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Cosmetic method and apparatus are provided that can provide cooling and / or freezing of skin tissue proximal to the skin surface to generate an appearance of lightening or reduced pigmentation in the skin. The skin can be cooled to a temperature of less than about −5 degrees Celsius for a duration of about one minute or less, using a plurality of cooled contact surfaces, each having a width between about 2 mm and about 20 mm. A cooling arrangement can be provided to provide controlled heat removal from the skin tissue being treated. A sensor can optionally be provided to detect freezing of tissue proximal to the cooled surfaces.

Cosmetic method and apparatus are provided that can provide cooling and / or freezing of skin tissue proximal to the skin surface to generate an appearance of lightening or reduced pigmentation in the skin. The skin can be cooled to a temperature of less than about −5 degrees Celsius for a duration of about one minute or less, using a cooled surface that is at least 3 cm in width. A cooling arrangement can be provided to provide controlled heat removal from the skin tissue being treated. A sensor can optionally be provided to detect freezing of tissue proximal to the cooled surface.

Cosmetic method and apparatus are provided that can provide cooling and / or freezing of skin tissue proximal to the skin surface to generate an appearance of lightening or reduced pigmentation in the skin. The skin can be cooled to a temperature of less than about −5 degrees Celsius for a duration of about one minute or less, using a cooled surface that is at least 3 cm in width. A cooling arrangement can be provided to provide controlled heat removal from the skin tissue being treated. A sensor can optionally be provided to detect freezing of tissue proximal to the cooled surface.

Cosmetic method and apparatus are provided that can provide cooling and / or freezing of skin tissue proximal to the skin surface to generate an appearance of lightening or reduced pigmentation in the skin. The skin can be cooled to a temperature of less than about −5 degrees Celsius for a duration of about one minute or less, using a plurality of cooled contact surfaces, each having a width between about 2 mm and about 20 mm. A cooling arrangement can be provided to provide controlled heat removal from the skin tissue being treated. A sensor can optionally be provided to detect freezing of tissue proximal to the cooled surfaces.

Provided are processes for the production and high efficiency processing of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) from carbon sources comprising carbon-containing gases or materials.

A method for reducing an occurrence of hyperpigmentation in human skin includes applying to the skin a topical preparation including an amount of an agent effective to reduce an occurrence of hyperpigmentation in human skin. The agent includes idebenone or a derivative of idebenone.

The invention provides a multi-effect restoring skin cream, which takes olive oil, simmondsia chinensis seed oil, wheat embryo oil and shea butter as the raw materials, and is prepared by the following steps: dissolving emulsifier cetearyl glucoside in an oil phase directly, slowly adding the oil in water while stirring, then adding the mixture in an emulsion pot in sequence by a filter, stirringand emulsifying the mixture for a given period of time at 70 to 80 DEG C to prepare oil / water-based emulsion body, and adding multiple pure natural plant active matters, such as aloe, trehalose, natural vitamin E, ginger extract, yeast extract and rose essential oil (natural essence). The skin cream is rich in natural plant oil, blends multiple ingredients and has the unique effect to reduce the chromatosis caused by inflammation (ultraviolet light, stimulation and acne) and aging, help skin resist the stimulation from outside, relieve the pain from heat and sensitivity, reduce the skin temperature, prevent dry and crack and further recover and maintain the natural elasticity of the skin.

Cyclopamine or a similarly specific inhibitor of Hedgehog / Smoothened (Hh / Smo) signaling can be used for obtaining decrease of pigmentation of hyperpigmented skin areas.

The present invention describes compositions and methods for treating, preventing and improving hyperpigmentation, or other unwanted pigmentation of the skin, or other unwanted skin condition, such as age spots, aged skin, skin discoloration, etc., wherein the compositions include siRNA-gene silencing oligomers specific for tyrosinase. The compositions are used to treat a broad variety of pigmentation conditions, and are preferably applied to the skin, or are delivered by directed means to a site in need thereof.

Embodiments of the invention relate generally to processes for the production and processing of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) from carbon sources. In several embodiments, PHAs are produced at high efficiencies from carbon-containing gases through the utilization of a regenerative polymerization system.

