Should We Be Ditching Soap & Embracing Bacteria?

Illustrated by Isabel Castillo Guijarro. It's been ingrained in our minds since we were little kids: Bacteria is bad, and soap is good. But, what if that seemingly true mantra might not be so accurate? AOBiome, a biotech start-up based out of Cambridge, Massachusetts, recently tested a living bacterial skin tonic, and lucky for us, one of its subjects, Julia Scott, shared her experiences with The New York Times. The spray bottles of AO+ Refreshing Cosmetics Mist contain billions of cultivated Ni...