| abstract |
The present invention provides dehydroacetic acid, isomers, salts and derivatives thereof; Two or more skin care actives selected from sugar amines, vitamin B3 compounds, phytosterols, salicylic acid compounds, hexamidines, dialkanoyl hydroxyproline compounds, flavonoids, n-acyl amino acid compounds and derivatives thereof, and combinations thereof; And a dermatologically acceptable carrier for dehydroacetic acid and a skin care active. The invention also relates to methods of regulating the condition of mammalian keratinous tissue, wherein these methods each topically apply a safe and effective amount of the skin care composition of the invention to a mammalian keratinous tissue in need of such treatment. It includes a step. |