The invention discloses application of glacial water in preparation of an externally applied agent for the skin and a glacial water-containing externally applied agent for the skin. It is found for the first time that glacial water can obviously promote propagation of fibroblasts, improve synthesis of fibroblast collagen I and elastin laminin of the skin and substantially inhibit propagation activity of human epidermal melanocytes (HEM-m) and formation of melanin. Glacial water is used as one or more selected from the group consisting of an anti-aging active component, a whitening active component and a moisture-retaining component of the externally applied agent for the skin; so the glacial water-containing externally applied agent for the skin is natural and safe and is capable of improving skin elasticity, resisting crease, repairing impaired skin, reducing hyperpigmentation and whitening the skin.

The invention relates to a small nucleic acid whitening and freckle-removing cream. The whitening and freckle-removing cream comprises the following components by mass: 0.001-0.01% of small nucleic acid active ingredients, 0.04-0.5% of a transdermal cell-penetrating peptide and 99.49-99.959% of a cosmetic auxiliary material. The whitening and freckle-removing cream provided by the invention can efficiently inhibiting formation of melanin, and has the effects of moisturizing and moistening skins, resisting aging and removing winkles and stimulating skin metabolism, so as to achieve a comprehensive regulation of whitening and freckle-removing effects.

The invention relates to a semiconductor laser hair removal control device and method. The device comprises a control unit, a laser device module, a cooling module, a temperature controlling module, ahuman-computer interaction module, a switching power supply module, a skin hair detecting module and an effect evaluation feedback module. The control device can perform input, display and adjustmentthrough an interface of the human-computer interaction system after data processing is conducted according to signals collected by different working modules, different laser working parameters are selected according to different parts, skin colors and hairs, hair removal effect evaluation is conducted to be fed back to the control unit to constantly optimize the working parameters, the hair removal effect and efficiency are improved, and the untoward reactions of edema, scarring, pigmentation, infection and the like are effectively reduced.

Embodiments of the invention relate generally to methods to generate microorganisms and / or microorganism cultures that exhibit the ability to produce polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) from carbon sources at high efficiencies. In several embodiments, preferential expression of, or preferential growth of microorganisms utilizing certain metabolic pathways, enables the high efficiency PHA production from carbon-containing gases or materials. Several embodiments relate to the microorganism cultures, and / or microorganisms isolated therefrom.

The invention discloses a whitening and spot-removing facial mask containing coenzyme Q10, and a preparation method of the whitening and spot-removing facial mask. The whitening and spot-removing facial mask containing coenzyme Q10 comprises the following ingredients: disodium EDTA, allantoin, panthenol, bis-PEG-18 methyl ether dimethyl silane, a thickener, sodium hyaluronate, sodium polyglutamate, a polyol, acetyl chitin, hydroxyethylpiperazine ethane sulfonic acid, alpha-arbutin, beta-dextran, glycerin polyether-26, a PEG / PPG-17 / 6 copolymer, carboxymethyl chitosan, biosaccharide gum-1, hydroxylated lecithin, hydroxyethyl urea, a nano whitening and spot-removing agent, a nano coenzyme Q10 emulsion, an anti-sensitive soothing agent, an antiseptic and antibacterial agent, and purified water. The whitening and spot-removing facial mask containing coenzyme Q10 has excellent stability and skin compatibility, has obvious whitening and spot-removing effects, is mild to the skin, and has broad application prospects.

The invention provides a whitening, moisturizing, sun screening and skin caring cream. In the invention, ethylhexyl methoxy cinnamate, shea butter, octocrilene, C12-15 alkyl benzoate, homosalate, sodium acryl prolinate / Nymphaea alba flower extract and the like are used as raw materials; and a plurality of purely natural plant actives, such as an aloe juice, natural vitamin E and chamomile (natural essence) are added. The cream is rich in natural plant oil shea butter, fuses a plurality of sun-screening agents comprising ethylhexyl methoxy cinnamate, octocrilene, homosalate, methylene bis-benzotriazolyl tetramethylbutylphenol and phenylbenzimidazole sulfonic acid, has the effects of skin sunburn and inflammation preventing, whitening and moisturizing, reduces the pigmentation caused by inflammations (ultraviolet, irradiation and acnes) and ageing, helps skins resist extraneous irradiation, alleviates aches caused by the heat sensitivity, reduces the cuticle temperature, and further recovers and maintains the natural elasticity of skins.

