NO MORE WRINKLES

NO MORE WRINKLES

In a never-ending quest to find a miracle product to hold back unforgivable wrinkles and  

banish your hideous over-twentysomething skin, cosmetics companies may have unearthed
the magic ingredient: snail slime. The demand for it is certainly growing, with reports that 

snail farming in Italy has increased by more than 325% over two decades, with 44,000 tonnes of

 snails produced every year.

Snails as skincare have been around since the ancient Greeks, who apparently used them 

crushed as an ointment, but in more recent years, products have been including the slime with 

claims that it can help heal acne and reduce wrinkles. 

In 2013 , inspired by treatments in east Asia, you could pay to have snails slither over your 

face at one spa in Northamptonshire . Marginally less yucky, other salons offer facials where

 the skin is pricked with tiny needles before a serum containing snail secretions is applied. 

You can also buy skin products  mollusc slime.