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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 1995
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1994
Alain LaGrange, Coupvray, FR;
Herve Borowiak, Sevran, FR;
L'Oreal, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A topical process for lightening the skin or treating pigmental blemishes consisting in applying to the part of the skin to be treated a composition containing, as active compounds, 4-thioresorcin derivatives corresponding to the following formula: ##STR1## wherein: R represents a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl radical, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 haloalkyl radical, an aryl radical, an aralkyl radical which is unsubstituted or substituted by a lower alkyl or lower alkoxy radical or a halogen atom, the radical --C.sub.n H.sub.2n --COOR' where n is an integer between 1 and 5 and R' represents a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl radical, a morpholinoalkyl or piperidinoalkyl radical in which the alkyl radical is C.sub.1 -C.sub.6, or the radical ##STR2##