CFSAN/CDRH Study Examines Potential Skin Damage From Hydroxy Acids
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA's Center for Devices & Radiological Health and Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition are evaluating use of certain alpha hydroxy and beta hydroxy acids in cosmetics to determine if the ingredients may increase the risk of skin cancer, CDRH Senior Research Biophysicist Janusz Beer, MD, said during a presentation at the 2004 FDA Science Forum in Washington, D.C. May 18-19