Probiotic Stick Formulation for Skin Hydration and Barrier Repair
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Solution Overview
Problem
Aging skin loses its ability to function as a barrier, leading to decreased hydration, increased permeability, and issues like fine lines, wrinkles, and acne, due to reduced ceramide content, and existing treatments are inadequate in addressing these concerns effectively.
Innovation Solution
A topical composition containing biologically active probiotic bacteria, such as Streptococcus thermophilus, combined with ingredients like propylene glycol, glycerin, stearyl alcohol, and astaxanthin, is used to maintain skin hydration, reduce inflammation, and treat acne by colonizing the skin and improving ceramide production.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional skincare treatments are used, then some skin concerns are addressed, but they are inadequate in effectively addressing multiple aging-related concerns simultaneously
Solution Approach 1:
The probiotic composition is designed to perform multiple functions simultaneously: hydrating the skin, reducing fine lines and wrinkles, limiting acne, and decreasing inflammation. This multi-functional approach allows a single treatment to address various aging-related skin concerns that traditional single-purpose treatments cannot effectively handle
2Reliability
If the skin barrier function deteriorates with aging, then permeability increases and hydration decreases, but restoring barrier function requires comprehensive treatment
Solution Approach 1:
The invention uses a composite formulation containing probiotic bacteria (Streptococcus thermophilus), prebiotics (inulin), and various skin-beneficial ingredients (astaxanthin, glycerin, propylene glycol, stearyl alcohol). This composite approach combines multiple components that work synergistically to restore barrier function, improve hydration, and address multiple skin concerns simultaneously
3Quantity of substance
If ceramide content decreases with aging, then skin hydration and barrier function deteriorate, but increasing ceramide production requires targeted intervention
Solution Approach 1:
The probiotic composition stimulates the skin's own ceramide production through the action of Streptococcus thermophilus and inulin, which promote the activity of skin-resident bacteria that produce ceramides. This self-service approach allows the skin to regenerate its own barrier components rather than requiring external ceramide supplementation, simplifying the treatment approach
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 hydrates the skin, reduces fine lines and wrinkles, limits acne, and decreases skin inflammation by maintaining skin hydration and improving the skin's barrier function, using all-natural ingredients in a convenient push-up tube form.
Implementation Method 1
Lactic acid bacteria Streptococcus thermophilus has been proven to increase ceramide production in the skin when topically applied
Implementation Method 2
The horny layer must contain water at a level that is at least 10% of its own weight. This water content is determined by the interaction of several factors: the influx of water from the deep layers of the skin, evaporation at the body surface, and the ability of the horny layer to retain water
Implementation Method 3
At physiological temperatures, the lipid chains are mostly in a solid crystalline or gel state, which exhibit low lateral diffusional properties and are less permeable than the state of liquid crystalline membranes
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AI summary
The invention relates to an anhydrous mixture of biologically active probiotic bacteria for topical administration and methods of making thereof. The mixture of the invention is used for hydrating the skin, reducing and preventing fine lines and wrinkles, treating acne and decreasing skin inflammation.