Patent ID: 7294641

Claim:
A method of inducing the growth of keratinous fibers, or stimulating the growth of keratinous fibers, or slowing the loss of keratinous fibers or increasing the density of keratinous fibers in a subject in need of same; said method comprising applying to said subject a composition comprising an effective amount of at least one heterocyclic compound of formula (I) or of one of its salts, in which: Hy represents a heterocycle of formula (II): where Z and Z′ independently represent S or O, X independently represents S or O or NH, R denotes a hydrogen, a linear or branched C 1 -C 20 alkyl radical or an aryl radical; G represents O, S or NH; R 1 , R 2 and R 3 represent, independently of one another, a hydrogen, a halogen, an OR 0 , SR 0 , NR 0 R 0 ′, COR 0 , CSR 0 , NR 0 CONR 0 ′R 0 ″, C(═NR 0 )R 0 ′, C(═NR 0 )NR 0 ′R 0 ″, NR 0 C(═NR 0 ′)NR 0 ″R 0 ″′, OCOR 0 , COSR 0 , SCOR 0 , CSNR 0 R 0 ′, NR 0 CSR 0 ′, NR 0 CSNR 0 ′R 0 ″, COOR 0 , CONR 0 R 0 ′, CF 3 , NO 2 , CN, NR 0 COR 0 ′, SO 2 R 0 ′, SO 2 NR 0 R 0 ′ or NR 0 SO 2 R 0 ′ group, a saturated linear or branched C 1 -C 20 alkyl radical, an unsaturated linear or branched C 1 -C 20 alkyl radical, or at least one saturated or unsaturated ring of 4 to 7 atoms, wherein the rings are separate or fused, where R 0 , R 0 ′, R 0 ″ and R 0 ″′, which are identical or different, denote a hydrogen, a linear or branched C 1 -C 20 alkyl radical or an aryl radical.