Services
Four study areas — safety, functionality, efficacy and in-vitro. Test items are combined to fit your target claim.
Functionality Testing
Assessment of UV protection, wrinkles, whitening, hair loss, acne and itching.
Test items
Assesses the UVA protection factor of functional cosmetics per MFDS guidelines.
Assesses the UVB protection factor (SPF) of functional cosmetics per MFDS guidelines.
Assesses wrinkle improvement via investigator visual grading and Replica Method or 3D Image Analysis, per MFDS guidelines.
Assesses whitening improvement via investigator visual grading and skin color / melanin analysis, per MFDS guidelines.
Assesses hair loss symptom relief via physician visual grading and hair-count analysis, per MFDS guidelines.
Assesses relief of acne-prone skin via investigator visual grading, per MFDS guidelines.
Cleansing products onlyAssesses itch relief via physician visual grading and moisture / TEWL / VAS measurement, per MFDS guidelines.
Standards & approvals
Conducted in accordance with MFDS guidelines.
Because the data is filed for functional-cosmetic review, the MFDS-notified test methods are followed as published, on an IRB-reviewed protocol.
Need functionality testing?
Share your product information and target claim, and we will propose test items and a schedule.