Comments on: Fountain of Youth – In Worm Poop??

By: Bentley

Bentley — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:50:42 +0000

I hear ya, Steve! This is why I’m in “we’ll see” mode at the moment. Bare minimum, there would AT LEAST need to be other beauty product makers jumping on board with this approach before there would be any real increase in demand for castings.
I certainly question the scientific validity of their claims myself – but the fact that they would choose worm poop (not exactly what most people would want to put on their faces) as a component in the first place makes me wonder if there is at least SOME sort of remote scientific basis for using it (quirky and odd don’t strike me as big sales motivators in the beauty industry, but I could be wrong)

By: steve k

steve k — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 02:07:24 +0000

It looks like the stuff is mostly mango and glycerin, not worm castings, right? I would love to see how this stuff was “clinically proven” to have anti-aging effects, given that the guy who claims this is the same guy who sells “cellulite butter” which probably works about as well as… butter.

By: Mark from Kansas

Mark from Kansas — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 02:41:38 +0000

…and I thought I had seen it all.

By: Renee

Renee — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 04:10:57 +0000

Nope. Never. (yes, I have worms.)

By: John Duffy

John Duffy — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 05:37:53 +0000

I just had a naughty idea for a practical joke to pull on my wife (a self-proclaimed vermiphobe) but I’ve lost my mojo (I couldn’t do it with a straight face)…Guess I’ll have to recruit a couple willing accomplices to handle my shenanigans

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:08:16 +0000

good one Patrick..Good one.

By: Astrid Styles

Astrid Styles — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 07:47:34 +0000

It’s Christmas, not April Fool.
I must say, it does give one food for thought.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:52:15 +0000

Man. That gives a whole new meaning to getting sh*t faced…
Sorry Bentley, delete if you must 🙂

By: Larry D.

Larry D. — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:42:26 +0000

So Bentley! How you gonna test this one? LOL!

By: Bentley

Bentley — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:04:08 +0000

LoL – it’s probably important to point out that the photo (a stock image) does NOT depict someone actually putting worm poop on their face (lol), nor does the news release suggest that this would be an ideal approach. The beauty product in question simply uses castings (or at least some components of castings) as part of its overall formula.

That being said, i wouldn’t be surprised if fully stabilized, high quality castings were perfectly safe for use on one’s face. As Marty suggests, it would likely be something like a mud bath (assuming the castings were mixed with water).
🙂