The Wonderfilled World of your Belly-Button

[EvolSyawla]

OK, touche'. Let us ante up the stakes. Why don't we all show images of our bellybuttons; authentication by putting one's screen name next to the shot?

[Adali]

this topic has scared me for life. thanks Evo.

[EvolSyawla]

LOL Information tends to do that no?, Change your perception about something indefinitely, and you are now informed. I am glad to have helped walaalo.


I'll admit, it needs some work...but Jabuutawi, did I scare you away? Chicken.

[Malachite]

Apologies Dr Sulfur . I don't know the jargon involved, prokaryotes, eukaryotes, strep, staph. Doesn't mean I said anything wrong.

Staph and and strep are part of prokaryotes..You don't have to put them in their own category for a starter

How else does one get an infection, does the microbe eat down into the skin? Or does breaking the skin through a cut or itching the skin get them in

lol Neither......The fungi that causes Ringworm basically grows and and feeds on the outer layer of the skin( Keratin layer) and NAILS..It thrives by digesting the protein keratin ( which is found on your outer skin layer, hair, nail) so this means the fungi is only limited to your body surface and does NOT penetrate your skin.The rash is basically an immune response/reaction

Is that not an infection?

Yes and it's called and meant BACTERIAL infection, not Fungal

Also, I said ringworm and fungal infections - saying that they are both fungal - occur from this fungus on the skin getting in. I actually got ringworm once in the miiye, and that's how it was explained to me. "The germs getting in broken skin". Is that incorrect?

Again, the Fungi doesn't get into the skin. Hopefully, they explained it to you that it's HIGHLY contagious..You can get it and spread it by sharing bed sheets, combs,clothes, towels, skin to skin contact...Also animals can spread it......Basically thats how you got it at first. Poor hygiene and whatnot

I brought up fungal infections because we were discussing unseen organisms on the skin, not stating they were the same thing.

Oh Ok, I thought you meant that Ringworm skin infections occurs after some bacteria enters your skin or there is a cut and the Fungi enters it in your previous post...Glad it's cleared

[Jeffo]

Sulfur, I think the whole misunderstanding came from the way Evol wrote "ring worm and fungul infection" as if they were in the same catergory.

Infection by fungi or bacteria in the end is still an infection. If she said viral, then I'd think she'd need correcting.

I think you wanna show your knowledge bro. Be modest.

[Marques]

Outie with a six pack

[Amira143]

Akhaas this literally put me off my laxoox. Thanks.

[EvolSyawla]

Lmaooo you're welcome Amira

And thank you Jeffo.

Jazakallah khair Sulfur. I take no offense at being corrected, but flexing your muscles by correcting little details when you know what I meant is just a tad patronizing and unbecoming.

[SultanOrder]

So it has germs, so what? I don't understand why that matters? It's obviously harmless for the most of us.

Ps I'm an inni

[EvolSyawla]

Well PO, this was more of a 'did you know' thread. You most likely didn't know you had a collection of unknown bacteria species living right in your belly button, some types still unknown to science. I think that is incredible. No other place on the body is more of a mystery it seems. Alot of the bacteria found, as the articles have stated, are only found in remote places, where in some cases the subject has never even been.

It's pretty damn cool.

[SultanOrder]

I read this same article not too long. And my reaction was the same. I think they exaggerate a lot, kulaha a thousand previously unknown, but I bet there are billions of unknown bacteria so in reality it probably isn't that big of a deal.

[MissFiora]

Saxib ..I have OCD u can't tell me shidh like this, brb I have to go disinfect my belly button.

[jamal9]

my belly button is innie, thank goodness am a guy, so i don't contamination from yeast infection.