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SKIN RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 14, Issue 2, Pages 121-126Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2007.00271.x
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pH of human skin; buffering capacity; alkali resistance tests; alkali neutralization tests
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Skin surface acidity can be measured according to two criteria, its value given by pH and its strength determined by the ability of the skin to resist an acidic/alkaline aggression (i.e. acidic/alkaline resistance and neutralization tests). It is the quantitative extent to which the skin resists these changes that defines the term buffer capacity or acid/alkali resistance and neutralization capacity of skin. We review studies investigating the possible mechanisms contributing to the buffering capacity of the epidermis via alkali/acidic aggression tests. This paper discerns which components of the epidermis are most likely responsible for the epidermal buffering ability.
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