Acne bacteria trigger cells to produce fats, oils and other lipids essential to skin health – new research
And despite the misconception that lipids harm your skin by causing oiliness and acne, they actually play a vital role in maintaining the skin barrier.
- And despite the misconception that lipids harm your skin by causing oiliness and acne, they actually play a vital role in maintaining the skin barrier.
- Lipids – organic compounds that include fats, oils, waxes and other types of molecules – are essential components of the outermost layer of skin.
- For example, by increasing the lipid content in skin cells, propionic acid reduced water loss through the skin.
- We also found that the lipids skin cells produce after exposure to C. acnes or propionic acid have antimicrobial effects against C. acnes.