Combination of a light ray with a cytochrome C oxidase substrate particularly for improving the appearance of the skin and/or hair

摘要

The invention relates to the combination of a light ray with a cytochrome C oxidase substrate for improving the appearance of the skin and/or the hair.

主权项

1. A method of improving the appearance of skin and/or hair comprising:
a) administering at least one cytochrome C oxidase substrate and/or at least one agent which increases the expression of at least one cytochrome C substrate to the external skin and/or the hair of a subject; and b) administering light radiation having a peak wavelength of 550 to 800 nm which activates cytochrome C oxidase to cells in the external skin and/or the hair of the subject, wherein the light radiation is administered to cells in the external skin and/or hair of the subject at a dose of from 1 to 30 J/cm2, wherein the light radiation exhibiting the peak wavelength which activates cytochrome C oxidase is emitted by at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a metabolite emitting a peak wavelength which activates cytochrome C oxidase, an active principle emitting a peak wavelength which activates cytochrome C oxidase, a compound which filters light to allow the peak wavelength which activates cytochrome C oxidase to pass, and mixtures thereof.