Hair treatment composition and hair cosmetic for damaged hair

• US 20060165636A1
• Filed: 03/03/2004
• Published: 07/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Meiji Seika Kaisha Limited (Meiji Holdings Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Meiji Seika Kaisha Limited (Meiji Holdings Company Limited)
• Inventors: Hasebe, Kouhei, Yamada, Kikumi
• Application Number:
  US10/547,492
• Publication Number:
  US 20060165636A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 424/70.140
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/88 Polyamides
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 5/002 Preparations for repairing the hair, e.g. hair cure
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 5/006 Antidandruff preparations
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 5/02 Preparations for cleaning the hair
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 5/10 Preparations for permanently dyeing the hair
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 7/00 Preparations for affecting hair growth

Abstract

The present invention intends to provide a composition for hair treatment containing γ-polyglutamic acid or a salt thereof, a hair cosmetic for damaged hair containing such a composition, and their uses. The composition for hair treatment containing γ-polyglutamic acid or a salt thereof and the hair cosmetic for damaged hair of the present invention have excellent improvement effects on the strength and frictional force of hair, so that they can provide tension, elasticity, or the like to damage hair to prevent or alleviate split hair and broken hair as well as improvements in combing and touch. Furthermore, they also exert effects of moisture retention inherent to γ-polyglutamic acid or a salt thereof, preventing or improving effects on the generation of dandruff on the basis of such effects, preventing effects on the feeling of stickiness or creak, and various effectiveness including appropriate residual tendency to hair in a simultaneous manner, respectively.

Claims

1. A composition for hair treatment for damaged hair, characterized by comprising γ

-polyglutamic acid or a salt thereof.

2. A hair cosmetic for damaged hair, characterized by comprising the composition for hair treatment according to claim 1.

3. A use of γ

-polyglutamic acid or a salt thereof in production of a composition for hair treatment for damaged hair.

4. A method of administering a hair cosmetic containing γ

-polyglutamic acid or a salt thereof to a patient for imparting a strength to damaged hair and lowering a frictional force of the hair.