In seeking treatments for acne, you hear better than a regime of skin care can improve your acne. However, you may not know the importance of obtaining the pH (power of hydrogen) proper balance in the skin care. I 'm not going to turn this into a terrible lesson in chemistry, but here's a quick summary . pH scale of 1 to 14, and refers to the levels of acid or alkaline a substance. Then seven is acidic, above is alkaline, and seven - the optimum level for the body-is neutral. Skin, on the other hand, has a pH of the body and different ranges from 4 - 6. 5. The skin, hence, is acidic in nature (aka "acid mantle") that prevents bacteria to be absorbed through the skin because it can not survive acid conditions. As you can see is vital that the use of acne treatments not wreak havoc with the skin's pH level. Failing to maintain a balance grow bacteria, damage, dry skin and potentially more acne. It takes about 14 hours to the pH of the skin to return to normal if the acid mantle has been unstable . . . but when you use products for skin care and acne treatments that are used to before enough time has elapsed so that the skin pH to return to normal. The first thing you can do is to read labels . As with many products of some terms do not mean what you think they mean. So when you see 'pH balanced' I, too, to check the number of pH. Look for products that are pH 4 to 7 and that he was in the right way to treat acne and caring for your skin properly.