Cosmetics cosmeceuticals

As the line between therapeutic cosmetics, cosmeceuticals, and drugs becomes more vague, the use of amphoteric surfactants in the development of products evaluated through clinical trials is likely to increase. This is especially true concerning the use of amphoteric surfactants in the oral care industry. 

Millikan LE (2001) Cosmetology, cosmetics, cosmeceuticals definitions and regulations. Clin Dermatol 19 371-374... 

GLYCOSURF Rhamnohpids Cleaning, cosmetics, cosmeceuticals, and bioremediation... 

On the other hand, squalane is a saturated derivative of squalene which also was identified in human sebum. Its inert properties and suggested low toxicity compared to its analog squalene gained attraction from researchers, especially in the area of cosmetics (Allison, 1999). Proved emollient and moisturizing properties of squalane paved its way into protective nutraceutical and cosmeceutical area along its unsaturated relative, squalene. 

Cosmeceuticals are substances that are applied to skin or hair but do not modify its structure and function. One aspect that differentiates cosmeceuticals from cosmetics is that most, if not all, of them originate from bona fide medicinal chemistry programs. In this chapter, four representative cosmeceuticals are discussed isotretinoin (1) and tazarotene (2) for acne and minoxidil (3) and finasteride (4) for hair growth, respectively. Ironically, in spite of their market successes, neither minoxidil nor... 

Moisturizers form a prominent part of the skin healthcare market, which currently estimated at US 8 billion. It is a growing market.39,40 The effect on the economy is however not limited to producers of cosmetics or cosmeceuticals. Moisturizers regularly advertised and as such probably give substantial revenue for all media companies. These creams and lotions therefore form a valuable consumer good which is produced and marketed on an industrial scale, and is subject to the same mechanisms as other consumer goods. 

Cosmeceuticals, Drugs vs. Cosmetics Eisner, P. Maibach, H. I., Eds. Marcel Dekker New York, 2000. 

Lipid nutritional supplements have been in use before the term nutraceutical was coined. Products such as fish oils, shark cartilage, shark liver oil, and vitamins have been in the market since the beginning of the twentieth century. Some of the health claims of these products lacked strict scientific documentation in the past, and their curative properties were mostly anecdotal. However, today there is a better understanding of the biological properties of lipids and their application has extended to combined pharmaceutical and cosmetic fields such as disease prevention and treatment, excipients and coadjuvants, frawi-dermal carriers, and skin emolliency agents. This has led to the development of bioactive cosmetic and pharmaceutical products whose name has recently been coined as cosmeceuticals. 

Medicinal products classified as cosmeceuticals may now be registered in Poland under a one-step procedure. Cosmeceuticals are cosmetics with properties that correct or modify physiological processes and treat or prevent disease. As medicinal products, they are considered to be supplemental to essential therapy and are mostly topically-applied products for dermatological conditions. Under the new registration procedure, documentation requirements are the same as for applications to register human medicines, namely pharmacological, toxicological, clinical and pharmaceutical/chemical documentation. 

Another application of liposomes is in the cosmetics industry. Liposomes can be formed that encapsulate a vitamin, herbal agent, or other nutritional element. When applied to the skin, the liposomes pass easily through the outer layer of dead skin, delivering their contents to the living skin cells beneath. As with the pharmaceutical liposomes, these liposomes, sometimes called cosmeceuticals, fuse with skin cells. Thus, they directly deliver the beneficial cosmetic agent directly to the cells that can benefit the most. 

Glaser DA. Anti-aging products and cosmeceuticals. Facial Plast Smg Clin North Am 2004 12 363-72. Elmets CA, Vargas A, Oresajo C. Photoprotective effects of sunscreens in cosmetics on sunburn and Langerhans cell photodamage. Photodermatology. PkofoimmHWcl Photomed 1992 9 113-20. 

Cosmeceuticals Drugs vs. Cosmetics, edited by Peter Eisner and Howard I. Maibach... 

Cosmetics can have a profound effect on people s well-being and self-esteem. The growth of cosmeceuticals (Bissett 2009), oral cosmetics such as tooth whitening (Joiner 2004,2006 Goldberg et al. 2010), and novel oral delivery forms for API s has blurred the boundaries between oral hygiene, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical science (see Fig. 1). It is in these interfacial regions where there could be most potential for porous silicon. 

Another conllictive concept is the one for cosmeceuticals. Neither the FDA nor the EFSA recognizes this term, which is widely used by the cosmetic industry to refer to cosmetic products that have medicinal or drug-Uke benefits. Like cosmetics, cosmec euticals are applied topically but differ in that they contain potent ingredients that can influence the biological function of the skin and deliver nutrients to promote healthy skin [18]. Nearly universally around the world, this has become the catchword for the millennium change in cosmetics to retard aging [19]. 

Cosmetics are products people use to enhance and care for their outward appearance. Definitions as to what exactly constitutes cosmetic materials, medicines and foodstuffs vary somewhat from country to country, giving rise to the contentious expression, cosmeceuticals , a term which underlines the sometimes close relationship between some cosmetics and pharmaceutical products. 

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