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It's safe for the skin, but I'd question deploying something like that widely until the other potential side effects are explored. For instance what if constant
by ShinTakuya 6y ago
It's safe for the skin, but I'd question deploying something like that widely until the other potential side effects are explored. For instance what if constantly disrupting the surface bacteria on skin had negative long term effects, even if the skin itself isn't damaged by the light? You can argue that some level of exposure to viruses is good for your immune system. It's not proven, but there are certainly some scientists suggesting that excessive hygiene could be linked to autoimmune diseases, too.
- scotty79 6y agoI don't think exposing skin bacteria would be the problem. We are walking around with plenty of skin covered to keep the reservoir of our microbiome. Also sunlight is pretty strong disinfectant too ans everybody used to bath in sunlight for centuries. And as for hygienic hypothesis ... benefits from hygiene are huge and easy to observe while link to autoimmune diseases is disputed. And if it exists is probably through parasites we got rid of, not bateria or viruses that were not so easy to get rid of.