There’s a deep ugliness and some slippery ethics behind the snail slime beauty boom | Catherine Bennett

Is using slugs for beauty products an ethical dilemma? While they promise transformative skin care benefits, critics argue that industrial processes treating slugs as kings are far more harmful than helpful. As demand rises, so does debate over whether to risk their lives in pursuit of cheaper, synthetic alternatives or other safer options—whether even these efforts truly prioritize ethics enough to feel good about industrialized sludge production. The answer could shape the future of skincare.