Chemicals and Drugs

Cosmetics

Substances intended to be applied to the human body for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance without affecting the body's structure or functions. Included in this definition are skin creams, lotions, perfumes, lipsticks, fingernail polishes, eye and facial makeup preparations, permanent waves, hair colors, toothpastes, and deodorants, as well as any material intended for use as a component of a cosmetic product. (U.S. Food & Drug Administration Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition Office of Cosmetics Fact Sheet (web page) Feb 1995)

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Substances intended to be applied to the human body for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance without affecting the body's structure or functions. Included in this definition are skin creams, lotions, perfumes, lipsticks, fingernail polishes, eye and facial makeup preparations, permanent waves, hair colors, toothpastes, and deodorants, as well as any material intended for use as a component of a cosmetic product. (U.S. Food & Drug Administration Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition Office of Cosmetics Fact Sheet (web page) Feb 1995)

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19 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, isolation & purification, legislation & jurisprudence, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity.

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general or unspecified: prefer specifics

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  1. D27.720.269w
  2. D27.720.693w.001w
  3. J01.516.213w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Cosmetics. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003358. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003358
  2. Cosmetics. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmetics
  3. Cosmetics. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131207