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- The Expert Panel for Cosmetic Ingredient Safety evaluated 12 different polyfluorinated polymers commonly used in cosmetics, primarily focusing on their function as film formers.
- Among these, only PTFE is actively used in cosmetic products, serving as a bulking agent and slip modifier rather than as a film former.
- The Panel deemed PTFE and Hexafluoropropylene/Tetrafluoroethylene Copolymer safe for current cosmetic use, but found insufficient data to determine the safety of four other fluorinated-side-chain polymers and six fluorinated polyethers.
Article Abstract
The Expert Panel for Cosmetic Ingredient Safety (Panel) reviewed the safety of 12 polyfluorinated polymers in cosmetic products; most of these ingredients have the reported function of film former in common. However, PTFE, the only ingredient that is reported as currently used in cosmetics, functions as a bulking agent and slip modifier, but not as a film former. The Panel reviewed data relevant to the safety of these ingredients under the intended conditions of use in cosmetic formulations, and concluded that PTFE and Hexafluoropropylene/Tetrafluoroethylene Copolymer are safe in cosmetics in the present practices of use and concentration described in the safety assessment; the data are insufficient to determine the safety of the 4 fluorinated-side-chain polymers and 6 fluorinated polyethers.
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