The skin cleanser of the present invention makes it possible to thoroughly wash off oily stains such as makeup articles (lipstick, eye-make, waterproof foundation, etc.) while giving a good feel in use. A detergent composition containing the following components (A) and (B) is packed in a foamer container 10 provided with a porous membrane: (A) at least one anionic surfactant having a branched hydrocarbon group selected from phosphate surfactants, sulfate surfactants and sulfonate surfactants; a...

A head wear system including a sizing band and a hat. The sizing band is distinct from the hat. The hat comprises a bill and a cap having an opening at the back as well as a headband. The head wear system also includes a first and second adjustment means for selectively nondestructively attaching each end of the sizing band to the hat in a longitudinal relationship therebetween selected by the wearer. When the sizing band is attached to the hat by the first and second adjusting means, the sizing...

A fastener for securing adjacent layers of body tissue to each other and being configured and composed of a material so as to emerge from the body tissue after a limited period of time. The fastener includes a backspan and at least two prongs extending from the backspan. Each prong has a tapered tip culminating in a sharp point. The prongs each include a shaft having a cylindrical portion of uniform diameter. In one embodiment, the prong includes a serrated portion having a plurality of notches ...

The invention concerns a skin substitute composed of a dermis equivalent covered with an epidermis equivalent. The dermis equivalent is a film formed from a type I collagen gel containing fibroblasts. The epidermis equivalent incorporates a basal membrane equivalent, basal layer cells, in a palisade arrangement attached to the membrane equivalent by hemidesmosomes, cells of the suprabasal layers, granular cells, and flat, keratinized cells arranged near the free surface.

A skin conditioner composition comprising: di alpha tocopherol liquid, PCL wax or solid, PCL oil, fumed silica, squalane decyl oleate, squalane liquid, wheat germ glyceride, Proto-Lan 8, ppg-26 oleate, perfume, p-hydroxy benzyl benzoate, guaiazulene.

The present invention relates to a skin-treating composition comprising an aqueous phase in which urea and lactic acid are dissolved. Optionally, the composition of the invention may comprise a lipid phase, wetting or emulsifying agents and amino acids. The composition is per se beneficial for the treatment of certain abnormal skin conditions; it is also an excellent vehicle for therapeutically active drugs for the treatment of pathological skin conditions.

A device for excising tissue and closing a wound that results from excision of the tissue includes structure defining an aperture into which tissue to be excised is exposed. The device also includes a cutting member for excising the tissue, a closure member for closing the wound, and an actuatable drive member associated with the structure. The drive member is actuatable to move the cutting member relative to the aperture for excising the tissue that is exposed in the aperture and for closing th...

An apparatus for treatment of skin lesions comprising a housing having a blower therein for producing and directing a stream of air through conduits or hoses to an air distributor. A yieldable pad having an opening therethrough is positioned upon the air distributor and is engaged by a patient sitting or lying thereon so that the opening in the pad circumscribes that surface area of the patients body to be treated. Air is continuously directed over that surface of the patient to be treated and t...

A device is disclosed to remove skins from tomatoes which skins have been previously loosened from the remaining fruit by known processes such as treatment with a caustic solution. A drum, open at both ends, is rotatably supported within a frame. Tomatoes are fed from one end of the drum to the other and contacted during such transit by a series of rotating discs rotating in a direction opposite to that of the drum. Means including a chain fixed in relationship to the rotation of the drum and sp...

A confined area of skin, not exceeding about 11/2 sq. inches, is treated by exposing it to an aqueous jet pulsating at between 2,200 and 3,200 cycles per minute and being incident on the skin at a velocity of between 9 feet/sec. and 18 feet/sec. The massage device includes a hollow handle containing a reservoir and housing a piston pump and a drive motor. A tubular cylindrical shield extends radially from the top of the handle and has an open distal end and supports an axial nozzle at its proxim...