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AssigneeL'oreal
InventorsMario Dalko, Geneviéve Loussouarn, Charles El Rawadi, Christophe Boulle, Bruno Bernard
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The invention relates to the use in a composition for caring for human hair or eyelashes of an effective amount of a pyridinedicarboxylic acid derivative of general formula (I) or of one of its salts, in which R1 and R2 represent, independently of one another, OH, OR′, —NH2, —NHR′ or —NR′R″, and R′ and R″ represent, independently of one another, a saturated or unsaturated and linear or branched C1-C18 alkyl radical or an aryl radical, this alkyl or aryl radical optionally being substituted by at least one OH, alkoxy, acyloxy, amino or alkylamino group, or R′ and R″ together represent a heterocycle, the composition being intended to induce and/or stimulate the growth of human keratinous fibers, such as the hair and eyelashes, and/or slow down their loss; the invention also relates to a cosmetic treatment intended to stimulate the growth of human keratinous fibers, such as the hair and eyelashes, and/or slow down their loss.
A regime or regimen for treating androgenic alopecia, comprising administering to an individual in need of such treatment, a thus effective amount of pyridine-2,4-dicarboxylic acid.
A regime or regimen for inducing/stimulating the growth of human keratinous fibers and/or retarding the loss and/or increasing the density thereof, comprising administering to an individual subject in need of such treatment, a thus effective amount of diethyl pyridine-2,4-dicarboxylate.
A regime or regimen for inducing/stimulating the growth of human head hair and/or retarding the loss and/or increasing the density thereof, comprising topically applying onto the hair and/or scalp of an individual in need of such treatment, a thus effective amount of diethyl pyridine-2, 4-dicarboxylate.
A regime or regimen for treating androgenic alopecia, comprising administering to an individual in need of such treatment, a thus effective amount of diethyl pyridine-2,4-dicarboxylate.
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