Patent ID: 6080389
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
A method for reshaping a nail plate surface comprising the step of applying, in vivo, to said nail plate surface a curable composition comprising an acrylic ester and an initiating amount of an initiator for the cure thereof, said initiator comprising a metal salt or a photoinitiator, other than a barbituric acid derivative or a barbituric acid salt, and a compound of the formula III ##STR5## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical to or different from each other and are hydrogen, a mononuclear carbocyclic aromatic group, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 aliphatic group, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 aliphatic radical substituted with a mononuclear carbocyclic aromatic group, or a cycloaliphatic group, and R.sup.3, independently of R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 is a mononuclear carbocyclic aromatic group, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 aliphatic group, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 aliphatic radical substituted with a mononuclear carbocyclic aromatic group, or a cycloaliphatic group; said curable composition being essentially free of aromatic amine, inorganic pigment, and particulate inorganic filler material and contains less than about 2 weight % of benzyl peroxide.