COMPOSITION FOR DEPIGMENTING THE SKIN CONTAINING ADAPAL AND AT LEAST ONE DEPIGMENTING AGENT

摘要

Topically applicable skin depigmenting compositions, suited for treatment of such hyperpigmentary disorders as melasma and chloasma, contain a thus effective amount of at least one skin depigmenting active agent, for example hydroquinone or 4-hydroxyanisole, in admixture with a depigmentation-accelerating amount of adapalene (6-[3-(1-adamantyl)-4-methoxyphenyl]-2-napthanoic acid), and optionally with at least one sunscreen, formulated into a topically applicable, physiologically acceptable medium therefor.