Snail slime

A man waters a snail in the process of producing cosmetics at a snail farm at Nakhon Nayok Province, Thailand, May 11, 2018. 

Thailand’s beauty craze: ‘Milking’ snails to make facial creams

Lifestyle

Biologist Somsak Panha stimulates a snail, causing it to secrete a mucus that is used in beauty serums.

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