Submitted by [deleted] t3_103c1nz in askscience
FogeltheVogel t1_j31jxvf wrote
Reply to comment by IgotthatBNAD in How does dish soap eliminate bacteria? by [deleted]
Yes. That's why getting soap in an open wound is painful, and why drinking soap is so dangerous.
However, your outer skin is mostly immune to this as it's not made of living cells, but rather a layer of dead cells that made some structures that resist this before they died.
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