As revealed by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) on January 21, 2025, new prohibited expressions for cosmetic labeling and advertising were published by the revising the Guidelines of Cosmetic Labels and Advertisements.1
Details are compiled as below:
Modifications | Details |
Advisement review standard | The authority will take into consideration of the post titles for the online advertisements when deciding whether the online advertisement is noncompliant. |
Newly added prohibited expressions | Expressions related to “designated/recommended/… by medical professionals Examples: Designed for hospitals (병원용), designed for dermatology department(피부과전용), designed for dermatological surgery (피부과시술용), for pharmacies (약국용). |
Expressions related to human-derived ingredients Examples: Eosomes (엑소좀), liposomes (리포좀), etc. | |
Untrue or misleading expressions about the product usage methods Examples: Needles(니들), microneedles (미세침), MTS (Microneedle Therapy System), external genitalia cleansing product labels such as “inner care(이너 케어)”, etc. | |
Expressions about age reduction Examples: A reduction of 10 years for skin age(피부나이 10년 감소), etc. |