Living Proof Patents Treatment with Alpha Lipoic Acid

Hair care company is awarded US Patent No 11,723,857 B2.

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By: Christine Esposito

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US Patent No 11,723,857 B2 (Soo-Young Kang, Zhaoxia Ji, Sara A. Johnson, Dinara A. Villanueva, Nawodi Abeyrathna, Jeremiah A. Johnson); Living Proof, Inc. has patented a method of treating hair that entails providing a hair sample comprising a plurality of disulfide bonds; and applying to the hair sample a mixture comprising alpha lipoic acid and a catalyst, thereby producing a covalently bonded hair sample. The covalently bonded hair sample comprises a plurality of disulfide bonds between the hair sample and the alpha lipoic acid. The concentration of the alpha lipoic acid in the mixture is about 5% by weight to about 10% by weight, according to the patent filing.

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