Wrinkled human skin is smoothed by applying to the wrinkled area a layer of an aqueous solution of about 1% to 15% by weight sodium polystyrene sulfonate of number-average molecular weight between about 300,000 and 1,000,000, and permitting the layer to dry. Particular compositions include a surfactant to assist application of a uniform layer and cosmetically acceptable ingredients imparting to the layer the appearance of make-up.

C.sub.12- C.sub.14 isoparaffinic hydrocarbon fractions are effective skin lubricants and cosmetic formulation constituents. The paraffinic oils possess a unique combination of properties, namely, low viscosity, moderate volatility, plus the ability to disperse dyes and/or pigments. Typically, the isoparaffinic hydrocarbon fraction makes up less than 50 weight % of the total cosmetic formulation and are normally admixed with water, monoalkanols, alkyl and aryl esters, humectant compositions, surf...

An object is packaged in a vacuum skin pack formed by evacuating space between a pair of heat-sealable sheets containing the object and by heat-sealing the sheets to each other about the object. The sheets are pore and cell-free; at least at the sealing surfaces. A multitude of convex protrusions is formed in one of the sheets for providing during the formation of the pack a multitude of collapsible and sealable evacuation channels extending between the sheets. The other of the sheets is heated ...

A planing instrument for corns in which a cutting blade is held by a clip to a planing head. The clip is of U-shaped section with side pieces which are sufficiently large to be readily gripped in one hand to remove the clip for blade replacement purposes. A transverse slot is formed in the planing head adjacent the blade and a portion interconnecting the planing head with a handle is formed with a lens. The head, interconnecting portion and the handle are formed of clear plastics to enable the p...

A method for making a cellular article having an integral skin of substantially non-cellular material, comprising emulsifying water with a water-insoluble liquid monomer to form an emulsion having an aqueous disperse phase, polymerising the liquid monomer to form a cellular polymer, drying the outer layer of said polymer and fusing said layer to form a skin. Unsaturated polyesters of a bisphenol A epoxy-modified glycol are the preferred emulsifiers when used in quantities from 0.3 to 5 percent b...

A method and means for preparing large cellular skin patches for preservation for cryogenic storage and subsequent thawing which comprises applying a woven scrim to one side of a large patch of cellular skin, with the scrim having a generally open and reticulate pattern of less than about 64 openings per square inch, and thereafter freezing the skin patch for cryogenic preservation. Large cellular skin patches are normally stored by rolling the patch prior to freezing, and for thawing, the fluid...

A skin conditioning article has a springy and pliable body of layers of nylon net fabric with a mesh of about one-eighth inch, more or less. In the illustrated embodiment, the body is elongated and has four layers of fabric gathered at either end to form necks and pleats. The fabric is first doubled upon itself to form a folded end edge. Both sides of the fabric are then doubled over to form a pair of folded side edges and open edges proximate each other at the center of one face of the body. Th...

A skin stimulating and cleaning device which has a housing with a cover adapted to be opened to expose for removal a manually-manipulatable handle or hand piece connected to a vacuum pump in the housing. A flexible tube extends between the hand piece and the pump so that a vacuum can be communicated to the skin of the user, for example the face, for cleaning as well as for stimulation of the blood flow into the area of the skin.

A skin splitting machine having a band blade entrained over spaced pulleys. A pair of sharpening units are mounted one over and the other below a run of the blade. The sharpening units comprise a grinding disc having a frontal planar surface and are mounted so as to be vertically, horizontally and tiltably movable with respect to the edge of the blade.

A method and means for preparing large cellular skin patches for preservation for cyrogenic storage and subsequent thawing which comprises applying a woven scrim to one side of a large patch of cellular skin, with the scrim having a generally open and reticulate pattern of less than about 64 openings per square inch, and thereafter freezing the skin patch for cyrogenic preservation. Large cellular skin patches are normally stored by rolling the patch prior to freezing, and for thawing, the fluid...