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My No-Soap, No-Shampoo, Bacteria-Rich Hygiene Experiment
What happens when you leave cleanliness up to your microbiome? For most of my life, if I’ve thought at all about the bacteria living on my skin, it has been while trying to scrub them away. But recently I spent four weeks rubbing them in. I was Subject 26 in testing a living bacterial skin tonic, developed by AOBiome, a biotech start-up in Cambridge, Mass. The tonic looks, feels and tastes like water, but each spray bottle of AO+ Refreshing Cosmetic Mist contains billions of cultivated...
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Yes! I want to rub myself with bacteria!! Where can I buy this insane product?
Found it, costs $100 and takes 10 weeks to arrive!
What to do, what to do...
Personal hygiene companies have been brainwashing people for years to buy 10 different kinds of soap, to wash, etc. Certain people go overkill, others find the right balance that work for then. But for god sake, do NOT stop washing yourself!