[HN Gopher] Why do humans get acne? A hypothesis. (2020)
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Why do humans get acne? A hypothesis. (2020)
Author : N1H1L
Score : 5 points
Date : 2021-06-11 17:43 UTC (5 hours ago)
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| aliasEli wrote:
| All monkeys (except for one species) do have hair all over their
| body. It is very useful to protect their skin from external
| influences like cancer causing UV radiation and heat/cold. So it
| is not at all surprising that humans have some unique skin
| diseases.
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| Lubrication is not going to help if you try to fix an object that
| is too big into a small hole. There are so many lubricants
| involved in a child's birth that it seems pretty unlikely that
| the child's skin could offer a real benefit.
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| I am not a fan of TL;DR but this article is BS.
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