Phenyl Trimethicone is a silicon polymer used in a variety of cosmetic products at concentrations up to 5%.
In acute oral studies, Phenyl Trimethicone was relatively nontoxic in rats and was nontoxic in acute and subchronic dermal studies. Phenyl Trimethicone was nonirritating to the skin of rabbits under both intact and abraded conditions and was not a sensitizer to guinea pigs. The ingredient was not an eye irritant when evaluated by the Draize ocular irritation test.
Phenyl Trimethicone was nonmutagenic both with and without metabolic activation when evaluated in the Ames assay. Phenyl Trimethicone was not teratogenic in rats and rabbits when applied dermally at doses of up to 500 mg/kg per day, although an increase in the number of resorptions was noted in two of three studies (statistically significant in only one). A dose of 200 mg/kg per day indicated that a fetotoxic dose was being approached. The doses tested are comparatively greater than the concentrations used in cosmetic products.
Phenyl Trimethicone is neither an irritant nor a sensitizer to humans. No photosensitization data are available on Phenyl Trimethicone; however, the UV absorption spectrum indicated only weak absorbance at 327 nm.
Based on the animal and human data included in this report, it is concluded that Phenyl Trimethicone is safe as a cosmetic ingredient in the present practices of use and concentration.
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