For years now, we have accepted the idea that we can nourish our intestinal tract with dedicated bacterial ingredients from food supplements and thereby improve our general health.
Books written on this subject have become bestsellers. But why should we focus only on our intestinal tract?
There are so many different microbial communities that can be found on and inside our body. Especially the colonisation of the skin being our largest organ, tangible to the hands, visible to the eye, and in constant contact with the outside environment has moved to the front of cosmetic research. The idea of being a complex ecosystem is adding to the existing trend of personalised cosmetics, and will confirm the customer in their feeling of uniqueness.
The human microbiome is the collection of all microorganisms associated with the human body. It consists of a wide variety of microscopic life forms, including eukaryotes, archaea, bacteria and viruses. The count of microorganism cells in an average human body is at least as high as the amount of human cells. The reported ratio varies, depending on the scientific sources1,2,3
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