Should you add snail slime to your skincare routine?

About this episode

Norman and Tegan discuss the rising popularity of snail slime in skincare and its potential benefits.

Snail slime, or snail mucin, has become a popular product in skin care. Some claim it has anti-ageing properties, but if the early research shakes out, snail mucus could have even more significant uses. Norman and Tegan discuss why snail gunk has become a hero of cosmetics, and what else it might be capable of. References: Why Snail Mucin? Or, How This Ancient Practice Became a Skin Care Sensation Chemical composition, mineral profile, anti-bacterial, and wound healing properties of snail slime of Helix aspersa Müller Extraction, structure, pharmacological activities and applications of polysaccharides and proteins isolated from snail mucus Antimicrobial Activities of Different Fractions from Mucus of the Garden Snail Cornu aspersum Antimicrobial efficacy of Egyptian Eremina desertorum and Helix aspersa snail mucus with a novel approach to their anti-inflammatory and wound healing potencies Reviewing The Potential of Snail Extract to Accelerate and Improve Burn Wound Healing: A Literature Review HelixComplex snail mucus exhibits pro-survival, proliferative and pro-migration effects on mammalian fibroblasts The efficacy of Helix aspersa Müller extract in the healing of partial…

People in this episode

Host: Norman

Guest: Tegan

Topics covered

• skincare
• snail mucin
• anti-aging
• cosmetics
• wound healing
• anti-cancer properties

Keywords

• snail slime
• snail mucin
• skincare
• anti-aging
• wound healing
• cosmetics
• anti-cancer

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ABC Australia

Products: snail slime, snail mucin

Books & works: Why Snail Mucin? Or, How This Ancient Practice Became a Skin Care Sensation, Chemical composition, mineral profile, anti-bacterial, and wound healing properties of snail slime of Helix aspersa Müller, Extraction, structure, pharmacological activities and applications of polysaccharides and proteins isolated from snail mucus, Antimicrobial Activities of Different Fractions from Mucus of the Garden Snail Cornu aspersum, Antimicrobial efficacy of Egyptian Eremina desertorum and Helix aspersa snail mucus with a novel approach to their anti-inflammatory and wound healing potencies, Reviewing The Potential of Snail Extract to Accelerate and Improve Burn Wound Healing: A Literature Review, HelixComplex snail mucus exhibits pro-survival, proliferative and pro-migration effects on mammalian fibroblasts, The efficacy of Helix aspersa Müller extract in the healing of partial thickness burns: A novel treatment for open burn management protocols, Helix aspersa maxima mucus exhibits antimelanogenic and antitumoral effects against melanoma cells, Snail mucus increases the anti-cancer activity of anti-PD-L1 antibody in melanoma

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