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US 5,958,388 AGranted
Material and method for removing sebum from human skin
OwnerJames W. Franksinventor
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Abstract
A material in powder form having a plurality of particles containing alumina trihydrate and polymethyl methacrylate, and a method of using same to remove sebum from human skin.
Claims8
A method of removing sebum from skin, said method comprising:
- providing a powder having a plurality of particles, each of said particles containing alumina trihydrate and polymethyl methacrylate, said particles containing, by weight, less than 70% alumina trihydrate and more than 30% polymethyl methacrylate;
- placing said powder into contact with sebum located on human skin;
- leaving said powder in contact with said sebum for a predetermined period of time to allow said powder to absorb a portion of said sebum;
- and
- removing said powder and said portion of sebum absorbed therein from said skin.
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A method of removing sebum from skin, said method comprising:
- providing a powder having a plurality of particles, each of said particles containing alumina trihydrate and polymethyl methacrylate,
- placing said powder into contact with sebum located on human skin, said skin having lamellae containing lipids located therein,
- leaving said powder in contact with said sebum for a predetermined period of time to allow said powder to absorb a portion of said sebum, and
- removing said powder and said portion of sebum absorbed therein from said skin.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.