| 41. | :: Sebum was my first thought; if damp, I believe it's attractive to some bacteria.
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| 42. | Acne starts when the fatty glands attached to the skin's hair follicles produce too much oil, called sebum.
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| 43. | Some effective materials used to grease the bearing block include sebum, animal and plant oils, or even moist vegetation.
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| 44. | Sebum may act as a delivery system for antioxidants, antimicrobial lipids, pheromones, and hydration of the stratum corneum.
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| 45. | Sebum contributes to the skin s slightly acidic natural pH somewhere between 5 and 6.8 on the pH spectrum.
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| 46. | Also, it dries out the area by reducing sebum production, prevents clogged pores, and is a keratolytic agent.
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| 47. | Dibenzofuran is excreted 22 % the daily intake of dioxins from meals is excreted from feces and 29 % from sebum.
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| 48. | The accumulation of dead skin cell debris and oily sebum blocks the pore of the hair follicle, thus forming the microcomedone.
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| 49. | "P . acnes " is also capable of provoking additional skin inflammation by altering sebum's fatty composition.
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| 50. | Males mark their territory by rubbing themselves on the ground, depositing musky sebum secreted by large sebaceous glands on their abdomen.
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