Skin care preparation and method
AssigneeShipley Company, L.L.C.
InventorsDonald R. Korb, Thomas Glonek, Jack V. Greiner
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Abstract
A composition and method for treatment of skin. The composition comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier containing a bilayer component having one or more polar terminus groups and one or more non-polar terminus groups separated from said polar terminus groups capable of penetrating the outer surface of the skin to form an aligned bilayer within the stratum corneum. The bilayer assists in the formation of bilayer lamellae that is believed to replicate the bilayer lamellae present in healthy skin. The composition is topically applied to the skin as often as is required.
Claims8
A method for treatment of human skin by enhancing formation of lamellae between corneocytes within the skin, said method comprising topical application of a pharmaceutically acceptable composition to the skin, said composition comprising essentially a carrier, an effective amount of a hydrocarbon oil having from 10 to 50 carbon atoms and an effective amount of a bilayer component that is a mixture of a negatively charged phospholipid and a triglyceride.
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