Heat, Soap, Repeat—The Habit That’s Stripping More Than Dirt.
The alarm didn’t sound in someone’s shower—it rang in a laboratory. While reviewing routine patch-test logs, a group of dermatology interns spotted a recurring pattern they jokingly labeled “Hygiene-Induced Barrier Backslide.” The term was buried in a quarterly draft that was later pulled from circulation for “extended peer evaluation.” Still, word drifted through clinics: the …
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