If your skin’s been playing up recently, it could be down to a damaged acid mantle. Here, Dr Ifeoma Ejikeme reveals everything you need to know about your acid mantle, including how to keep it ...

Environmental toxins silently damage your skin barrier by weakening its defenses, accelerating aging, and causing increased ...

There’s also a lesser known player some say is essential in the defence strategy. It’s called the acid mantle. The term is garnering increasing buzz with more and more brands marketing products deemed ...

“We refer to the outside layer of skin as the acid mantle,” says Karan Lal, DO, a dermatologist in Scottsdale, Arizona. “When the acid mantle or your skin barrier is disrupted, there’s a ...