A Cosmetic Agent on a Dermato-Physiological Basis which Retains Water in the Human Skin, and a Process for the Preparation of this Agent

摘要

1,199,055. Cosmetics; hair lotion. CHEMISCHE FABRIK PROMONTA G.m.b.H. 26 July, 1967 [19 Aug., 1966], No. 34323/67. Heading A5B. A cosmetic agent for restoring smoothness to the skin by normalising the water content of the epidermis comprises a mixture of materials having water-retention properties substantially identical to those of the skin sugar fraction, and obtainable by reacting an aqueous solution of an alkali with an aqueous solution of glucose and lactose, or with separate aqueous solutions of glucose and lactose which are mixed after reaction. Examples are given of various cosmetic compositions, including a hair lotion