French artisan Damien Desrocher is making soap from snail slime that he says helps fight the aging process.

(ABC News) — A 28-year-old French artisan is using snail slime to create an anti-aging, skin-healing soap. Damien Desrocher has raised about 60,000 snails right in his backyard- and began mak… ...

Bars of snail slime soap are seen in Desrocher’s lab. Reuters Desrocher said slime contained molecules of collagen and elastin, which have anti-aging and skin-healing properties.

Snail slime is a popular ingredient in some beauty products from South Korea. It contains elastin and collagen, and some even claim it has anti-aging properties.

Soap slime, aka that gross layer of soap that accumulates underneath a bar of soap after you set it down, is one of life's minor annoyances, but an annoyance nonetheless.

Snails also naturally use their slime to repair their shells if damaged, he said. Desrocher said he aimed to produce 3,000 snail slime soap bars in his first year of production.

Foamy slime bubbles onto Damien Desrocher’s hand as he lightly rubs one of the thousands of snails he keeps in an enclosure in his backyard.