Method of using pantoic acid or pantolactone for treating wrinkles
AssigneeTristrata Technology, Inc.
InventorsRuey J. Yu, Eugene J. Van Scott
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Abstract
Methods for visibly reducing a skin wrinkle and for reversing the effect of aging on human facial skin involving comprising topically applying to the wrinkle and/or affected facial skin pantoic acid or pantolactone.
Claims20
Method of visibly reducing a human skin wrinkle comprising topically applying to said wrinkle a composition comprising pantoic acid or a topically effective salt thereof, or pantolactone in an amount and for a period of time sufficient to visibly reduce said wrinkle.
A method for reversing or retarding the effect of aging on human facial skin, said effect being a change in the dermis that results from natural or innate aging or exposure to actinic radiation,
- said change in the dermis selected from the group consisting of a diminution in the number and diameter of elastic fibers in the papillary dermis, atrophy of the dermis, reduction in subcutaneous adipose tissue and deposition of abnormal elastic materials in the upper dermis,
- said method comprising topically applying to said facial skin a composition comprising pantoic acid or a topically effective salt thereof, or pantolactone in an amount and for a period of time sufficient to reverse or prevent said change in the dermis, wherein said pantoic acid or a topically effective salt thereof, or pantolactone is the principal ingredient responsible for said reversing or retarding.
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