Compositions and methods for protection of skin against thermal insult
AssigneeThe University of Southern Mississippi
InventorsRobert Yeats Lochhead, Janice Paige Buchanan, Laura Lynn Anderson, Nicole Marie Mackey
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Abstract
The present invention provides novel topically-applied skin and face coating and paint compositions comprising near infrared reflecting pigments and hydrogels swollen with aqueous solution and/or with simulated sweat. The invention further provides methods of making and using the compositions. The novel compositions protect the skin of the wearer from damage due to intense external heat or thermal flux and simultaneously divert thermal energy to a complementary evaporative cooling mechanism. The compositions protect skin from external thermal fluxes, conform to skin chemistry, and are easy to apply and remove.
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A topically-applied coating composition for protecting the skin of a user thereof against damage from external thermal flux, said composition comprising water and an effective amount of each of at least one reflective pigment and at least one hydrogel.
A topically-applied coating composition for protecting the skin of a user thereof against damage from external thermal flux, said composition comprising water and an effective amount of at least one reflective pigment and an effective amount of at least one hydrogel, wherein the composition is mixed on about a 1:1 weight basis with about 3 weight percent of hydrogel in a simulated sweat solution.
A topically-applied coating composition for protecting the skin of a user thereof against damage from external thermal flux, said composition comprising water and an effective amount of at least one hydrogel, wherein the composition is mixed on about a 1:1 weight basis with about 3 weight percent of hydrogel in a simulated sweat solution.
A method of producing a topically-applied coating composition for protecting the skin of a user thereof against damage from external thermal flux, the method comprising mixing reagents to form a pigment phase and a hydrogel phase, wherein the pigment phase and the hydrogel phase are mixed on about a 1:1 weight ratio.
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