Creepy Crawly Skin
Ever have that sensation of crawling skin? Well, maybe it really is!!
In research recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, study of the skin on the forearms of six healthy people revealed 182 species of bacteria! But don’t be alarmed. Researcher and microbiologist Dr. Martin Blaser of New York University School of Medicine says “”We think that many of the normal organisms are protecting the skin. So that’s why I don’t think it’s a great idea to keep washing all the time because we’re basically washing off one of our defense layers.”
Soap seems particularly hostile to the “good” bacteria that provide the first layer of protection on our skins…it is alkaline. Using a PH balanced skin wash does not strip the acid mantle on the skin, yet provides the “clean” we all want.
According to the Reuters Health report of this research, new technology has enabled researchers to identify more bacteria than previous study had revealed. May be one of those supports for the “ignorance is bliss” theory 
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