Medicinal skin protection composition with an active ingredient combination which improves the skin barrier
AssigneesPaul Hartmann AG, Evonik Industrie AG
InventorsHans Smola, Marina Kagan-Hoper, Thomas Mangen, Petra Allef, Eckhard Heisler
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Abstract
A medicinal skin protection composition is disclosed with an active ingredient combination that specifically serves to care for aging skin that is exposed to difficult environmental conditions. The active ingredient combination obligatorily includes the components almond oil, linseed oil fatty acids, amino acids, and creatine. The medicinal skin protection composition can be used for aging skin in the form of creams, lotions etc., and also for a variety of incontinence articles, such as sanitary towels or nappies.
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A medicinal skin protection composition containing an active ingredient combination that improves the barrier function of aging skin, wherein said medicinal skin protection composition takes the form of a water-in-oil emulsion (W/O) or a water-in-oil-in-water emulsion (W/O/W), further wherein
- said active ingredient combination consists of Composition A consisting of the following components:
- a) 0.01 to 20% by weight of almond oil,
- b) 0.01 to 1.5% by weight of linseed oil fatty acids,
- c) 0.001 to 0.5% by weight of amino acids, and
- d) 0.01 to 1.5% by weight of creatine, or, alternatively
- said active ingredient combination consists of Composition B consisting of the following components:
- a) 0.1 to 15% by weight of almond oil,
- b) 0.05 to 0.8% by weight of fatty acids of vegetable origin with an omega6 to omega3 fatty acid ratio of 1 to >1,
- c) 0.005 to 0.15% by weight of amino acids selected from the group consisting of arginine (Arg), glutamine (Gln), histidine (His), serine (Ser) and combination thereof and/or at least one natural moisturizing factor,
- d) 0.05 to 0.8% by weight of creatine,
- wherein the recited weight percentages each relate to the weight of the total composition.
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