METHODS FOR IMPROVING SKIN QUALITY

摘要

A skin treatment regimen for delivery of a rinse-off personal skin care composition is provided. The rinse-off personal skin care composition includes varying ratios of a lathering agent to a hydrophobic benefit agent. The rinse-off personal skin care composition can be applied to skin of a user in phases over and/or in a treatment cycle. Each of the phases of the treatment cycle can include a ratio of the varying ratios that can be different such as higher or lower than a ratio of adjacent phase.

主权项

1. A method for improving the quality of skin, comprising:
dispensing from a package a structured personal cleansing composition comprising from about 10% to about 50%, by weight of the composition, of a hydrophobic benefit agent comprising petrolatum, mineral oil, soybean oil, or a combination thereof; and from about 4% to about 25%, by weight of the composition, of a surfactant, applying the personal cleansing composition to a user's skin together with water, rinsing the personal cleansing composition from the user's skin, wherein a portion of the hydrophobic benefit agent is deposited and remains on the user's skin after rinsing, and repeating the steps of applying and rinsing on at least a once daily basis over a time interval of successive days, the time interval of use sufficient to permit detection of measurable improvement in at least one skin property selected from reduction in total protein; an increase in the amount of one or more of Keratin 1, Keratin 10 and Keratin 11; and a decrease in cytokine expression.