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· Cosmetic Ingredient Review safety assessment
Record reviewed researched · 2026-07-31 · Cosmetic Ingredient Review report page
Record reviewed researched · 2026-07-31 · peer-reviewed safety assessment
Record reviewed researched · 2026-07-31 · official database guidance
Record reviewed cosing-catalog-baseline · 2020-12-30 · peer-reviewed safety assessment
Record reviewed researched · 2026-07-31
Breakout context 2/5 · Fulton 1989 (J. Soc. Cosmet. Chem. 40:321); Kligman & Mills 1972; acne.org compiled tables · ingredient-level published rating An older, contested scale — not a prediction of breakouts.
Record reviewed researched · 2026-07-31 · safety assessment
Record reviewed researched · 2026-07-31 · official catalog snapshot
Record reviewed cosing-catalog-baseline · 2020-12-30
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Breakout context 0/5 · Fulton 1989 (J. Soc. Cosmet. Chem. 40:321); Kligman & Mills 1972; acne.org compiled tables · ingredient-level published rating An older, contested scale — not a prediction of breakouts.
Record reviewed researched · 2026-07-31
Record reviewed researched · 2026-07-31 · European cosmetic ingredient database
Record reviewed researched · 2026-07-31 · safety assessment
Record reviewed researched · 2026-07-31 · official catalog snapshot
Record reviewed cosing-catalog-baseline · 2020-12-30
Record reviewed researched · 2026-07-31 · official catalog snapshot
Record reviewed cosing-catalog-baseline · 2020-12-30
Record reviewed researched · 2026-07-31 · Primary human clinical study record
Record reviewed researched · 2026-07-31 · official catalog snapshot
Record reviewed cosing-catalog-baseline · 2020-12-30 · official catalog snapshot
Record reviewed cosing-catalog-baseline · 2020-12-30 · clinical review
Record reviewed researched · 2026-07-31
Record reviewed researched · 2026-07-31 · European cosmetic ingredient database
Record reviewed researched · 2026-07-31
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Record reviewed researched · 2026-07-31 · industry ingredient reference
Record reviewed researched · 2026-07-31