Skin treatment educational kit
A method to ameliorate the skin-irritating effects of topical tretinoin treatment by providing the tretinoin-using patient with a skin-care kit which includes (1) topical tretinoin; and (2) a skin cleanser formulated to minimize tretinoin-induced skin irritation, and (3) a skin moisturizer formulated to reduce tretinoin-induced skin irritation; and (4) packaging to present the aforementioned components together as a unified system.
1 . A kit for treatment of acne vulgaris, the kit comprising:
a. tretinoin in a formulation acceptable for topical use, the formulation containing an amount of tretinoin effective for topical use to treat acne vulgaris;
b. a non-soap skin cleanser having a formulation which avoids exacerbating tretinoin-associated skin irritation with tretinoin; and
c. a non-greasy skin moisturizer having a formulation which avoids exacerbating tretinoin-associated skin irritation with tretinoin; and
d. packaging presenting said tretinoin, said skin cleanser and said skin moisturizer to a user for use together.
2 . The kit of claim 1 , said amount of tretinoin effective for topical use to treat acne vulgaris being a concentration of from about 0.1% to about 0.25% of the total formulation.
3 . The kit of claim 1 , wherein said non-soap skin cleanser includes green tea ( Camellia sinensis ) extract.
4 . The kit of claim 1 , wherein said non-greasy skin moisturizer includes a topical anti-irritant component.
5 . The kit of claim 4 , said topical anti-irritant component selected from the group consisting of: Aloe barbadensis leaf juice (aloe vera gel); glycerine, green tea ( Camellia sinensis ) extract; acetyl dipeptide-1 cetyl ester; and bisabolol.
6 . The kit of claim 5 , said topical anti-irritant component comprising Aloe barbadensis leaf juice (aloe vera gel), glycerine, green tea ( Camellia sinensis ) extract, acetyl dipeptide-1 cetyl ester and bisabolol.
7 . The kit of claim 1 , wherein
a. said amount of tretinoin effective for topical use to treat acne vulgaris being a concentration of from about 0.1% to about 0.25% of the total formulation;
b. said non-soap skin cleanser includes green tea ( Camellia sinensis ) extract; and
c. said non-greasy skin moisturizer includes a topical anti-irritant component selected from the group consisting of: Aloe barbadensis leaf juice (aloe vera gel);
glycerine, green tea ( Camellia sinensis ) extract; acetyl dipeptide-1 cetyl ester; and bisabolol.
8 . A method for the treatment of acne vulgaris, the method comprising:
a. providing to a patient in need thereof tretinoin in a formulation acceptable for topical use, the formulation containing an amount of tretinoin effective for topical use to treat acne vulgaris;
b. providing to said patient a non-soap skin cleanser having a formulation which avoids exacerbating tretinoin-associated skin irritation with tretinoin; and
c. providing to said patient a non-greasy skin moisturizer having a formulation which avoids exacerbating tretinoin-associated skin irritation with tretinoin.
9 . The method of claim 8 , said amount of tretinoin effective for topical use to treat acne vulgaris being a concentration of from about 0.1% to about 0.25% of the total formulation.
10 . The method of claim 8 , wherein said non-soap skin cleanser includes green tea ( Camellia sinensis ) extract.
11 . method kit of claim 8 , wherein said non-greasy skin moisturizer includes a topical anti-irritant component.
12 . The method of claim 11 , said topical anti-irritant component selected from the group consisting of: Aloe barbadensis leaf juice (aloe vera gel); glycerine, green tea ( Camellia sinensis ) extract; acetyl dipeptide-1 cetyl ester; and bisabolol.
13 . The method of claim 12 , said topical anti-irritant component comprising Aloe barbadensis leaf juice (aloe vera gel), glycerine, green tea ( Camellia sinensis ) extract, acetyl dipeptide-1 cetyl ester and bisabolol.
14 . The method of claim 8 , wherein
a. said amount of tretinoin effective for topical use to treat acne vulgaris being a concentration of from about 0.1% to about 0.25% of the total formulation;
b. said non-soap skin cleanser includes green tea ( Camellia sinensis ) extract; and
c. said non-greasy skin moisturizer includes a topical anti-irritant component selected from the group consisting of: Aloe barbadensis leaf juice (aloe vera gel); glycerine, green tea ( Camellia sinesis ) extract; acetyl dipeptide-1 cetyl ester; and bisabolol.