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<blockquote data-quote="JR777" data-source="post: 3610677" data-attributes="member: 45725">Now that&#039;s interesting! I honestly don&#039;t know anything about the skin&#039;s microbiome as far as bug repellant goes, but it sure wouldn&#039;t surprise me if we have some natural immunity to repel insects that gets washed away with the harsh solvents we use in our soaps nowadays.The source of the microbiome is bacteria that&#039;s dominant in soil. Obviously we&#039;re not born with it since the womb is completely sterile. Like our gut&#039;s microbiome it&#039;s something we develop as we age. So not surprising at all that being &quot;dirty&quot; out in nature would help to expedite the process.In fact, there are deodorizers you can buy specifically for situations where you can&#039;t shower, and they&#039;re nothing but these probiotic strains of bacteria that are found in the soil, and the theory behind them is that they will rebuild your microbiome faster, and thus reduce the stink from the opportunistic stuff that overgrows in the absence of the dominant bacterial strains.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JR777, post: 3610677, member: 45725"] Now that's interesting! I honestly don't know anything about the skin's microbiome as far as bug repellant goes, but it sure wouldn't surprise me if we have some natural immunity to repel insects that gets washed away with the harsh solvents we use in our soaps nowadays. The source of the microbiome is bacteria that's dominant in soil. Obviously we're not born with it since the womb is completely sterile. Like our gut's microbiome it's something we develop as we age. So not surprising at all that being "dirty" out in nature would help to expedite the process. In fact, there are deodorizers you can buy specifically for situations where you can't shower, and they're nothing but these probiotic strains of bacteria that are found in the soil, and the theory behind them is that they will rebuild your microbiome faster, and thus reduce the stink from the opportunistic stuff that overgrows in the absence of the dominant bacterial strains. [/QUOTE]

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