Antiperspirant

Name:
Antiperspirant
Detailed information:
Any substance having a mild astringent action that tends to reduce the size of skin pores and thus restrain the passage of moisture on local body areas. The most commonly used antiperspirant agent is aluminum chlorohydrate. Use of zirconium compounds in antiperspirant sprays has been virtually discontinued because of their suspected carcinogenicity, though they are permissible in creams. Antiperspirants exert a neutralizing action that gives them deodorant properties. The FDA classified them as drugs rather than as cosmetics.