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‘Cosmeceuticals’. Of men, science and laws…
Author(s) -
SaintLeger D.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of cosmetic science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.532
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1468-2494
pISSN - 0142-5463
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2494.2012.00740.x
Subject(s) - cosmeceuticals , cosmetics , cosmetic industry , scientific evidence , engineering ethics , political science , law , law and economics , epistemology , sociology , medicine , engineering , philosophy , pathology
Synopsis Through the hybrid term ‘Cosmeceuticals’, the present paper aims at reviewing some scientific and legal sources of ambiguities or uncertainties that, in many regulatory cases, added confusions to the respective roles of drugs and cosmetics. The origins of such questions, likely arose from new anti‐ageing claims from the cosmetic industry in the late 80s which faced a rather old regulatory backdrop. Based on the analysis of some legal statements and scientific facts from a 2012 vision, this review tentatively aims at re‐defining the respective roles of these two branches that both fill the two vital needs of humans, ‘being’ and ‘well‐being’.