Benefits of snail mucin

What is mucin?

Mucin is the mucus of a snail in the usual sense. This ingredient was discovered in South America in the 20s. One of the farmers in Chile, by the name of Bascunan, observing his workers who grew snails on ecologically clean farms for French restaurants, noticed that the skin of the hands of employees, even in adulthood, looks young and smooth. In addition, minor scratches and skin damage healed many times faster than other people.

Of course, this observation could not fail to interest scientists from all over the world, who, as a result, began an active study of mucin, which lasted 15 years, and discovered all its wonderful properties, the first publications about them appeared in the press.

Quality of mucin

The quality of the extracted mucin depends on many factors: temperature, season and diet of the snail. Therefore, one should not be surprised why two mucin-based creams can have a completely different effect in quality. The basis of the effectiveness of the cream in the raw materials. But it will be almost impossible to find out detailed information about this, in this case it is worth finding out where snails are grown, the mucin of which is used to produce a particular cream.

The method of producing mucus and synthesizing from it the miraculous mucin used in cosmetics is a very expensive and costly business. Therefore, products based on it cannot be attributed to the price category of economy or budgetary funds.

It is important to note that the snails used to produce mucin for cosmetics do not suffer or die in the process of extracting it. Helix Aspera Müller is kept on special farms and provided with special care. To obtain the desired type of mucin, several snails are placed in a special box, subjected to slight shaking to temporarily put them in a stressful state. Then they are moved back to the farm, and the accumulated mucus on the walls is collected and filtered out with special devices.

Why is mucin useful?

Mucin is a storehouse of elastin, collagen similar to human; glycolic and hyaluronic acid. Creams based on this component intensively moisturize, restore a healthy tone, rejuvenate and promote accelerated skin regeneration. It is interesting to note the fact that human skin reacts to damage with inflammation and irritation, while the snail begins to produce more mucus, and it is the second type of mucus containing antimicrobial peptides and antioxidants that trigger accelerated regeneration processes. That is why the use of mucin is so common in products for problem skin.

In addition, mucin stimulates the activity of fibroblasts responsible for the production of collagen and elastin fibers. In addition, mucin helps the dermis resist the aggressive effects of free radicals that stimulate the destruction of collagen in cells.

If you use the secret of the snail with peptides, you can get a real elixir of youth, but the price of the cream will be many times higher. It has been clinically proven that the use of snail mucus products significantly improves the appearance, smoothness and firmness of the skin, and reduces the total number of wrinkles by 29% and the depth of wrinkles by 16%.

It is also worth noting that the secret of the snail is saturated with vitamins A, B, E, etc. It is these elements that are responsible for ridding the skin of toxins, regenerating tissues, moisturizing and retaining moisture in the body.