Happi Staff08.20.20
US Patent No. 10,736,837 B2 (David Gan, Tiffany Carle, Michelle Hines, Milagros Sanchez, Patricia Jacoby, Linda Hart); Mary Kay, Addison, TX, has patented a method of treating dry or flaky skin or a combination of dry and flaky skin. It entails applying to the skin a therapeutically effective amount of hydrolyzed algin; escin; Ruscus aculeatus root extract; ammonium glycyrrhizate; Centella asiatica extract; hydrolyzed yeast protein; and Calendula officinalis flower extract. The topical application of the composition to the skin reduces dryness of the skin, or reduces flakiness of the skin, or reduces a combination of dryness and flakiness of the skin.