Imagine your skin is like a playground for tiny creatures called microorganisms. Some are friendly and help keep your skin healthy, while others can cause pimples or dryness. If you don’t wash your face, the bad ones might take over and make you feel uncomfortable.
Examples
- When you don’t wash your face before bed, pimples might pop up because the bad microbes have grown too much.
- Your feet get smelly from wearing socks all day, that's bacteria working overtime on your skin!
- A teenager breaks out with zits when their skin microbiome is thrown off by stress or poor sleep.
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See also
- How Do ‘Bacteria’ Help Us Digest Food?
- How Do Bacteria Become Resistant to Antibiotics?
- What's the Difference Between a Virus and a Bacterium?
- Why Do We Get ‘Ripened’ by the Sun?
- Why Do Some People Have ‘Freckles’ and Others Don’t?
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