Patent ID: 7642395

Claim:
A topical viscoelastic fluid modifying composition for topical application to the skin and hair in the perianal and/or labial areas comprising at least one viscoelastant material, an anti-adherent material, a skin conditioning agent, a structuring agent, and a rheology modifier, wherein the anti-adherent material is selected from the group consisting of fucans, inulin, sulphated exopolysaccharides, and combinations thereof; wherein the viscoelastant material comprises a material selected from the group consisting of linked enzymes, alkyl polyglycosides having 8-10 carbon atoms in the alkyl chain, dextrans, dextran derivatives, and combinations thereof; wherein the skin conditioning agent comprises an emollient selected from the group consisting of vegetable oils, partially hydrogenated vegetable oils, organo-siloxanes, silicone elastomers, and combinations thereof; wherein the structuring agent is selected from the group consisting of synthetic beeswax, stearyl trimethicone, candelilla wax, carnauba, ceresin, cetyl esters, behenyl benzoate, hydrogenated jojoba oil, hydrogenated jojoba wax, microcrystalline wax, hydrogenated microcrystalline wax, jojoba esters, lanolin wax, ozokerite parrafin, rice bran wax, synthetic candelilla wax, synthetic carnuba wax, synthetic jojoba wax, ethylene-alpha olefin copolymers, ethylene homopolymers, C 18 -C 45 olefins, poly alpha olefins, and combinations thereof; and wherein the rheology modifier is selected from the group consisting of combinations of alpha-olefins and styrene or polyethylene alone or in combination with mineral oil or petrolatum, di-functional alpha-olefins and styrene alone or in combination with mineral oil or petrolatum, combinations of alpha olefins and isobutene, ethylene/propylene/styrene copolymers alone or in combination with mineral oil or petrolatum, butylene/ethylene/styrene copolymers alone or in combination with mineral oil or petrolatum, ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymers, polyethylene polyisobutylenes, polyisobutenes, polyisobutylene, dextrin palmitate, dextrin palmitate ethylhexanoate, stearoyl inulin, stearalkonium bentonite, stearalkonium hectorite, styrene/butadiene/styrene copolymers, styrene/isoprene/styrene copolymers, styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene copolymers, styrene-ethylene/propylene-styrene copolymers, (styrene-butadiene) n polymers, (styrene-isoprene) n polymers, styrene-butadiene copolymers, styrene-ethylene/propylene copolymers, and combinations thereof.