---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 878.5360"
title: "21"
number: "878.5360"
heading: "Tweezer-type epilator."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/878.5360"
---

# §878.5360. Tweezer-type epilator.

- (a) **Identification.** The tweezer-type epilator is an electrical device intended to remove hair. The energy provided at the tip of the tweezer used to remove hair may be radio frequency, galvanic (direct current), or a combination of radio frequency and galvanic energy.
- (b) **Classification.** Class I (general controls). The device is exempt from premarket notification procedures in [subpart E of part 807](/cfr/21/part807-subpartE.md) of this chapter subject to [§ 878.9](/cfr/21/878.9.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[63 FR 57060, Oct. 26, 1998]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 351, 360, 360c, 360e, 360j, 360 l, 371.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 23872, June 24, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[63 FR 57060, Oct. 26, 1998]