Methods and Compositions for Improving Appearance and Formation of Scar Tissue
AssigneeJohnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.
InventorsKimberly Capone, Euen Thomas Graham Ekman Gunn, Diana Roshek Johnson, Russel Walters
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Abstract
This invention relates to methods and compositions for degrading collagen in mammalian skin, thereby improving the appearance and/or reducing the size of a closed wound, which may be a scar or a keloid and cellulite or other conditions wherein excessive collagen is a problem.
Claims12
A method of improving the appearance of and/or substantially reducing the formation of scars and other visible effects of healed wounds, keloids and hypertrophic scars, comprising contacting collagen contained within said scar tissue or wound with a composition comprising at least one low molecular weight hydrophobically modified polymer in an amount effective to degrade said collagen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.