415 results about "Treatment acne" patented technology

Disclosed is a system and method for treatment of skin disorders. More particularly, the disclosed invention is directed toward the treatment of acne and acne scarring by treating sebaceous oil glands and the surrounding tissue with an exogenous chromophore composition and then exposing the target tissue to visible, infrared, or ultraviolet light to inhibit the activity of the oil gland and eliminate acne bacteria. The treatment method of the present invention may be futher augmented by enhancing the penetration of the topical composition into the oil gland and surrounding tissue through the use of procedures including enzyme peeling, microderm abrasion, or ultrasound.

I have discovered cosmetic or topical pharmaceutical compositions for external body part or organ slimming, firming, cellulite reduction, fat-reduction, and obesity control benefits that are in synergistic combination with benefits for the treatment of skin aging, skin wrinkles reduction, skin exfoliating, treatment of acne, treatment of rosacea, age-spots reduction, skin surface whitening, skin surface brightening striae distensae (stretch marks) reduction, treatment of pimples, treatment of skin infections and lesions, spider veins reduction, blood microcirculation (venous insufficiency) improvement, UVA/UVB protection of skin, and skin redness reduction. These compositions thus provide multiple combinations of skin and external body part or organ enhancement benefits that can be selective and specific for external body parts and organs such as face, chin, cheeks, arms, "love handles" in abdomen area, eye lids and eye zone, neck, breasts, thighs, and hips. These compositions include a body beneficial composition selected from certain nutraceutical, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical ingredients, a composition to promote collagen and elastin synthesis in the skin, and a cosmetically or pharmaceutically acceptable delivery system.

A method and system for ultrasound treatment of acne and sebaceous glands are provided. An exemplary method and system are configured for targeted treatment of sebaceous glands in various manners, such as through use of therapy only, therapy and monitoring, imaging and therapy, or therapy, imaging, and monitoring, and/or through use of focused, unfocused, or defocused ultrasound at various spatial and temporal energy settings. An exemplary method and system can be configured to produce regions of heating and damage by destroying the function of sebaceous glands within a user-specified treatment layer depth associated with the glands to be treated. In addition, an exemplary method and system can be configured to produce regions of heating and damage within the treatment layer in spatially defined patterns, rather than heating and destroying the entire volume of the target layer of tissue. Further, an exemplary method and system can be configured to specifically aim such regions of heating and damage within the treatment layer, to occur at the same location as the secretory portion of sebaceous glands.

The invention relates to the use of one or more antimicrobial metals selected from silver, gold, platinum, and palladium but most preferably silver, preferably formed with atomic disorder, and preferably in a nanocrystalline form, for the treatment of a acne. The nanocrystalline antimicrobial metal of choice may be used in the form of a nanocrystalline coating of one or more antimicrobial metals, a nanocrystalline powder of one or more antimicrobial metals, or a solution containing dissolved species from a nanocrystalline powder or coating of one or more antimicrobial metals.

The invention features a method of treating acne by piercing the stratum corneum of skin in need of such treatment with a stratum corneum-piercing device including a microprotrusion member having a skin-contacting surface and plurality of stratum corneum-piercing microprotrusions thereon.

The present invention is directed to a topical skin care composition. The composition has the unique ability to treat acne without drying out the user's skin. In particular, the composition includes a base, an antibacterial agent, at least one anti-inflammatory agent, and at least one antioxidant. The antibacterial agent may be benzoyl peroxide.

Methods and compositions related to treating, controlling or inhibiting acne vulgaris by reducing or inhibiting growth of Proprionibacterium acnes employing a compound having the following structure:

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof,

• • wherein R₁, R₂, R₃ and R₄ are selected from a group consisting of a carboxyl group, methyl group, ethyl group, propyl group, isopropyl group, butyl group, isobutyl group, secondary butyl group, tertiary butyl group, pentyl group, isopentyl group, neopentyl group, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine and hydrogen.

A method of selectively enhancing photothermal sebaceous gland disruption and treatment of acne is disclosed. The method provides for alleviation of the acne symptoms as well as preventing acne recurrence and new acne from occurring.

The invention relates to an acne removal composition based on natural plant raw materials and an application thereof for treating and preventing human acne and acne marks. The acne removal composition is used for compensating the defect that the existing products for treating acne are deficient in efficiency and/or comprehensive quality. Aiming at key factors of inducing the generation and development of acne and skin problems induced by the acne, the invention provides a safe and effective acne removal composition having 2-6 functions and a preparation technology therefore for comprehensively treating the acne. The two functions contain antibiosis and anti-inflammation; and the six functions contain antibiosis, anti-inflammation, balancing sebum secretion, preventing abnormal keratinization and congestion of pilosebaceous duct, repairing injured skin and removing acne marks. The product provided by the invention has strong market competitiveness on safety, function, comprehensive quality and cost performance. The acne removal composition provided by the invention can be used for developing drugs, cosmetics, personal care products and the like for treating and preventing human acne and acne marks.

The present invention provides novel methods and materials including for treating acne and including methods comprising administering to a subject a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of XMP.629 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or derivative thereof.

