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Cosmetics or makeup are substances to enhance the beauty of the human body, apart from simple cleaning. Their use is widespread, especially among women in Western countries. The cosmetics industry is currently dominated by a small number of multinational corporations that orginated in the early 20th century.
The word cosmetic can refer to several things:
Cosmetic is sometimes used as a noun, to refer to a single item of cosmetics.
Cosmetic also refers to beauty or appearance, especially concerning the human body. For example, plastic surgery can be done either for practical reasons, such as to repair badly damaged body parts, or for cosmetic reasons, such as making someone's nose smaller so as to be more attractive.
Cosmetic may also refer to topical products that are not drugs. Thus, products worn to increase beauty may be cosmetic (no drug active) or they may be drugs (e.g. in the US and Canada skin creams containing SPF and some anti-acne ingrediants).
Also of note is that according to the Oxford English Dictionary, the words Cosmetic and Cosmos are both derived from the same Greek root, kosmos, which originally meant order, arrangement, and adornment. Noting the perfect order and arrangement of the heavens, Pythagoras began using the word cosmos, to mean the entire ordered, adorned and harmonious universe.
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Cosmetics
Four to five years ago physicians didn't know that people of color were so interested in treatments that can help us age gracefully," Battle said. "But now people of color represent the fastest growing segment of cosmetic therapy
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Cosmetic Injectables Becoming Hot Holiday Gift
Giving the gift of fuller lips or wrinkle-free skin. Sound too good to be true? Well it shouldn't. Each holiday season, thousands of Americans are presenting special people in their life with the gift of cosmetic injectables, resulting in a booming winter business for many medical spas
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How Safe are Chemicals in Cosmetics
For the first time in a human study, scientists have discovered that some of the most common industrial chemicals, called phthalates, actually alter male sexual and reproductive development in the wom
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Cheaper Cosmetic Surgery for the Eyes
Do your eyes make you look tired? There's a way to get rid of those dark circles without surgery. There's no surgery, but a very big needle. Seven's On Call with Dr. Jay Adlersberg.
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