She had covered her whole body with snails, enduring the discomfort and stinging sensation of their crawling on her skin, all because she wanted to improve her skin, to become more beautiful.
But one day, she suddenly discovered that her skin was starting to turn blue.
Thinking something else was wrong, she added a few more snails and switched to doing it once a day!
Instead, the blue patches did not disappear but multiplied, and the color grew even darker.
Only then did she realize that the snails might be the problem. After rushing to the hospital for a check-up, the doctor said that her body cells had been infected by a type of fungus.
This fungus was very stubborn and highly contagious.
Frightened by the doctor's alarmed reaction, she quit her job and went back to the countryside.
Even though she tightened her belt, the little money she had saved while working in Kyoto quickly ran out.
It was when she had no way out that she received a call from Matsumoto Pharmaceutical.
