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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Ladislaus Dorogi, Norwalk, CT (US);
David Canestrari, Killngworth, CT (US);
Alan Joel Meyers, Trumbull, CT (US);
Anthony Vargas, Monroe, CT (US);
Assignee:
Elizabeth Arden Co., Division of Conopco, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424401 ; 424 7802 ; 514844 ;
Abstract
A method and cosmetic composition for improving skin firmness are provided through an anhydrous composition including a hydrophobic carrier which may be a silicone or hydrocarbon for delivering an effective amount of a ceramide formed of a sphingoid base linked through an amide to a 2-hydroxycarboxylic C.sub.2 -C.sub.30 group.