Cotton pad:
Cotton pads are pads similar to pledgets. They are made from cotton and can be used for medical or cosmetic purposes. For medical purposes, cotton pads are used to stop bleeding, from flu shots, or when you get your blood drawn, and are sometimes used as makeshift bandages by taping the cotton pad in place with tape. Cotton pads are used in the application and the removal of makeup. Cotton pads are also soft enough that they can be used to clean babies. Cotton pads also come in the form of cotton balls, which basically serve the same purpose.
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Cotton pads were first invented around the early 1970s. The first patents for the invention date from 1973, claimed as a new invention for face and nail cleaning and a substitute for cotton tips. The standard pad was round shaped and 57mm in diameter. It became widely used and by the mid 1980s, its sales had exceeded those of cotton tips in Europe. In the 1990s, new variants in the standard pad emerged as the number of suppliers rapidly increased due to demand.
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