Ingredients in cosmetic formulations

Cosmeceuticals is a relatively new term that has become popular in the last few years. Cosmeceutical formulations, cosmeceutical effectiveness - what is behind these words? Many cosmetic brands today exploit the term without clarifying what they mean by calling their products cosmeceutical. According to A. Kligman's definition, which refers to 1980, the category of cosmeceuticals includes cosmetic preparations that have pharmaceutical effectiveness, real or declared.

In order for a cosmetologist, dermatologist or doctor of aesthetic medicine to be able to form an opinion about the probable effectiveness of the drug, it is certainly not enough to rely on advertising articles or information provided by the manufacturer. It is necessary to have an idea about the main classes of cosmeceutical ingredients, to know the mechanism of their action, synergistic and antagonistic factors that can be used during the procedure.

Even an incomplete list of ingredients makes it possible to draw a conclusion about some common features that allow the ingredient to be classified as cosmeceutical and to draw a conclusion about its likely high effectiveness when used correctly.

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