The invention relates to a beautifying product, in particular to a mask for whitening skin and removing speckles. The mask comprises the specific components of 2 parts of raw astragalus membranaceus, 2 parts of suncured ginseng, 1 part of poria cocos, 2 parts of Chinese angelica, 1 part of red-rooted salvia root, 2 parts of motherwort, 1 part of tribulus terrestris, 1 part of radix ampelopsis, 1 part of white chrysanthemum, 1 part of rhizoma bletillae, 1 part of polygonum cuspidatum, 1 part of shaggy-fruited dittany root bark, 2 parts of white hyacinth Bean, 1 part of sophora flower and 10 parts of pearl. The mark can remarkably reduce cutaneous pigmentation of the face, whitens face speckles caused by age and insolation, and can prevent skin ageing and chloasma, so as to ensure that the skin is white-skinned and fine and smooth. The mask has a certain treatment effect to freckles. Animal experiments prove that the mask has no stimulation function and anaphylactic reaction to the skin.

Cosmetic compositions and methods, particularly for skin lightening, using N-acylbenzothiazolone compound and derivatives of general formula I as skin lightening agents alone or in combination with other skin benefit agents and together with a cosmetic vehicle:Where R represents a hydrogen atom, C1-C4 acyl group, or C1-C4 alkyl group. Preferably, the compound is 3-propionylbenzothiazol-2-one, i.e. where R in the formula I is C1 alkyl group.

The present invention relates to a complex face mask comprising: a complex face mask, which comprises a face mask containing effective ingredients wherein the effective ingredients are attached to the face mask in freeze-drying form; and a skin care solution. Also disclosed is a method of producing a complex face mask, which comprises dousing a face mask cloth in a solution containing effective ingredients and then freeze-drying the face mask; and preparing a skin care solution. The effective ingredients attached to the freeze-drying face mask can fully show their effects so that the skin condition can be improved.

Embodiments of the invention relate generally to methods to generate microorganisms and / or microorganism cultures that exhibit the ability to produce polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) from carbon sources at high efficiencies. In several embodiments, preferential expression of, or preferential growth of microorganisms utilizing certain metabolic pathways, enables the high efficiency PHA production from carbon-containing gases or materials. Several embodiments relate to the microorganism cultures, and / or microorganisms isolated therefrom.

Embodiments of the invention relate generally to processes for the production and processing of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) from carbon sources. In several embodiments, PHAs are produced at high efficiencies from carbon-containing gases through the utilization of a regenerative polymerization system.

The invention discloses tea polyphenol cellulose fiber which is composed of, by weight, 5-10% of tea polyphenol and 90-95% of cellulose, wherein the tea polyphenol is grafted on the cellulose through a coupling agent. A preparation method of the tea polyphenol cellulose fiber includes following steps: (1), preparing tea polyphenol pretreatment liquid: preparing a tea polyphenol water solution of 10-20% in mass fraction, adjusting pH value of the tea polyphenol water solution to 4-5, heating the tea polyphenol water solution to 70-80 DEG C, dropwise adding a silane coupling agent, increasing temperature of a system to 100-130 DEG C after dropwise adding is finished, maintaining reaction for 8-10h, adjusting pH value of reaction liquid to 7-8 to obtain the tea polyphenol pretreatment liquid, and cooling to room temperature for standby use; (2), performing viscose grafting treatment: adding the tea polyphenol pretreatment liquid into viscose, sufficiently mixing, entering a ripening intermediate bucket constantly maintained in a stirring state, and maintaining reaction for 30-36h to obtain tea polyphenol pre-grafting viscose; (3), directing spinning, washing and drying the tea polyphenol pre-grafting viscose obtained in the step (2) to obtain the tea polyphenol cellulose fiber.

The present invention provides an external preparation for skin which contains, as a major ingredient, oleaginous substances extracted from sporoderm-broken spores from Ganoderma lucidum. The spores are preferably being treated with germination activation. The oleaginous substances are preferred to be extracted by a supercritical fluid-carbon dioxide (SCF-CO2) method. The oleaginous substances prepared by SCF-CO2 is transparent and odorless. They also demonstrates effects on skin smoothening, wrinkles reduction, aging defiance, inflammation lessening, pigmentation lightening, and irritation alleviation. The external preparation can be a cosmetic or a therapeutic composition.

