POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints Dan K. Wassong, Enzo Vialardi and
Gene L. Wexler, and each of them, as the true and lawful
attorney or attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution
and revocation, for the undersigned and in the name, place and
stead of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, to execute,
on behalf of the undersigned, any and all statements or reports
under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, with respect to the beneficial ownership of shares of
Common Stock, $1 par value, of Del Laboratories, Inc.,
including without limitation, all initial statements
of beneficial ownership on Form 3, all statements of changes
of beneficial ownership on Form 4 and all annual statements
of beneficial ownership on Form 5,to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, to execute any and all
amendments or supplements to any such statements or reports,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith,with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting to said attorney or
attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority
to do so and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises,
as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney or attorneys-in-fact, or any
of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.The undersigned acknowledges
that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned,
are not assuming any of the responsibilities of
the undersigned to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 or any other legal requirement.  This
Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until revoked in
writing by the undersigned.


/s/ Dan K. Wassong

Date: January 5, 2000