It is believed that snails mucus has a rejuvenating effect on the human skin and cosmetic companies use this product is as an ingredient for about two decades. Now, the Japanese beauty elevates the use of snail slime to a whole new level, offering beauty treatments for the face, in which living snails are placed directly on behalf of clients to cover them with mucus.
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For many women, snails crawling across the face is a nightmare, but the owners of Tokyo beauty salon, called «Ci: Labo Z» hope that some of them will be willing to pay for it. According to representatives of salon «Ci: Labo Z» by name Takamura Manami (Manami Takamura), snail mucus removes old cells from human skin, moisturizes and heals the effects of sunburn. The procedure called for the Celebrity Course Snails (Celebrity Escargot Course) is 24,150 yen which is roughly equal to 241 dollar. During this procedure, four snails purchased from a person snails in organic diluent and sterile conditions in Japan. The employee lounge gently put snails on human pre-washed face and allows them the freedom to crawl. If they are approaching too close to your mouth, eyes or nostrils of man, she takes them off and put back to where their presence brings less discomfort. Masks of slime snails are a major part of the 60-minute procedure and followed by various types of massage, masks and machines, feeding electrical discharges, which use a cream containing snail mucus to ensure adequate penetration of mucus in the skin.
"The course of snails for the famous" officially opened only a couple of days ago, but the correspondent «Daily Telegraph» took the opportunity to test it out for yourself, and the procedure was not as bad as she thought. Obviously, snails crawling slowly feel heavy and cool to the skin, and from them a little tickled. When they are placed on your skin sensations are rather amazing, but they can very quickly get used to. Sayaka Ito (Sayaka Ito), another client who managed to take advantage of this procedure ahead of time, said in an interview that for her, "Snails for the Celebrity Course" was very relaxing and left feeling smooth and moisturized skin. Snail mucus is relatively long been used as a cosmetic procedure, but according to Yoko Minami, beauty salon «Ci: z Labo» is "the only place in Japan where you can offer a mask of mucus caused to living snails."