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Women and men worldwide use an abundance of skin care and cosmetic products, in pursuit of cleanliness with soaps and shampoos, or everlasting youth with creams and serums. No matter what age, location or socioeconomic background, we are all exposed to the widespread cosmetics industry. The global cosmetic market was worth $460 billion in 2014 and is estimated to reach $675 billion by 2020. While marketing and advertising efforts have forged a path for the industry’s continued growth, this momentum has not translated to equally refreshed regulatory practices in some parts of the world. This chapter reviews the regulatory status of cosmetics, adverse event reporting and studies attempting to link cosmetics with contact dermatitis. It aims to set the foundation for the emergence of nanocosmetics.

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  2. Louisiana State University School of Medicine, 433 Bolivar Street, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA

    John H. Cary

  3. School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, 90 Medical Center Way, Surge Building, Room 110, Box 0989, San Francisco, CA, 94143-0989, USA

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Li, B.S., Cary, J.H., Maibach, H.I. (2019). Science Behind Cosmetics and Skin Care. In: Cornier, J., Keck, C., Van de Voorde, M. (eds) Nanocosmetics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16573-4_1

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