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Article History

Received: 6 November 2025

Accepted: 20 January 2026

First Online: 5 February 2026

Declarations

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: The study received ethical approval from the Research Ethics Committee on Human Subjects Research at the Shiseido Global Innovation Center (reference number: C10208, C10281 and C10476). This study was performed in accordance with the principles in the Declaration of Helsinki. All data were obtained anonymously through self-administered questionnaires. Participants were advised that participation was entirely voluntary, confidentiality would be preserved, and withdrawal was possible at any time without consequence. Informed consent was secured from all participants prior to involvement.

: Not applicable.

: This study was entirely funded by Shiseido Co. Ltd., a company that manufactures cosmetics. The funder was involved in the study design, collection, analysis, interpretation of data, writing of this article, and the decision to submit it for publication.