THE IMPORTANCE OF COSMETOVIGILANCE AND THE INVOLVEMENT OF COSMETOLOGISTS IN ENSURING PHARMACOSAFETY

Abstract

The term “pharmacovigilance” defines the activities related to the collection, detection, assessment, monitoring, and prevention of adverse reactions occurring with the use medications. Recently, the spectrum of “-vigilance” has broadened to include safety of herbal products and cosmetic products as well. “Cosmetovigilance” was introduced as a new term used for defining surveillance carried out by industry to address the safety of products used in aesthetic medicine.

In order of speed up the share of information, people involved in healthcare system and beauty industry should be maximally mobilized and motivated to immediately report even the slightest side effect to the authorized body.

The conducted research revealed the willingness of medical aestheticians to actively engage in pharmaco- and cosmetic- vigilance. However, at the same time, there is a noticeable lack of information, and in some cases non-existence, on how to monitor and report adverse effects. Increasing the spread of the quality of information, among the specialists, significantly depends on the activity of the state regulatory system.