Cosmetics and aging skin

Abstract

Cosmetics are a category of consumer products that is sold worldwide. Many trade and regulatory agencies now refer to cosmetics as personal care products to try and better account for some of the diversity of these products; however not all personal care products marketed in the USA are regulated as cosmetics. For the 12-month period up to December 2008, the personal care products industry worldwide sales grew by 4% to 247 billion [1]. The use of some categories of personal care products to improve the appearance of aging is discussed here. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010.