Patent ID: 9132075
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: A61K,A61P,A61Q

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising applying to the skin or its integuments a composition comprising, in a physiologically acceptable medium, a combination of the following two active agents: 1) at least one monosaccharide, wherein the monosaccharide is rhamnose, and wherein the at least one monosaccharide is present as a monomer, and 2) at least one additional compound selected from the group consisting of ascorbic acid, an ascorbic acid salt, the acetic ester of ascorbic acid, a saccharide ester of ascorbic acid, and a metal salt of phosphoryl ascorbic acid, and in which the amount of the monosaccharide(s) is 0.4%-30% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition, wherein said method is a method for at least one selected from the group consisting of: reducing the signs of ageing of skin, and reducing wrinkles and/or fine lines, and wherein said composition is applied to human skin in need thereof in an amount effective to increase an epidermal lipid profile by modifying lipogenesis and to increase synthesis of collagen VI and/or collagen XII.