![]() ![]() ![]() To most chemists focused on sun protection, the approval of Mexoryl SX is what is causing the commotion. Mexoryl is a trademark of Chimex, which is part of L’Oréal. The other Mexoryl ingredients listed in the dictionary are allowed in the United States however, none of them are UV filters. Mexoryl SW (INCI: Polyacrylamidomethyl benzylidene camphor) Mexoryl SX (INCI: Terephthalylidene dicamphor sulfonic acid). ![]() Mexoryl SO (INCI: Camphor benzalkonium methosulfate).Mexoryl SL (INCI: Benzylidene camphor sulfonic acid).Mexoryl SD (INCI: 3-Benzylidene camphor).Mexoryl SAD (INCI: Di-t-Butyl hydroxybenzylidene camphor).To clarify, in the 2006 edition of the INCI dictionary, 20 Mexoryl listings appear, of which only the following are not allowed in the United States: Perhaps it should have come as no surprise since, for some time, reports have popped up remarking how the FDA would not allow Mexoryl, the “greatest sunscreen in the world,” to be used in the United States. The product is a formula incorporating the three UV actives octocrylene, butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane and terephthalylidene dicamphor sulfonic acid (Mexoryl SX, Chimex/L’Oréal).Īfter its approval, puffery about this scientific breakthrough spread through the media, giving the impression that the United States had finally found a way to prevent skin cancer and aging of the skin. On July 24, 2006, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the New Drug Application (NDA) for the Anthelios SX moisturizer with sunscreen as an OTC drug. ![]()
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