Patent ID: 8758809

Claim:
A monomodal method for reducing the appearance of one or more clinical signs of premature skin aging, the clinical signs of premature skin aging being one or more of skin wrinkling, sagging, roughness, blotchiness and uneven pigmentation, the method consisting essentially of the step of: applying to and leaving on an area of human skin presenting with one or more clinical signs of premature skin aging a topical composition comprising either or both of copper chlorophyllin and sodium copper chlorophyllin in an aqueous solution, the copper chlorophyllin and/or sodium copper chlorophyllin being present in a concentration non-staining to human skin and between 0.0001 and 0.5% by weight of the composition, the aqueous solution contained within liposomes, the liposomes having a lecithin shell having a fatty acid component, more than 50 wt-% of the fatty acid component being linoleic acid, the liposomes having an average diameter between 150 to 350 nanometers, and wherein the liposomes are dispersed in a dermatologically-acceptable carrier and further wherein the topically-applied composition is administered at least once daily for a period of at least two weeks.