Multi-Active Skin Care Composition for Oxidative Stress
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Solution Overview
Problem
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) cause skin damage leading to wrinkles and decreased skin repair ability, and existing skin care products often require multiple ingredients, complicating their formulation and efficacy.
Innovation Solution
A skin care composition comprising hyaluronic acid, a silicone surfactant, peptides, and a fatty component, designed to improve skin appearance and health by reducing wrinkles and enhancing elasticity, luminosity, and firmness.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple ingredients are used in skin care products, then skin health benefits are provided, but product formulation becomes complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple active ingredients (hyaluronic acid, peptides, antioxidants, and fatty components) into a single unified composition that delivers comprehensive skin health benefits. This merging approach maintains the efficacy of multiple ingredients while simplifying the product structure and application.
Solution Approach 2:
The skin care composition is designed to perform multiple functions simultaneously: hydrating (hyaluronic acid), anti-aging (peptides), antioxidant protection (vitamin E, green tea extract), and barrier support (fatty components). This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate products while maintaining comprehensive skin health benefits.
2Device complexity
If fewer ingredients are used in skin care products, then product formulation is simplified, but efficacy of each ingredient must be maximized
Solution Approach 1:
The patent optimizes the concentration and formulation parameters of each ingredient to maximize efficacy. Hyaluronic acid is included at optimized concentrations for hydration, peptides at effective levels for collagen stimulation, and fatty components at ratios that support barrier function. This parameter optimization ensures that even with fewer ingredients, each component delivers maximum benefit.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention creates a composite skin care formulation where ingredients work synergistically. The combination of hyaluronic acid, peptides, vitamin E, green tea extract, and fatty components creates a composite system that enhances the efficacy of each individual ingredient through interactive effects, allowing simplified formulation without compromising results.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The composition effectively reduces oxidative stress and improves skin elasticity, homogeneity, and firmness by utilizing a simplified formulation of key ingredients.
Implementation Method 1
hyaluronic acid or a salt thereof
Implementation Method 2
a silicone surfactant
Implementation Method 3
one or more peptides
Implementation Method 4
Antioxidants can scavenge and decrease the excessive ROS produced and mitigate its damage to the cells of different tissues, including skin
Implementation Method 5
a fatty component
Data Source
AI summary
Skin care compositions and, preferably, skin care compositions providing one or more improvements in skin appearance and, in some cases, also in skin health are disclosed herein. In accordance with an aspect of the invention, provided is a skin care composition comprising hyaluronic acid or a salt thereof; a silicone surfactant; one or more peptides; an extract; and a fatty component.