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US 2010/0145256 A1Published application
Methods and compositions for tattoo removal
AssigneeBioChemics, Inc.
InventorsStephen G. Carter, Zhen Zhu, Kanu Patel, Diane L. Kozwich, Laura Stephens, John J. Masiz, David H. Donabedian
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Abstract
Methods and formulations for removing a tattoo by using a cell disrupter in combination with a vasodilator, and optionally one or more of an osmotic modifying agent, a chelation agent, and an occlusive modifying agent. Embodiments optionally further include using one or more of an antibiotic, anesthetic, penetration enhancer, excipient, carrier and vehicle.
Claims20
A method of removing a tattoo from a region of skin, the method comprising
- treating the region with a cell disruptor;
- and
- administering to the same region a tattoo removal composition comprising a vasodilator, so as to cause enlargement of blood vessels in the region, so that action of the composition and the cell disruptor causes removal of the tattoo.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.