"Snail facial" ????
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free skin care · Tue Jul 16, 2013 1:57 pm

I just saw this article in the news today:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/10177660/Japan-clinic-launches-snail-facial.html

Japan clinic launched 'snail facial' procedure for their customers.

What do you think?

free skin care · Tue Jul 16, 2013 2:17 pm

I think I would have to pass on that.

free skin care · Tue Jul 16, 2013 2:30 pm

One of my friends married a guy that owned a fish farm. His hands were unbelievably soft and in good shape. Apparently "fish slime" has proteins and other stuff in it that's beneficial to our skin. Perhaps snail slime is the same.

However, I believe I, too, would forego the "pleasure" of a snail facial.

free skin care · Tue Jul 16, 2013 2:34 pm

Yubs wrote:

One of my friends married a guy that owned a fish farm. His hands were unbelievably soft and in good shape. Apparently "fish slime" has proteins and other stuff in it that's beneficial to our skin.

You should tell your friend to bottle up the fish slime and sell it. Maybe they could make some money if they could get rid of the smell. Laughing

free skin care · Tue Jul 16, 2013 5:38 pm

Sure makes the bird crap facials seem doable.

free skin care · Tue Jul 16, 2013 6:09 pm

LoriA wrote:

Sure makes the bird crap facials seem doable.

Done that! Laughing

Anything in the name of beauty!

free skin care · Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:25 pm

Didn't Nip/Tuck have semen facials near the end of their run?

no thank you. Smile

free skin care · Wed Jul 17, 2013 7:46 am

I have tried several products with snail slime in them but it only made my skin breakout in little tiny bumps.

free skin care · Wed Jul 17, 2013 8:34 am

Well, it looks pretty spectacular. My daughter loved to let snails walk on her skin when she was very young, but of course I never observed any anti-ageing benefits, they're pretty hard to tell on a 5 year old.
Snail slime in creams has, so I've been told, quite a lot of allantoin in them, which of course is a good ingredient. And anything slimy feeling - be it aloe gel, sea kelp or algae gel etc. - seems to be humectant and soothing. But as long as there's no miracle ingredient identified, I will pass on this one.

free skin care · Wed Jul 17, 2013 10:43 am

Hasnt snail slime been around the block before? IIRC MarieVeroniqueOrganics used it in a very exxy eye serum (and has since stopped using it). Didnt do much for me.

Scholarly study about its potential for healing partial thickness burns is promising tho:

"Helix aspersa extract is a natural, safe and effective alternative treatment in open wound management of partial thickness burns in adults."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19058081

free skin care · Wed Jul 17, 2013 1:36 pm

LauraLizzie wrote:

Didn't Nip/Tuck have semen facials near the end of their run?

EXCUSE ME????! Woah, way to capitalize on an old wives (husbands?) tale! LOLOLOL!

And I could handle the bird crap... just nothing slithering on me. Just the idea of those fish pedi's creep me out.

Fri Aug 02, 2013 9:30 am

I've tried a mask with snail slime, it's Korean, it did make my skin looks better, but it doesn't last long unless you keep using it.

free skin care · Tue Oct 08, 2013 9:09 pm

I know for a fact that in rural China they use the snail extract to regenarate scars cause the it causes current to the body ,aka enables the nervous system repair fibrosis.

That before they use microcurrent to drive circulating herbs (TCM).

free skin care · Tue Oct 08, 2013 9:16 pm

Dr. Al Sears has been selling Caracol Bella, which is made from snail slime, for quite some time. Here is what he says about it:

Why Do These Amazonian Women Have Such Beautiful Skin?

Quote:

On my last trip to Peru, I spent days trekking with native healers through the rainforest. And they shared many of their secrets with me. But one of the biggest breakthroughs I discovered on that trip wasn’t in the rainforest at all.

In cities and towns across Southern Peru, I noticed women – even older women – with smooth, beautiful skin. Living that close to the equator, the intense sun should leave their skin, dry, rough and wrinkled. What was their secret? I wondered.

So I did some digging, and uncovered a secret. And I’ve brought it back to the United States to share with my patients and friends. Soon you may have people wondering how you keep your skin looking so smooth and beautiful.

I’ve seen the results with my own eyes. And they’re nothing short of amazing. The “secret ingredient” these women use …

• Has tremendous antioxidant activity. Including SOD and glutathione – two of the most powerful antioxidants known to science.
• Promotes regeneration of skin components such as collagen and elastin.
• Promotes faster skin repair.1

In other words, it gives skin almost everything it needs to defy the effects of aging. No wonder these Amazonian women have such young-looking skin!

It even works on the toughest skin. In fact, that’s how this natural wonder was discovered.

There aren’t many jobs harder on skin than farm work. It’s backbreaking … scrabbling in the dirt day in and day out … the sun beating down relentlessly.

But some vineyard workers in Chile have hands as soft and smooth as a movie star’s. Even after years of working in the fields. And when they get cuts and scrapes, they seem to clear up faster than other workers.

A few years ago, curious scientists took a closer look. And they discovered why these workers had such soft hands. They often handled a natural substance that other farmhands didn’t. Those who handled it had naturally softer, smoother skin.

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One of the main compounds found in this serum is Hyaluronic Acid (HA). HA is the molecule your skin naturally uses to hold in moisture – but as you age, the amount of HA available to maintain plump, healthy skin decreases. Without enough moisture, your skin becomes loose, dry and wrinkled – adding years to your appearance.

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I’ve also added the following skin-saving ingredients to this serum:

• Olive leaf extract. This unique extract promotes skin elasticity for a more youthful look. It also contains powerful antioxidants.

• Montmorillonite. This nutrient-rich “bentonite” clay carwas discovered in the French Alps. You’ll find it in some of the world’s rarest and most effective facial masks.

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free skin care · Tue Oct 08, 2013 9:35 pm

Tbh i have used elicina when i was completely amateur and was afraid of the really fast cell turn over.It helped with uneveness but back then i thought it maked me white lines of skin and white patches ,but it was just fast cell turnover and repairing.
So i threw it in the garbage after 2 weeks!!!

free skin care · Tue Oct 08, 2013 10:30 pm

panoslydios wrote:

Tbh i have used elicina when i was completely amateur and was afraid of the really fast cell turn over.It helped with uneveness but back then i thought it maked me white lines of skin and white patches ,but it was just fast cell turnover and repairing.
So i threw it in the garbage after 2 weeks!!!

I haven't tried Elicina but I HAVE used Caracol Bella a number of times. The "active ingredient" is helix aspersa muller. Personally, I didn't think it did a whole lot but what it's supposed to do is hydrate and smooth the skin.

Years and years ago, my best friend, a beautician, decided to try a neutral henna on my hair for shine. It didn't add a single bit of shine but that's because my hair (which is strawberry blonde in color) is already really shiny. It "sparkles" in the sunlight. So there wasn't anything to "add". I suspect it's the same concept with Caracol Bella; I don't have any kind of dryness issues at all with my skin and it's already very smooth and baby soft. So there wasn't anything really for the Caracol Bella to "repair" on my skin so it didn't do much of anything for me.

Mon Nov 04, 2013 5:13 pm

I want younger looking skin, but no thank you to slime! Laughing

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