Personalized skin care compositions
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsKassi Kosnicki, Kathleen C. Engelbrecht
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Abstract
Described herein are personalized skin care compositions including a cultured composition including a milk sample and a skin sample, and optionally an additive. Also described herein are kits and methods for making personalized skin care compositions. Also described herein are methods of treating or preventing skin conditions using personalized skin care compositions.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A kit for making a personalized skin care composition, the kit comprising:
- at least one sterile implement;
- at least one sterile collection vial;
- at least one sterile, hydrophobic container, at least one lid, and at least one filter allowing for gas exchange;
- at least one antibacterial soap;
- optionally a breast pump;
- optionally at least one additive;
- and
- written instructions for making the personalized skin care composition, comprising the method steps of:
- i. acquiring a milk sample from breast milk or baby formula using the sterile collection vial and optionally the breast pump;
- ii. acquiring a skin sample from a healthy skin area of a subject using the sterile implement;
- iii. transferring the milk sample to the sterile, hydrophobic container and mixing the milk sample and the skin sample;
- iv. culturing the milk sample and the skin sample to yield the personalized skin care composition;
- and
- v. optionally adding the at least one additive to the personalized skin care composition.
A kit for making a personalized skin care composition, the kit comprising:
- at least one sterile implement;
- at least one sterile collection vial;
- at least one sterile, hydrophobic container, at least one lid, and at least one filter allowing for gas exchange;
- and
- written instructions for making the personalized skin care composition, comprising the method steps of:
- i. acquiring a milk sample from breast milk using the sterile collection vial;
- ii. acquiring a skin sample from a healthy skin area of a subject using the sterile implement;
- iii. transferring the milk sample to the sterile, hydrophobic container and mixing the milk sample and the skin sample;
- and
- iv. culturing the milk sample and the skin sample to yield the personalized skin care composition.
A method of making a skin care composition, the method comprising:
- acquiring a milk sample from breast milk of a first subject using a sterile collection vial;
- acquiring a skin sample from a healthy skin area of a second subject using the sterile implement;
- transferring the milk sample to the sterile, hydrophobic container and mixing the milk sample and the skin sample;
- culturing the milk sample and the skin sample to yield the personalized skin care composition;
- and
- applying the personalized skin care composition to a skin area of the second subject.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.