Patent ID: 7968113

Claim:
A method for treating skin of a patient to restore barrier homeostasis and to promote normal stratum corneum function without medicaments which comprises applying to the skin a liquid composition that forms a phase inversion membrane having a moisture vapor transmission rate of greater than 20 g/m 2 /24 hr which composition comprises a) about 5 to 35% by weight of solids of a neutralized acrylic resin and polyvinylidene difluoride or the copolymers thereof in a ratio of 1:4 to 1:2; b) about 1 to 11% by weight of water; and c) acetone; with the proviso that the acrylic resin is in the form of an aqueous emulsion and the emulsion is formed by varying the amount of solids to arrive at a degree of desired porosity in the resultant membrane.