The Procter Gamble Company

Gary Richard Fuentes

Jorge Max Sunkel

Robert Scott Youngquist

Robert Lloyd Binder

Sancai Xie

Teresa DiColandrea

Thomas Larry Dawson

Brian Keith Fisher

Yungi Lee

Deborah Lade

Martha Jane Kolodzik

Toshiyuki Iwata

Koji Takata

The invention provides a method for improving hair biology, e.g., hair growth. The method comprises administering to a subject a monoamine oxidase inhibitor and a vasodilator, a zinc salt of a carboxylic acid, a xanthine compound, pyrithione or a salt thereof, saponin, tritapene, crataegolic acid, celastrol, asiatic acid, an inhibitor of 5-alpha-reductase, 1,4-methyl-4-azasteroid, an androgen receptor antagonist, azelaic acid or a derivate thereof, cyclosporin, triiodothyronine, diazoxide, retinoic acid, a prostaglandin analog, aminexil, carnitine tartrate, apigenin, procapil, or adenosine, in an amount effective to achieve a desired effect. The invention further provides a method of reducing or delaying the appearance of an age-related skin imperfection. The method comprises administering to the subject a composition comprising an MAO inhibitor. A kit for improving hair growth also is provided.

Use of monoamine oxidase inhibitors to improve epithelial biology

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Batesville, IN, United States of America

Gary Richard Fuentes