Cleansers with benzoyl peroxide, salicylic acid, or alcohol-based astringents can strip essential skin oils and eliminate the beneficial skin microbiome. — Whalespan
Cleansers with benzoyl peroxide, salicylic acid, or alcohol-based astringents can strip essential skin oils and eliminate the beneficial skin microbiome.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“what we see a lot of times are cleansers that are either um bactericidal bacteria Statics things like benzol peroxide things like salicylic acid things like certain astringent toners that are alcohol-based and what they do is not only do they stret the normal oils from our skin that keep our skin Supple and healthy but they eradicate the normal host skin microbiome”