Method of treating nails

• US 5,004,599 A
• Filed: 03/31/1989
• Issued: 04/02/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Richard K. Scher
• Original Assignee: Richard K. Scher
• Inventors: Scher, Richard K.
• Primary Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Assistant Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Application Number:
  US07/332,354
• Time in Patent Office: 732 Days
• Field of Search: 424/61, 514/559, 514/560, 514/725
• US Class Current: 424/61
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/671 Vitamin A; Derivatives thereof, e.g. ester of vitamin A acid, ester of retinol, retinol, retinal
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 3/00 Manicure or pedicure preparations

Abstract

A method of treating nail units of animals including humans in which a preparation containing tretinoin is topically applied to the nail to promote growth of the nail unit.

Claims

1. A method of treating nail units of animals including humans comprising topically applying to the nail unit of an animal a preparation comprising tretinoin to promote growth of the nail unit, the tretinoin being present in said preparation in an amount between 0.025 and 50% by weight.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the application is applied to the nail unit a number of times over a period of time.

3. A method as claimed in claim 1 comprising formulating into said preparation in addition to the tretinoin, dimethylacetamide, ethyl alcohol, propylene glycol or combinations thereof.