They say the ocean has secrets, but even more so, it's full of miracle skin remedies.

Scars are a natural part of the human experience - one cannot imagine leaving a life behind, unscathed by its misfortunes. However, thanks to science and dermatology, the deep ocean holds a remedy that can ameliorate the salience of a skin scar, even in skin grafting operations: mussels, or the aquatic bivalve mollusk. 

Mussels' special quality is their ability to adhere to anything, including rocks, timbers, whales, and even ships, which is particularly convenient for medical research and engineering.

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The adhesive material found in their anatomy, which was subject to prying by South Korean researchers at the Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), has been replicated with some added controls through associated drugs.

POSTECH believes that the bioadhesive they've engineered is ready for market: The Chemical Engineering Journal has recently posted a proposed system for scarless skin grafting using the invention. 

“Unlike sutures, it leaves minimal scarring on the wound area and is harmless to the human body because it utilizes mussel adhesive protein, a biomaterial,” reports a POSTECH statement.

The drugs used in the bioadhesive are Allantoin and an epidermal growth factor. According to the researchers, the outcome of the invention is a lot more efficient for the revival of collagen and skin layers with minimal loss of hair follicles.

Mollusc adhesive research has been popular in research around the globe, not just in curing scars, but also for fractured bone repair uses and cellular engineering.

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