Patent ID: 7544351
Filing Date: 2009-06-09
Classification: A61K,A61P,A61Q

Abstract:
1. A method of lightening skin, hair, lips, and/or nails, comprising: applying topically to an area of the skin, scalp, hair, lips, and/or nails in need of lightening a composition having a topical lightening agent and a vehicle, wherein the topical lightening agent has a melanin synthesis-regulating agent of coconut ( cocos mucifera ) water, wherein the melanin synthesis-regulating agent is present in an amount effective to inhibit DOPAchrome tautomerase, 5,6-dihydroxyindole-2-carboxylic acid polymerase, or both, and is present in an amount of about 0.001 to about 20 weight percent based on the total weight of the composition.