"In our travels talking to distributors, prospective customers, and interested members of the general public, people often ask, “Are cotton balls the same as medical balls?”
This is a great question, since cotton balls have so many uses, including removing nail polish, removing make-up, cleaning up after a science project, and applying alcohol, to name just a few.
So can a cotton ball be a medical ball? Certainly it can, but there are certain conditions that need to be met to ensure that a cotton ball is acceptable for medical or dental use..."