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3 claims · 2 studies.

C34-7
Infant acid mantle is not yet established; still building toward adult pH over weeks-months.
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Chiou & Blume-Peytavi 2004, DOI 10.1159/000076015 (no PMID in-doc)
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C34-9
pH regulates the enzymes holding the stratum corneum together; infant mantle is mid-construction.
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Taïeb 2018, DOI 10.1111/pde.13482 (no PMID in-doc)
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CBAN-4
True soap/high-pH cleansers vetoed for babies — infant acid mantle still forming, pH regulates the enzymes holding the stratum corneum together.
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Taïeb 2018, DOI 10.1111/pde.13482 (no PMID in-doc)
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