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We have been providing skin care products made with an all natural ingredient that is biologically produced by the innate immune system of a little creature with skin very similar to human skin, improving the way our customers feel about their skin and themselves, through this and other websites since 1998.

It has been a journey of discovery, experiments searching for synergistic combinations with pure botanicals that enhance the beneficial properties of our products, a search for safe natural preservatives, plus many trials and errors.

All those allowed us to improve our products and be able to offer one of the safest and best performing natural skin care and intense skin treatment line of products in todays market.

Discovered by Chance & Keen Observation
The accidental discovery of the key natural ingredient in our products dates back to 1980, at a farm in Chile that breeded garden snails, of the species Helix Aspersa Müller, for gourmet food in high demand in European countries.

It became apparent to the owners of this farm, the Bascuňan family, that snail manipulation healed cuts and abrasions, took away old scars and gave rise to very soft, smooth hands. Cage carriers noticed that their minor cuts healed rapidly without infection or scarring.

A superior techonolgy for the collection of the snail’s “serum”, and is NOT patented
In 2006, in collaboration with a chemist and pharmacist, we began to collect undiluted snail secretions, and we created a more natural line of skin care products with higher concentrations of the snail secretions.

We achieved superior products by collecting secretions directly from each snail, one by one, and immediately stabilizing them and embedding them in liposomes to prevent the antioxidants and the enzymes in the complex biological ingredient from degrading.

Our unique process for the collection of the snail’s gift does not alter the biological composition of the secretions and is also in no way harmful to the snails.

In other extraction processes, the substance undergoes degradation by hydrolysis of the proteins (complex amino-acid and carbohydrate chains break in water) and its properties are damaged again when mixed with other substances to make it into a cream.

To transform the viscous fluid of the snail serum into a cream, we use all-natural ingredients, not chemicals or mineral oil. We invested in biotechnology to ensure that the precious substance we gather from the snails does not become degraded and we created a formulation that ensures proper release of the biological ingredient deep within the skin.

The discoverer of a natural healing substance cannot patent the phenomenon

It is worth noting that the biological ingredient in BIOCUTIS skin care and skin treatment products, is the WHOLE secretion of the snail Helix Aspersa Müller, as it is collected directly from them, not a molecule isolated from the substance or a part of it.

The secretion, as it is, has biological functions that protect and beneficially affect skin. And those can not be patented. For the discoverer of a naturally occurring phenomenon —such as an element, chemical, or mineral— cannot patent the phenomenon.

Disclaimer: The information provided here to the general public is written by our editorial team directed by Humberto del Pozo, our CEO non-medical professional. The information is based on the on-going research by our biochemist advisor Mario Reyes, Member of the New York Academy of Sciences, and Avance Biotechnologies, Chile Ltda; it is also current with information published in scientific journals.

The information offered is intended to support the use of our own products for beauty and healthy skin, not to replace your relationship with a physician. Please consult a physician if you have a medical condition.

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