The invention discloses a mung bean fermentation broth capable of repairing damaged skin surface lipid films and soothing skin allergy. The mung bean fermentation broth comprises a wall-broken filtrate obtained after fermentation of mung bean sprouts via lactic acid bacteria, wherein the solid content of the filtrate is 1 to 20%. The invention also discloses a preparation method for the mung beanfermentation broth capable of repairing damaged skin surface lipid films and soothing skin allergy. The preparation method comprises the following steps: 1) germination of mung beans; 2) breeding of lactic acid bacteria; 3) liquid homogenization of mung bean sprouts, addition of milk and trace elements, steam sterilization and cooling; 4) inoculation of the lactic acid bacteria for fermentation; 5) high-pressure homogenization and wall breaking; 6) freeze concentration and coarse filtration; and 7) membrane filtration and degerming. According to the invention, mung bean seeds are subjected topreliminary germination at first and then to fermentation via lactic acid bacteria, and the obtained wall-broken filtrate is safe and free of any irritation during external application, and can substantially inhibit hyaluronidase, rapidly eliminate Bacillus acnes, reduce hyperpigmentation and inhibit the formation of acne scars.

The invention provides mesenchymal stem cell injection liquid and a preparation method, which aim to solve the problem of how to use a mesenchymal stem cell to efficiently repair and improve damaged skin and fundamentally delay and stop skin cell aging. The injection liquid provided by the invention is prepared from the mesenchymal stem cell, DMSO, EGF, glutathione, vitamin C, human serum albumin,a ginkgo biloba extract and a menstruum. The mesenchymal stem cell is obtained through carrying out hungry culture on P2 to P5-generation mesenchymal stem cells and stimulating through an epidermal growth factor. The obtained mesenchymal stem cell has a good differentiative capacity and a good proliferation capacity, has a better differentiation potential, and is synergized with the DMSO, the EGF, the glutathione, the vitamin C, the human serum albumin and the ginkgo biloba extract, so that skin wrinkles and hyperpigmentation can be remarkably reduced.

The present invention provides an antiaging composition capable of efficiently retarding skin-aging, particularly, alleviating skin pigmentation. The present invention also provides a method for potentiating the antiaging action of ascorbic acids. The invention provides an antiaging composition containing at least one member selected from the group consisting of ascorbic acid, a derivative of ascorbic acid, and a salt thereof (A), and a purine nucleic acid-related substance (B). The invention provides a method for potentiating the antiaging action of such component (A) by the combined use of at least one member selected from the group consisting of ascorbic acid, a derivative of ascorbic acid, and a salt thereof (A), with a purine nucleic acid-related substance (B).

The invention discloses nutritional skin cream, which is composed of 2-20% of blueberry extract, 5-15% of aloe gel, 3-10% of glycerinum, 0.5-1.5% of vitamin E, 0.1-1.0% of sodium hyaluronate, 1-3% of propylene glycol, 1-4% of caprylin, 0.05-0.1% of preservative, 0.05-0.1% of natural organic spice, 1-5% of amino acid wetting agent, and the balance of water. The nutritional skin cream disclosed by the invention has the good effects of moisturizing, nourishing skin and resisting oxidization; in the formula, the blueberry extract is capable of improving skin effect from interior of skin, improving skin immunity and increasing nutritional factors; the aloe gel is capable of inhibiting evaporation of water; the amino acid wetting agent is capable of adjusting skin water content, promoting skin regeneration and increasing skin elasticity, so that skin is moist and has gloss and elasticity; the moisture effect is obvious; the vitamin E is capable of effectively eliminating free radicals in skin; and simultaneously, the vitamin E is also capable of obviously inhibiting tyrosinase, and therefore, skin pigmentation is lightened.

The present invention features therapeutic and prophylactic compositions comprising xanthohumol and / or xanthohumol / cyclodextrin complexes and methods of using such compositions for treating a skin condition, disease, or disorder.

Provided are processes for the production and high efficiency processing of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) from carbon sources comprising carbon-containing gases or materials.