"The things we do every day to keep ourselves clean can have surprising and unintended effects, as this entertaining introduction to the new science of skin microbes and probiotics reveals Keeping skin healthy is a booming industry, and yet it seems like almost no one agrees on what actually works. What one person says is vital another says is toxic. We have not cured acne or eczema, allergies keep getting worse, and autoimmune conditions are becoming...

"En Si nuestra piel hablara, el periodista y especialista en medicina preventiva, James Hamblin, pone sobre la mesa soluciones duraderas y científicas. Para llegar a ellas conversó con dermatólogos, microbiólogos, alergólogos, inmunólogos, esteticistas, entusiastas de los jabones de barra y hasta con estafadores, tratando de averiguar qué significa realmente estar limpio. Y descubrió que nuestras normas de limpieza están menos relacionadas...