TikTok is full of people obsessed with snail mucin, but does it give your skin the glow influencers are promising?Emily Tichy, a licensed esthetician and owner of The Skin Spot in Cape Coral, told us the growing Korean skincare product is safe to use."It's going to be an emollient. It's going to be a Hydrator on the skin, so similar, I would say, to hyaluronic acid," Tichy said.While safe, Tichy told us it’s not doing much for your skin."In terms of promise, showing you anti-aging benefits, promising you glowing, beautiful skin, promising you doing all of the promises that the marketers are making about snail mucin. I would probably give it a thumbs down and tell you there are far better ingredients out there," Tichy said.Tichy said if you do choose to use snail mucin, you should use it with a moisturizer and apply it to dry skin.If it's not paired with the right product, she said snail mucin can have the opposite effect."If you don't put a moisturizer over the top of a hydrating product, you're actually drying skin. So, you may see the paper works where people are putting this foundation all over their face, and they're like, oh, my skin, that's dryer," Tichy said.If you'd rather use something else instead, Tichy said you might pay a little more, but it’s worth it."Invest in a serum that has Vitamin C, or serum that has kojic acid, or a serum that has niacinamide. That's going to help calm breakouts and bring down redness and help the skin overall," Tichy said.If you've already bought snail mucin, Tichy said there's no harm in using the rest of it, but you should probably find a better product after it's gone.