1. [Safety of cosmetics use for infants and children].
- Author
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Kamińska E
- Subjects
- Adult, Child, Consumer Product Safety, Cosmetics classification, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Risk Assessment, Cosmetics adverse effects, Cosmetics analysis, Skin drug effects
- Abstract
The skin of youngest children, especially newborn and infant skin, has a different reactivity to exogenous factors in comparison to skin of older children and adults. The anatomical and functional distinctions of infant skin, and the risk of use of inappropriate cosmetic ingredients and other xenobiotics are discussed, as well as the most common adverse eff ects of cosmetics use in children. The paper moreover, provides an extensive overview of the ingredients used in cosmetics for children.
- Published
- 2011