Methods for treating skin with 3-hydroxy benzoic acid and related compositions

US6235297A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Revlon Consumer Products Corporation · US

Inventors

• Eric Nicholas Antonelli · Long Branch, US
• George H. Armstrong · New Kensington, US
• Reilly Canay Dulog · Edison, US
• James Joseph Ferone · Bound Brook, US
• Alexander Lukacs, III · Wilmington, US
• Frank Pagano · Avenel, US
• David A. Porter · Phillipsburg, US
• Gale Reinhart · Belford, US
• Beverly Ann Reisinger · East Brunswick Township, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 7, 1999
• Grant date: May 22, 2001
• Expiry date: Jun 7, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61Q19/08
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method for improving and/or treating one or more conditions of the skin selected from the group consisting of texture, luminosity, radiance, fine lines, wrinkles, skin pigmentation irregularities, sallowness, and photodamage comprising applying to the skin a cosmetic composition comprising 0.01-30% by weight of the total composition of 3-hydroxybenzoic acid and the compositions used therefor.