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Cytotoxic, genotoxic, and toxicogenomic effects of dihydroxyacetone in human primary keratinocytes
19 May 2021
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Dihydroxyacetone (DHA) is the only ingredient approved by the U.S. FDA as a colour additive in sunless tanning (self-tanning) products. Consumer sunless tanning products available for retail purchase contain 1-15% DHA. Although originally thought to only interact with the stratum corneum, more recent research has shown that DHA penetrates beyond the stratum corneum to living keratinocytes indicating a...
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