staff said the snails are
brought in from an organic snail breeder and fed a clean diet to ensure
total safety and cleanliness when applied to a customer’s face.
Snail mucus as a natural skin enhancer
is not a new finding. In fact, many of the spa’s products already
contain the mucus as an active ingredient.
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