The acid mantle derives its name from the fact that the skin’s ideal pH is slightly acidic, about 5.5, and anything that can skew it too alkaline can disrupt its ability to function optimally.

The acid mantle is kind of sensitive Skin cleansers and toner might make your skin feel taut, tingly, and squeaky clean, Liverman explains, but that feeling probably means that the skin’s ...

Harsh face washes strip your skin's acid mantle and accelerate aging. Why that squeaky clean feeling means you're damaging ...

The term "acid mantle" was first used in the early 1900s by German physicians, but it's only recently become a big buzzword hitting the skincare aisle thanks to moisturizers that tout "acid mantle ...

The acid mantle ensures that the skin sits at a healthy pH (typically around 4.5-5) to give the other defensive layers a hospitable environment where they can do their thing.

Christian Surber, a professor of dermatopharmacology at the universities of Basel and Zurich and an author of studies on the acid mantle, suggests avoiding products with a pH of more than 7. This ...

But the new frontier in skincare, which has dermatologists abuzz, is the skin’s naturally occurring acid “mantle”: a protective layer on your skin altered by pH levels (one being highly ...

The term "acid mantle" was first used in the early 1900s by German physicians, but it's only recently become a big buzzword hitting the skincare aisle thanks to moisturizers that tout "acid mantle ...