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Re:The mites in the skin of our faces by feet on Thursday June 23, 2022 @07:19AM (#31847509)
We need to stop lathering ourselves up with soap all the time. Like mites, we have a community living on our skin, our microbiome and soap decimates that community that helps us
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Re:The mites in the skin of our faces by polishdude20 on Thursday June 23, 2022 @10:04AM (#31849293)
Does it though? As long as the soap isn't antibacterial, it shouldn't exterminate everything.
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Re:The mites in the skin of our faces by isbn on Thursday June 23, 2022 @10:11AM (#31849376)
> As long as the soap isn't antibacterial, it shouldn't exterminate everything.

All soap is antibacterial.

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Re:The mites in the skin of our faces by feet on Thursday June 23, 2022 @10:34AM (#31849674)
This is true. Soap's purpose is to literally break down the cell walls of bacteria, some are more resistant so antibacterials are needed depending on the constituents of the cell wall
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Re:The mites in the skin of our faces by coryfklein on Thursday June 23, 2022 @10:55AM (#31849964)
These aren't bacteria though, they are animals. It's unclear whether antibacterial soap has much of a detrimental effect on them at all.
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