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Reconsidering the Seemingly Simple Act of Washing Our Hands
The tidal wave of handwashing that has occurred since the arrival of the novel coronavirus has constituted a pretty significant change in our lives! Even the most diligent hand-washers among us have increased the frequency we were accustomed to, often by orders of magnitude. Since we’re in the business of helping you take the best care of your skin possible, we offer the following tips to make sure you are not only protecting yourself from Covid-19, but also improving the overall health of the skin on your hands.
Maintaining Skin Health Under a Mask
Having a problem with breakouts from masks, or other skin health issues? You’re not alone. Wearing a mask in public per the CDC’s guidelines is the right thing to do to help curb the spread of Covid-19, but it can wreak havoc on the skin—many of us have started experiencing dermatitis and acne in the areas covered by our masks. Read on for our suggestions for preventing acne and other skin problems from masks.
The Largest—and Most Overlooked—Part of the Microbiome? Viruses
At Marie Veronique, we focus on learning everything we can about the roles the various microbiomes in our body play in keeping us, and in particular our skin, healthy. We’ve become so familiar with microbes like Propionibacterium acnes and Staphylococcus epidermidis that they practically feel like our next door neighbors.
In actuality, these bacteria and millions of others like them are even closer to us than our real next door neighbors because they live in and on us—in our gut, our pores, our eyelashes, you name it. There isn’t a crevice, cranny, or fold on the inside or outside of our body that isn’t inhabited by tiny microorganisms ranging from fairly large mites to microscopic microbes.