PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF THE DELETERIOUS EFFECTS OF EXPOSING SKIN TO THE SUN,AND COMPOSITIONS THEREFOR

摘要

Triamcinolone acetonide 21-ennoic acid methyl ester, other compounds affecting the arachidionic acid cascade and other known synthesis inhibitors, and topical and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are utilized in a method of treating ultraviolet radiation exposed skin to inhibit ultraviolet radiation suppresion of delayed hypersensitivity in the epidermis thereby reducing or obviating the carcinogenic effects of the sunburn. Formulations of the triamcionolone acetonide 21-ennoic acid methyl ester preferably contain about 0.005 to 1.0 percent by weight of the active ingredient.