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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2020
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Charles Winston Saunders, Fairfield, OH (US);
Robert Scott Youngquist, Mason, OH (US);
Lijuan Li, Lebanon, OH (US);
Justin Angelo Caserta, Mason, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method of treating skin and scalp comprising applying on the scalp or skin a composition comprising a scalp care active selected from the group consisting of 2-Pyridinol-N-oxide, a pyrithione or a polyvalent metal salt of pyrithione, one or more iron chelator having an A log P value of greater than or equal to 0.4 and mixtures therein; exposing the scalp and skin to electromagnetic radiation having wavelength from about 350 nm to about 500 nm and power from about about 0.1 mWatts/cmto about 1000 mWatts/cmand for a time period from about 2 seconds to about 5 minutes; wherein the antimicrobial treatment results in reduction of fungal growth as measured by the Fungal Growth Sensitivity Test of at least 50% compared to the dark sample.