Thursday, 29 January 2015

Ha! Mazing Photos: Just how far would you go with facial massages & fighting facial acne?

This latest addition to the global beauty and wellness craze — snail facials — as it surfaces in the hills of northern Thailand is only natural. 
This Southeast Asian country ranks among the world's top spa destinations, with massage treatments of every description offered around just about every corner. Other members of the animal kingdom are also enlisted, including fish at some 4,000 pedicure spas.
Helix aspera muller glycoconjugates, snail mucus for short is the next big thing in the spa world.
Would you, could you let gastropods 'massage' your face with their mucus in $30 acne-fighting facial?

A beauty high? The snails took a particular liking to the reviewer's nose since they are fond of climbing
Tried and tested: While the facials are new, the use of snail mucus is said to date back to ancient Greece, when Hippocrates reportedly crushed snails and sour milk as a cure for skin inflammations
Escargot-no! A customer at the Snail Spa in Chiang Mai, Thailand, endures its signature facial in which the gastropods slither over one's face
Budget beauty: A 45-minute facial at the Snail Spa costs $30 - a bargain compared to the $200 customers must shell out at Tokyo's Ci:z.Labo, a beauty salon where snail massage made its debut in 2013
Slimy business: Luc Champeyroux, co-owner of the Snail Spa, pictured on his gastropod farm in Chiang Mai
Lettuce help you... Helix aspera muller glycoconjugates, or snail mucus, is believed to contain antioxidants
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