Methods for Treating Cellulite
AssigneeThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York
InventorsMarie A. Badalamente, Alexander B. Dagum
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Abstract
The invention relates to the discovery that collagenase injections are effective in dissolving and lysing the collagenase septa network in the skin that comprises cellulite. As such, the invention relates to methods of treating cellulite in a patient in need of such treatment comprising injecting or otherwise delivering the effective amount of purified collagenase to the collagenase septa network of cellulite in the skin. The invention also relates to the use of collagenase in the manufacture of a medicament to treat cellulite of the skin.
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A method of treating cellulite in a subject in need of such treatment, the method comprising delivering an effective amount of purified collagenase to the collagenous septa network of cellulite.
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