{"id":46185,"date":"2025-12-03T15:14:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T14:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/ingredient\/potassium-hydroxide\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T15:14:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T14:14:15","slug":"potassium-hydroxide","status":"publish","type":"ingredient","link":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/ingredient\/potassium-hydroxide\/","title":{"rendered":"POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ingredient type:<\/strong>PH ADJUSTER<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Role: Potassium hydroxide is primarily used as a pH agent. It is used to adjust the pH of a formulation to ensure that it is compatible with human skin.<\/p>\n<p>  Ingredient type: Water-soluble<\/p>\n<p> \u200d\u2695\ufe0f Safety: This ingredient is safe in the low concentrations typically used in cosmetics. <\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Vegan: Yes, potassium hydroxide is a mineral chemical compound and does not come from animal sources.<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Note: Although safe in low concentrations, potassium hydroxide is a strong alkali and can be irritating at higher concentrations. It is important that the final formulation is properly adjusted to avoid skin irritation.<\/p>\n<p>  Found in: It is often found in facial cleansers, lotions, creams, and hair products, where it regulates pH to ensure stability and optimal skin tolerance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>comedogenic index:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":""},"class_list":["post-46185","ingredient","type-ingredient","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":[],"comment_info":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ingredient\/46185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ingredient"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ingredient"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}