What is the hygiene hypothesis?
Are we all too clean for our own good? Being overly paranoid about cleanliness puts you at a disadvantage. Early exposure to ‘dirt’ is a good thing, so let children…
Is it good to have high microbial diversity on skin?
Our adoption of a western lifestyle has resulted in a vast reduction of microbial species on skin. Research suggests that diversity is a good thing as opposed to the dominance…
5 Things probiotics do for your skin
Probiotics are vital They protect you from pathogens (like armour for your face) They improve barrier function They maintain calm and reduce sensitivity They manufacture moisturising factors They maintain skin…
Do I have the same microbes everywhere on my skin?
There are different bacteria living in the different ecosystems of your body. The microbiome of an oily area like the face is very different to that of the dry forearm.…
Why is all this microbiome stuff happening now?
Advances in science now allow us to “see” DNA and we can now study ecosystems that were previously too small to study. The Polymerase Chain Reaction, discovered by Kerry Mullis…
Anti-ageing probiotics
YOUR ARMY OF LITTLE HELPERS. Skin probiotics are safe and natural and they work. They protect, moisturise, maintain skin pH and reduce inflammation. Lump all of these benefits together and…
Probiootit vahvistavat suojabarriäärin toimintaa
Remedy Sensitivity – Probiootit vahvistavat suojabarriäärin toimintaa ja suojaavat sinua näin patogeeneilta, eli ne automaattisesti suojaavat immuunijärjestelmääsi altistumasta tarpeettomille ärsytyksille. Sen lisäksi, että probiootit toimivat panssarina, ne myös puhuvat ihosoluillesi…
Probiotics balance pH
ACID MANTLE INTEGRITY IS KEY TO EFFECTIVE BARRIER FUNCTION. It is not intuitive to think that something as seemingly inconsequential as pH could have a mighty impact on ageing but…
Probiotics Moisturise
HYDRATE FROM WITHIN. You may not know this but live Lactobacillus probiotics on (and in) skin can produce the coveted skincare ingredient Hyaluronic Acid. Right there in the stratum corneum…
Probiotics protect
BOOST YOUR SKIN’S ARMOUR. Probiotic microbes can help to safeguard your skin against pathogenic microbes. When prolific and healthy, your skin microbes construct a biofilm in the outer layer of…