NEWSHow about a snail slime facial?epaselect epa04626734 A Thai woman receives snail slime treatment on her face at a snail skin care manufacturer in Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand, 19 February 2015. A new industry in the use of snail slime is growing in Thailand. A research team at a Thai university have found that Thai snail slime is the best in the world when it comes to producing cosmetics. According to the research, Thai snails have anti-fungal properties necessitated by the tropical climate that makes their slime superior to that of colder-climate snails for human skin moisturising. EPA/PONGMANAT TASIRI ORG XMIT: RUN67Pongmanat Tasiri, European Pressphoto Agencyepa04626736 Biologist Piyoros Tongkerd (not seen) shows how snail is produced after stimulating the snail, at the department of biology and science of the Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, 19 February 2015. A new industry in the use of snail slime is growing in Thailand. A research team at the Chulalongkorn University have found that Thai snail slime is the best in the world when it comes to producing cosmetics. According to the research, Thai snails have anti-fungal properties necessitated by the tropical climate that makes their slime superior to that of colder-climate snails for human skin moisturizing. EPA/DIEGO AZUBEL ORG XMIT: ZSN030Diego Azubel, European Pressphoto Agencyepa04626735 Biologists Piyoros Tongkerd and Ueangfa Bantaowong (not seen) show snails from the university's snail farm at the department of biology and science of the Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, 19 February 2015. A new industry in the use of snail slime is growing in Thailand. A research team at the Chulalongkorn University have found that Thai snail slime is the best in the world when it comes to producing cosmetics. According to the research, Thai snails have anti-fungal properties necessitated by the tropical climate that makes their slime superior to that of colder-climate snails for human skin moisturizing. EPA/DIEGO AZUBEL ORG XMIT: ZSN028Diego Azubel, European Pressphoto Agencyepa04626729 View of the snail farm at the department of biology and science of the Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, 19 February 2015. A new industry in the use of snail slime is growing in Thailand. A research team at the Chulalongkorn University have found that Thai snail slime is the best in the world when it comes to producing cosmetics. According to the research, Thai snails have anti-fungal properties necessitated by the tropical climate that makes their slime superior to that of colder-climate snails for human skin moisturizing. EPA/DIEGO AZUBEL ORG XMIT: ZSN025Diego Azubel, European Pressphoto Agencyepa04626726 Biologist Ueangfa Bantaowong shows one the snails from the university's snail farm at the department of biology and science of the Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, 19 February 2015. A new industry in the use of snail slime is growing in Thailand. A research team at the Chulalongkorn University have found that Thai snail slime is the best in the world when it comes to producing cosmetics. According to the research, Thai snails have anti-fungal properties necessitated by the tropical climate that makes their slime superior to that of colder-climate snails for human skin moisturizing. EPA/DIEGO AZUBEL ORG XMIT: ZSN020Diego Azubel, European Pressphoto Agencyepa04626725 A Thai woman receives snail slime treatment on her face at a snail skin care manufacturer in Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand, 19 February 2015. A new industry in the use of snail slime is growing in Thailand. A research team at a Thai university have found that Thai snail slime is the best in the world when it comes to producing cosmetics. According to the research, Thai snails have anti-fungal properties necessitated by the tropical climate that makes their slime superior to that of colder-climate snails for human skin moisturising. EPA/PONGMANAT TASIRI ORG XMIT: RUN72Pongmanat Tasiri, European Pressphoto Agencyepa04626723 A Thai woman receives snail slime treatment on her face at a snail skin care manufacturer in Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand, 19 February 2015. A new industry in the use of snail slime is growing in Thailand. A research team at a Thai university have found that Thai snail slime is the best in the world when it comes to producing cosmetics. According to the research, Thai snails have anti-fungal properties necessitated by the tropical climate that makes their slime superior to that of colder-climate snails for human skin moisturising. EPA/PONGMANAT TASIRI ORG XMIT: RUN71Pongmanat Tasiri, European Pressphoto Agencyepa04626738 A Thai woman receives snail slime treatment on her face at a snail skin care manufacturer in Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand, 19 February 2015. A new industry in the use of snail slime is growing in Thailand. A research team at a Thai university have found that Thai snail slime is the best in the world when it comes to producing cosmetics. According to the research, Thai snails have anti-fungal properties necessitated by the tropical climate that makes their slime superior to that of colder-climate snails for human skin moisturising. EPA/PONGMANAT TASIRI ORG XMIT: RUN68Pongmanat Tasiri, European Pressphoto AgencyFeatured Weekly Ad