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Skin Microbiome in Healthy Ageing via UK Ageing Network

The skin is the largest organ of the body and is home to a community of microbiota which generally live in harmony with our human selves.

This highly specialised and diverse community that exists on all skin sites as well as in the gut, actually provides protection from infection by maintaining a friendly microbe shield against the invasion of pathogenic species into the body.

Our ‘skin microbiome’ is therefore very important to our health and wellbeing from birth to extreme old age.

The skin changes with age and this varies according to the body site with skin thinning, dryness and changes in natural oils.

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