Anti-Chafing Compositions Comprising Boron Nitride
First Claim
1. An anti-chafing composition for maintaining and/or improving skin health in an area covered by an article, wherein the composition, upon topical application onto skin, leaves a layer comprising a chafe-reducing effective amount of boron nitride particles on the skin.
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Abstract
The invention in one aspect relates to an anti-chafing composition with improved efficacy, in one embodiment, comprising an effective amount of boron nitride suspended in a dermatologically acceptable carrier vehicle. Another embodiment relates to an anti-chafing composition in the form of a powder or a stick containing boron nitride. The present invention also relates to a method of inhibiting or reducing chafing to the skin by topically applying an effective amount of such anti-chafing composition to the skin or to a surface to be in contact with the skin.
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23 Claims
- 1. An anti-chafing composition for maintaining and/or improving skin health in an area covered by an article, wherein the composition, upon topical application onto skin, leaves a layer comprising a chafe-reducing effective amount of boron nitride particles on the skin.
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- 17. An anti-chafing composition consisting essentially of boron nitride, wherein the composition has a density ranging from 0.20 to 1.500 g/cm3, and an O2 concentration ranging from 0.2 to 1.3 wt. %, wherein the composition, upon topical application onto skin, leaves a layer comprising a chafe-reducing effective amount of boron nitride particles on the skin.
- 19. A method of reducing chafing of human skin, comprising topically applying to the human skin an anti-chafing reducing effective amount of a composition containing 0.5% to about 99.99% by weight of boron nitride.
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