A method and apparatus (100) are provided for treating acne using pulsed radiant energy (246) to destroy or partially destroy one or more hairs (112), without damaging the skin, or, alternatively, to destroy or partially destroy one or more acne-related structures without damaging either skin or hair.

The present invention provides methods of treating skin disorders includes delivering to a mammal a composition containing a compound of formula I, or tautomers thereof, in a regimen, wherein formula I is:

and wherein R¹-R⁵ and Q¹ are defined as described herein. Specifically, methods for treating acne, hirsutism, and conditioning the skin are described. Also provided are novel PR modulators of formula II.

An improved method and preparation for the treatment of acne and hirsutism comprises topically applying an effective amount of a saw palmetto berry extract, and preferably one or more low irritability constituents that enhance penetration of the extract into hair follicle sebaceous glands. The low irritability penetration aid may be selected from the group consisting of adapalene, tretinoin, tretinoin gel microsponges, retinaldehyde, retinol, tazarotene, beta hydroxy acids (salicylic acid), azelaic acid, and alpha hydroxy acids (glycolic acid) as well as polyolprepolymer-2.

An improved method and preparation for the treatment of acne and hirsutism comprises topically applying an effective amount of a saw palmetto berry extract, in combination with two classes of low irritability penetrating agents that enhance penetration of the extract into hair follicles and sebaceous glands. The low irritability penetration agents are selected from the group (A) comedolytics consisting of adapalene, tretinoin, tretinoin gel microsponges, retinaldehyde, retinol, and tazarotene, and (B) keratinolytics consisting of the beta hydroxy acid, salicylic acid, and the alpha hydroxy acid, glycolic acid. Polyolprepolymer-2 may be incorporated into the preparation as well.

A method for treating acne on the skin. The method has the steps of (a) providing an drapeable or flexible porous article impregnated with an aqueous cleansing composition having a carrier, benzoyl peroxide, and one or more cleansing agents; (b) contacting an area of the skin affected by acne with the porous article such that the skin is contacted by the composition; and (c) removing the composition from the skin wherein residual benzoyl peroxide remains on the skin in an anti-acne effective amount. There are also anti-acne compositions.

The present invention relates to a composition for treating acne comprising an anti-microbial peptide made from the amino acids phenylalanine, alanine, leucine and lysine with said peptide admixed with salicylic acid and/or salicylate salts in a cosmetic delivery vehicle containing a rehydrating polymer. The invention further relates to a method for treating acne by topically administering one of the compositions in an amount therapeutically effective to reduce the redness and blemishes associated with acne.

The medicine for treating dermatosis is prepared with five kinds of Chinese medicinal materials, including paris rhizome, Chinese goldthread, skullcap root, rhubarb and gromwell, and the recipe may have other four kinds of Chinese medicinal materials in certain weight proportion. It may be medicine powder, decoction, ointment or paste. The medicine has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic material, promoting blood circulation to disperse blood clots, eliminating swelling and pain, etc. and may be used in treating acne, bedsore, boil, eczema, dermatitis, burns, scalds and other dermatosis. It has the advantages of high healing effect, fast acting, no irritation to skin, etc.

The present invention relates to a composition for the treatment of acne comprising chlorine dioxide or chlorine dioxide generating compounds as acne reduction agents. The invention also relates to a method for treating acne by topically administering one of the compositions in an amount therapeutically effective to reduce the redness and blemishes associated with acne.

The invention discloses a Chinese medicinal composition for treating acne, belonging to the technical field of Chinese medicaments. The Chinese medicinal composition is prepared from the following raw materials by weight: 8-12g of root-bark of tree peony, 8-12g of dahurian angelica root, 8-12g of Chinese angelica, 8-12g of szechuan lovage rhizome, 8-12g of raw baical skullcap root, 8-12g of fineleaf schizonepeta herb, 8-12g of divaricate saposhnikovia root, 8-12g of nutgrass galingale rhizome, 8-12g of golden thread, 8-12g of danshen root, 8-12g of Chinese thorowax root, 12-18g of lightyellow sophora root, 12-18g of weeping forsythia capsule, 12-18g of honeysuckle flower, 12-18g of baical skullcap root, 12-18g of gambir plant, 12-18g of root of rehmannia, 12-18g of chaff flower root, 12-18g of red paeony root, 15-25g of giant knotweed rhizome, 15-25g of gypsum, 15-25g of hawthorn fruit, 15-25g of amur corktree bark, 15-25g of glabrous greenbrier rhizome, 15-25g of spreading hedyotis herb, 8-12g of platycodon root, 8-12g of mulberry leaf, 8-12g of Chinese date and 4-8g of liquoric root. The medicament disclosed by the invention has the effects of clearing heat and removing toxicity, dispelling wind and eliminating dampness, smoothing liver and regulating qi and activating blood and dissolving stasis, and has a significant curative effect on treating acne.

The invention relates to compounds for the treatment of dermatological diseases where inflammation, matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) play a role in mediating the disease, such as the treatment of acne with Pemirolast or a closely related compound thereof.