Over-cleansing the skin with harsh cleansers can exacerbate acne by removing beneficial skin microbiome components and leading to inflammation or infections. — Whalespan
Over-cleansing the skin with harsh cleansers can exacerbate acne by removing beneficial skin microbiome components and leading to inflammation or infections.
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“not over cleansing a lot of people with acne will start to wash their face constantly and we'll often use harsh cleansers that can exacerbate that acne either by virtue of removing some important skin microbiome components that then lead to even other infections like fungal infections or additional inflammation because you're removing that microbiome barrier”