摘要 |
Signs of aging of the skin and/or mucous membranes are prevented and/or reduced, and the activity of the proteolytic enzymes of the stratum corneum are stimulated as well, by administering to an individual in need of such treatment, a cosmetic/pharmaceutical composition which comprises a thus effective amount of at least one hydroxylated urea compound having the following formula (I): in which: the radicals R1, R2, R3 and R4, which may be identical or different, are each a hydrogen atom, a C<SUB>1</SUB>-C<SUB>4 </SUB>alkyl radical or a C<SUB>2</SUB>-C<SUB>6 </SUB>hydroxyalkyl radical which can contain from 1 to 5 hydroxyl groups, wherein at least one of the R1 to R4 radicals represents a hydroxyalkyl radical, or salt, solvate or isomer thereof, formulated into a physiologically acceptable medium therefor.
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