As a Beauty Therapist I offer facials. But a
Japanese beauty salon is offering facials with a difference: they use snails!
The snails are placed on the cheeks of the customer and are then allowed to
move freely around the face.
Tokyo-based beauty salon says that the slime
left by snails has an anti-ageing effect on skin. It helps remove old
cells, heal the skin after sunburn and moisturises it. The hours treatment –
costing 160 pounds - leaves you with 100% pure snail essence on your
skin.
The treatment is followed by massages and masks
using creams containing snail mucus. Sayaka Ito, who has already had the
treatment, said: "You can feel the snails moving on your face. At first,
it is surprising, but it's actually rather nice. "My skin really does
feel smooth and moist."
I don't fancy it myself, maybe you do?
