Patent ID: 6818205
Filing Date: 2004-11-16
Classification: A61K,A61P,A61Q

Abstract:
A method of lightening human skin and of protecting human skin against UV radiation, which comprises contacting the skin with a polymeric carrier material selected from the group consisting of starch, starch derivatives, polyvinylpyrrolidones, polyvinylpyrrolidones, polyacrylates, acrylates/steareth-20, methacrylate copolymers, acrylate copolymers, acrylate-octyloropenamide copolymers, acrylate/vinyl isodecanoate cross polymers, C1-C18polycarbamylpolyglycol esters, acrylate/hydroxy ester acrylate copolymers, acrylate-octylacrylamides, polyacrylamides, polyamides, polyvinylcaprolactams, polyvinyl alcohols, polyolefin dispersions, polyesters, sodium polystyrenesulfonates, latex particies of all kinds of polymers and copolymers, chitosan and derivatives, xanthans, Gellan, hyaluronic acid, cellulose, cellulose ethers, polyglucans, carboxymethyl-glucans, alginates, hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxpropyl cellulose, cyclodextrins (&agr;-, &bgr;-, &ggr;-) and their derivatives, polyoxyethylene-polyoxyethylene block polymers, hydrolysed collagen, (hydrolysed) elastin, (hydrolysed) keratin, collagen, gelatin, gum arabic and polyquaternium-X (1-10) treated with a fluorescent whitening agent.