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[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (4 children)

There are different kinds of people with diffetent types of skin. Some people get so oily no amount of water and scrubbing can help. The residual oil is then great for cultivating bacteria and yeast, which are ok as natural skin microflora, but if there's too many of them, they cause medical problems.

[–] addictedtochaos@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

the question is: are they sick and thus the skin is out of whack, or are they sick because the skin is out of whack?

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The amount of oil your skin produces naturally is usually connected to genes and hormone levels. It's ok to have more oily or drier skin. It's diversity, everyone is built differently.

[–] addictedtochaos@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

no and yes to that; there are tall people and small people, but that is usually not a medical condition.

everyone is built the same. and certainly nobody is built to have life detrimental skin conditions; yes, severe gene defects exist. But if you are swaetting a lot and you stink like a skunk, there is a very good reason for it. and the reason is:

something is hindering homöostasis to work properly- and that is usually a thing you ingested but don't need, or a thing you did not ingest, but need. plus toxin exposure.

what do I mean by that?

Biochemistry works the same for everybody. it does not change to do something different, ever. Hormones are biochemistry.

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