As we learn more about the relationship between the microbiome and our health, some scientists and journalists have begun weaning themselves from cosmetic products like soap and shampoo. In taking away the bad bacteria, we could be losing too much of the good.

In this episode of If Our Bodies Could Talk—the final in a threepart miniseries on the microbiome—senior editor James Hamblin investigates the health of the microbes on our skin. 

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