This strategy is not easily applicable for cosmetic applications and presents unacceptable adverse effects such as irritation and contact dermatitis.
Last month, the F.D.A. approved Botox for cosmetic applications.
In Japan, "food and health care companies have found cosmetic applications for their ingredients, so they are creating skin care brands".
Though Botox has not yet been approved for cosmetic applications, its use for such purposes has grown since 1991, when the F.D.A. approved it as a treatment for eye muscle spasms.
Revenues are forecast to rise by 20% next year by Corey Davis, an analyst at JP Morgan, as demand grows for cosmetic applications ranging from eyebrow sculpting to lifting droopy mouths and Botox's other, medical applications expand such as treating migraines and stopping excessive sweating.
Started in 1989 to exploit research done by Richard Siegel, then at Argonne National Laboratory, outside Chicago, and Horst Hahn of the University of Saarland in Saarbrücken, Germany, the company developed substrates that eventually became useful in cosmetic applications, particularly sunscreen.
Small and homogeneous particles are suitable for cosmetic applications.
Spherical morphology of the particles is desirable for cosmetic applications.
Cosmetic applications incorporating marine extracts include Abyssine and RefirMAR.
Now Laser gets more than half its income from cosmetic applications.
Titanium dioxide and zinc oxide are used as white pigments for cosmetic applications [1].
