How are cosmetics and skincare products tested for safety if they don’t use animal testing?

Question

Do they just use humans which are taking a risk? Even if theoretically something is safe and effective, you need to actually test it to verify.

In: Biology

Answer 1

Yeah but the test has to test what you want to test. Animals have different skins etc. than us; there is no need to replace a method that never worked in the first place.