The Skin Microbiome-Brain Axis | Your Armpit And Your Mental Health

The word “Microbiome” is often misconstrued, as when most people hear it they quickly draw their attention to the vast ecosystem so often talked about in the Gut.

However, as we’ve learned throughout our many deep-dives on the topic, the gut is only one (popular) place these creepy microbe crawlers call home. In fact, they inhabit every external facing area of our body, from the gut, to mouth, lungs, and our often forgotten largest organ…. the skin.

Likely having an equal, yet unique influence across all of these distinct regions. Influences that we are still in the infancy of truly understanding. Which makes this NEW research out of the University of Liverpool suggesting an association between the skin microbiome and mental health… So very interesting….

Here’s what they found….