Cosmetovigilance in Public Health: A Review

Authors

Adverse cosmetic events, Cosmetovigilance, Cosmetics safety surveillance.

Globally, the number of adverse events reported with cosmetics are very low because of the absence of formal

reliable monitoring systems such as cosmetovigilance being in place. Main attributes to this underestimation

is due to self-diagnosis, self-use and absence of medical consultation as they may not recognize or give

attention to these mild and moderate harmful events. National cosmetovigilance programs may be created to

address the issues related to cosmetic as it is ideal to be an ongoing programs as there are many misbranded

and spurious products are available in the market with greater potential to cause both serious and non-serious

adverse events.