{"id":1895,"date":"2021-07-09T11:53:22","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T09:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rivoli.ch\/?p=1895"},"modified":"2022-08-31T17:08:25","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T15:08:25","slug":"tout-savoir-sur-votre-microbiote-cutane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rivoli.ch\/en\/tout-savoir-sur-votre-microbiote-cutane\/","title":{"rendered":"Get to Know Your Microbiota"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Get to Know Your Microbiota<\/h1>\n\t
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THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS FOR UNDERSTANDING YOUR SKIN.<\/h2>\n

Every day, we are surrounded by single-cell organisms capable of cloning themselves by the thousands in a few days and colonizing vast surfaces while\u2026<\/p>\n

Bacteria, science tells us, first emerged on Earth at least 3.85 billion years ago, and its role is vital to maintaining the balance between ourselves and our environment. But it was only recently, in the 1990s ( J.J. Leyden, K.J. McGinley, K.M.Nordstrom, et al. Skin microflora, 1987) that we got to know the bacteria living on the skin\u2019s surface. Those bacteria are called \u201cskin microbiota\u201d or \u201ccutaneous microbiota.\u201d<\/p>\n

What is Cutaneous Microbiota?<\/h2>\n

The skin is a complex system and our body\u2019s largest organ, but do you really know its primary function?\nThe answer is deceptively simple: it\u2019s here to protect us. The skin forms an important barrier between your body and the world around you. This crucial function is fulfilled by the epidermis, the upper part of the skin. On the top of the epidermis<\/a>, our skin is home to millions of bacteria, fungi and viruses that compose the skin microbiota<\/a>. Similar to the one our gut, the skin microbiota plays an essential role in protecting the body against invading pathogens, in fine-tuning our immune system and assisting in the breakdown of natural products. (Scharschmidt, T. C. & Fischbach, M. A. What lives on our skin: ecology, genomics and therapeutic opportunities of the skin microbiome. Drug Discov. Today Dis. Mech. 10, e83\u2013e89 2013).<\/p>\n

Everyone\u2019s microbiota is unique: it is acquired at birth and is as personal to you as your DNA. Invisible to the naked eye, cutaneous microbiota is colonized by \u201cgood\u201d bacteria shielding the body against the possible dangers of unwelcome \u201cbad\u201d ones ( pathogens). Good bacteria are the skin\u2019s bodyguards. Additionally, they also communicate with cells in the body to warn of invasion those pathogens, so that out bodies can activate their natural defenses.<\/p>\n

Bacteria may be:<\/p>\n