After an Ear Piercing, Your Skin Microbiome Changes in a Fundamental Way - ScienceAlert
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You may not have ever realized it, but there are many trillions of microorganisms living on our skin – and puncturing the skin and inserting a metal object, also known as getting a piercing, creates a significant shift in that microbiome.