Skin care products
View Patent ↗The invention provides compositions and methods for conditioning the skin and reversing the effects of aging on the skin.
1. A topical composition comprising about 40% to about 60% chitosan, about 20 to about 30% ascorbic acid, and about 20 to about 30% of a vitamin B 3 compound, wherein the composition is formulated to counteract a sign of aging on skin.
2. A topical composition comprising about 40% to about 60% chitosan, about 20 to about 30% ascorbyl glucosamine, and about 20 to about 30% of a vitamin B 3 compound, wherein the composition is formulated to counteract a sign of aging on skin.
3. The composition of claim 2 wherein the vitamin B 3 compound is niacinamide.
4. The composition of claim 2 , wherein the composition can increase cellular proliferation of fibroblasts.
5. The composition of claim 2 wherein the sign of aging is a fine superficial wrinkle, a coarse deep wrinkle, a large pore, an age spot, photodamage, scaliness, flakiness, dryness, sagging in skin, puffiness in skin around an eye, puffiness in skin around a jowl, loss of skin elasticity, loss of skin firmness, loss of skin tightness, loss of skin recoil from deformation, discoloration, blotching, sallowness, hyperpigmentation, keratoses, hyperkeratinization, elastosis or collagen breakdown.