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Skin barrier’s function recovery: interesting article
According to the author, even sound, odorant agents and visible light can alter the skin’s barrier function:
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I have been looking at similar articles and reports (for and against):
Who should one believe now - sigh! -
The FDA regs are what complicate this. In the US, if it is shown that a cosmetic cream actually penetrates/repairs the skin, or if a cosmetic company claims that it does so (whether it does or not), that product automatically becomes an unapproved new prescription-only drug. Technically, it has to go through the entire NDA process before it is legal to sell it at all. It would have to go through a separate approval process before it could be sold as an OTC drug.
As a result, research showing that any skincare product actually works to change the ‘structure or function of the body” has gone unfunded, or has even been suppressed. Needing a doctor visit and a prescription for skin cream would kill most of the market.
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