Clean : the new science of skin and the beauty of doing less
Hamblin, James2021
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Every time you wash, you are removing your skin's natural ecology. Hygiene prevents the spread of disease and saves countless lives. But in recent decades, it has been having precisely the opposite effect: rather than safeguarding us from illness, our obsession with cleanliness - and the daily removal of our body's microbial layer - is leaving us vulnerable to allergies, weakening our ability to fight disease naturally and destroying the complex microbial balance on which we have evolved to rely. This witty investigation describes how we got here - thanks to the concerted efforts of the multi-billion-dollar beauty and drugs industry - and punctures the many myths and taboos that now plague our relationship with cleanliness.
Main title:
Clean : the new science of skin and the beauty of doing less / James Hamblin.
Author:
Hamblin, James, author
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2021.
Collation:
288 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781784709709 (pbk)
Dewey class:
613.4613.4 HAM
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3124105