It’s Good To Know: Is It A Cosmetic Or A Drug?

By Admin On August 26, 2008 Under Cosmetics

If a product is meant to keep you from getting sick, make you well,or change the way your body works, it is a drug. For example,products to treat dandruff andpimples are drugs. The law treats them differently from cosmetics.

For example, they have different rules for how ingredients are listed. Some products are both cosmetics and drugs. For example, a shampoo that is just for washing your hair is a cosmetic. A product for stopping dandruff is a drug. A shampoo that is used for washing your hair and stopping dandruff is both a cosmetic and a drug. It must follow the rules for both cosmetics and drugs.

(Source www.cdc.gov)