Cosmetic Products and Ingredients
Information about AHAs and BHAs

Information from the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and Elsewhere at FDA

• Guidance for Industry: Labeling for Topically Applied Cosmetic Products Containing Alpha Hydroxy Acids as Ingredients January 10, 2005
• AHAs and UV Sensitivity: Results of New FDA-Sponsored Studies March 7, 2000
• Beta Hydroxy Acids (BHAs) in Cosmetics March 7, 2000
• FDA Completes Two Clinical Studies of the Safety of Alpha Hydroxy Acid March 7, 2000
• FDA Backgrounder: Alpha Hydroxy Acids in Cosmetics July 3, 1997
• Skin Peeling Products May 21, 1992