Patent ID: 7651680

Claim:
A cosmetic treatment method for at least one of preventing and treating at least one of sensitive skin and dry skin, comprising: orally administering to a human a composition comprising at least an effective amount of at least one agent and at least an effective amount of at least one divalent inorganic cation; wherein: the at least one agent comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of at least one microorganism, a fraction of the at least one microorganism and a metabolite of the at least one microorganism; said at least one microorganism comprises at least one lactic acid bacterium selected from the genus Bifidobacterium; said at least one microrganism further comprises at least one lactic acid bacterium selected from the genus Lactobacillus sp; the at least one divalent inorganic cation comprises at least one salt selected from the group consisting of a magnesium salt and a calcium salt; said at least one divalent inorganic cation is administered at a rate of about 1 to about 3000 mg per day; and said at least one agent is administered at a rate of about 5×10 5 to about 10 13 cfu per day.