Methods of Skin Treatment and Use of Water-Soluble Beta-(1,3) Glucans as Active Agents for Producing Therapeutic Skin Treatment Agents

A method of treating a subject suffering from an ulcer, said method comprising applying topically to the ulcer a preparation comprising a water-soluble branched β-(1,3)-glucan having β-(1,3)-linked chains, and having essentially no β-(1,6)-linked side-chains;

• wherein said ulcer is selected from the group consisting of a diabetic ulcer, a plantar ulcer, a decubitus ulcer, a venous ulcer, an ischemic ulcer, a cancerous ulcer, anaphthous ulcer, a sublingual ulcer and an atonic ulcer.