Patent ID: 9358197
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: A61K,A61Q

Claim Text:
1. A method for chemically modifying the internal region of the hair shaft, comprising: (a) washing the hair; then (b) applying an oxidising formulation to the hair, wherein the oxidising formulation comprises an oxidising agent selected from the group consisting of: peroxides, persulfates, and mixtures thereof; then (c) allowing the oxidising formulation to remain on the hair for a period of time y, wherein time y is from 1 min to 120 mins; then (d) de-wetting the hair; then (e) applying a monomer composition to the hair, wherein the monomer composition comprises an ethylenic monomer wherein the ethylenic monomer is 3-sulfopropyl acrylate potassium salt; and wherein the monomer composition comprises an inhibitor compound selected from the group consisting of: 2-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-anisole, 3-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-anisole, and mixtures thereof, then rinsing the hair, wherein the method comprises applying an initiator to the hair prior to rinsing the hair wherein the initiator initiates the chemical modification and wherein the initiator is an oxidizing agent; wherein the ethylenic monomer is present in the monomer composition in an amount of from about 5% to about 14% by total weight of the composition, wherein the monomer composition is substantially free of a reducing agent, a transition metal and the monomer composition comprises hydroxyethyl cellulose; then (f) allowing the monomer composition to remain on the hair for a period of time x, wherein the time x is from 1 min to 120 mins; (g) washing the hair; then (h) applying a conditioning composition to the hair, wherein the conditioning composition comprises by weight: