6.Hair follicles, the root ends of the hairs, are embedded in your skin and surrounded by clusters of sebaceous glands, special glands that produce sebum.
7.Each tarsal plate has vertically placed oil-producing sebaceous glands called Meibomian glands in them, 25 in the upper and 20 in the lower tarsal plate.
8.These microbes, which include bacteria and fungi, thrive in the sebum, an oily substance that's secreted onto the skin's surface by sebaceous glands nestled inside the dermis.
9.These microbes, which include bacteria and fungi, thrive in the sebum, an oily substance that’s secreted onto the skin’s surface by sebaceous glands nestled inside the dermis.
10.Even if your fingertips are not soiled by blood, dirt, or Cheeto dust, they will still leave behind chemical imprints on things you touch because the sebaceous glands under our skin secrete a cocktail of sweat, oils, and amino acids.