Acid at any age: the skincare sold to twelve-year-olds, the limits Europe set, and the British law that never asks
British law has no age for cosmetics beyond a check for under-threes. We read 1,218 ingredient lists: among the brands tweens buy, one product in seven has a retinoid or an acid and none states an age. Europe capped retinol in 2024; Britain has not. The alerts catch toy make-up, not the trend.