Methods of reducing the appearance of pigmentation with galvanic generated electricity
First Claim
1. A method of reducing the appearance of pigmentation on the skin, said method comprising applying electricity to skin in need of such treatment wherein said electricity is generated by a first conductive electrode in electric communication with a second conductive electrode, wherein both said first conductive electrode and said second conductive electrode are in ionic communication with said skin, wherein the difference of the standard potentials of said first conductive electrode and said second conductive electrode is at least 0.2 V and wherein the electrons that pass between said first conductive electrode and said second conductive electrode are generated as a result of said difference of the standard potentials.
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Abstract
The present invention features a method of reducing the appearance of pigmentation on the skin by applying electricity to skin in need of such treatment wherein said electricity is generated by a first conductive electrode in electric communication with a second conductive electrode, wherein both the first conductive electrode and the second conductive electrode are in ionic communication with the skin, wherein the difference of the standard potentials of the first conductive electrode and the second conductive electrode is at least 0.2 V and wherein the electrons that pass between the first conductive electrode and the second conductive electrode are generated as a result of such difference of the standard potentials.
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- 1. A method of reducing the appearance of pigmentation on the skin, said method comprising applying electricity to skin in need of such treatment wherein said electricity is generated by a first conductive electrode in electric communication with a second conductive electrode, wherein both said first conductive electrode and said second conductive electrode are in ionic communication with said skin, wherein the difference of the standard potentials of said first conductive electrode and said second conductive electrode is at least 0.2 V and wherein the electrons that pass between said first conductive electrode and said second conductive electrode are generated as a result of said difference of the standard potentials.
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16. A method of promoting a composition comprising a first conductive electrode in the form of a particulate and a second conductive electrode in the form of a particulate wherein the difference of the standard potentials of said first conductive electrode and said second conductive electrode is at least 0.2 V, said method comprising promoting the topical application of such composition for the reduction of the appearance of pigmentation on the skin.
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