Method of treating the skin of a subject
View Patent ↗The present invention relates to a method of treating the skin of a subject, the method including the steps of: (a) accessing a sample of interstitial fluid from the skin of the subject; (b) measuring the amount of a skin analyte in the sample; and (c) applying a skin care product to the subject to alter the amount of the skin analyte in the skin of the subject.
1. A method of treating the skin health of a subject, said method comprising the steps of:
(a) accessing a sample of interstitial fluid from the skin of said subject;
(b) measuring the amount of a skin analyte in said sample; and
(c) applying a skin care product to said subject to alter the amount of said skin analyte in the skin of said subject.
2. A method of claim 1 , wherein said method comprises creating an opening in the stratum corneum of the skin of said patient and accessing said sample through said opening.
3. A method of claim 2 , wherein said opening is created with a needle, a blade, a laser, or an electric arc.
4. A method of claim 3 , wherein said opening is created with a laser.
5. A method of claim 4 , wherein said method further comprises comparing the amount of said analyte to a reference standard.
6. A method of claim 5 , wherein said skin care product comprises a vitamin.
7. A method of claim 4 , wherein said skin care product comprises a vitamin.
8. A method of claim 3 , wherein said sample is extracted through said opening under negative pressure.
9. A method of claim 8 , wherein said skin analyte is a vitamin, an immunoglobulin, an insulin-like growth factor, an interleukin, an interleukin receptor antagonist, or a metalloproteinase.
10. A method of claim 8 , wherein said skin analyte is vitamin C.
11. A method of claim 10 , wherein said method further comprises comparing the amount of said analyte to a reference standard.
12. A method of claim 11 , wherein said skin care product comprises a vitamin.
13. A method of claim 10 , wherein said skin care product comprises a vitamin.
14. A method of claim 8 , wherein said method further comprises comparing the amount of said analyte to a reference standard.
15. A method of claim 14 , wherein said skin care product comprises a vitamin.
16. A method of claim 8 , wherein said skin care product comprises a vitamin.
17. A method of claim 2 , wherein said skin care product comprises a vitamin.
18. A method of claim 2 , wherein said sample is extracted through said opening under negative pressure.
19. A method of claim 2 , wherein said method further comprises comparing the amount of said analyte to a reference standard.
20. A method of claim 19 , wherein said skin care product comprises a vitamin.
21. A method of claim 1 , wherein said skin analyte is a vitamin, an immunoglobulin, an insulin-like growth factor, an interleukin, an interleukin receptor antagonist, or a metalloproteinase.
22. A method of claim 1 , wherein said skin analyte is vitamin C.
23. A method of claim 1 , wherein said method further comprises comparing the amount of said analyte to a reference standard.
24. A method of claim 23 , wherein said skin care product comprises a vitamin.
25. A method of claim 1 , wherein said skin care product comprises a vitamin.