“…That the skin has an acid surface has been recognized for many years (Heuss, 1892;Schade, 1928;Marchionini and Hausknecht, 1938;Blank, 1939;Bernstein and Hermann, 1942;Draize, 1942;Arbenz, 1952;Jolly, 1960). Surprisingly, skin surface pH is neutral at birth in both humans and various animals but with maturation the SC acidifies (Behrendt and Green, 1958;Visscher et al, 2000;Yosipovitch et al, 2000;Behne et al, 2003;Fluhr et al, 2004).…”