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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