What are cosmeceuticals?
 While
the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act does not recognize the term "cosmeceutical,"
the cosmetic industry has begun to use this word to refer to cosmetic products
that have drug-like benefits.
The Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act defines drugs as those products that cure,
treat, mitigate or prevent disease or that affect the structure or function of
the human body. While drugs are subject to an intensive review and approval
process by FDA, cosmetics are not approved by FDA prior to sale. If a product
has drug properties, it must be approved as a drug.
Source: Excerpted from Office of Cosmetic Fact Sheet, February 3, 1995: Cosmeceutical
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