Thursday, April 17, 2008

Interaction and cooperation between the dermatological community and the perfume industry

In recent years, the fragrance industry has been trying to cooperate more closely with the worldwide dermatological community. This section describes some of the projects developed, initiatives taken in order to achieve this.

The goal of IFRA is to market safe merchandise which complies with scientifically well-founded risk reduction measures. This minimizes the chance of perfume allergy / sensitivity while offering consumers the best possible range of product choice.

Nevertheless, a very little percentage of the people, when using fragranced products, might experience a skin reaction. Should this happen, the consumer may seek treatment from a dermatologist who, in turn, may seek the product composition from the item for consumption manufacturer?

With this in mind, IFRA has created a procedure (see below) to best make easy the flow of information between the dermatologist and the scent industry when a reaction is reported. The procedure includes a fragrance "on call" list made up of scientifically qualified contacts within IFRA member companies.

This helps insure that all required information is provided to the dermatologist in a timely manner from the relevant sources. Utilizing the on call list of sovereign scientific experts also allows for a freer exchange of information between dermatologists, the cosmetic manufacturing and IFRA.

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