Glossary
Slimming products.Update on regulation and assets

Adipocyte; adipocyte

Cell characteristic of hypodermic adipose tissue.

Upholstery ;

Skin appearance due to the accumulation of fat in the hypodermis.

Cellulite; cellulite

A term that applies equally to an aesthetic inconvenience or an infectious pathology; to be banned as a cosmetic claim.

Scrubs; exfoliating

Ingredients likely to cause skin exfoliation, i.e. elimination of horny cells; this phenomenon is conducive to transdermal passage.

Formes galéniques; galenic forms

Excipients likely to carry cosmetic active ingredients.

European inventory; cosing

List of ingredients likely to be used in cosmetics; please note that this list is not exhaustive. Just because an ingredient is known to the inventory does not mean it is prohibited.

Lipolysis

Reaction enabling the transformation of reserve triglycerides into...