Abstract: A regime or regimen for promoting cohesion and/or organization of the epidermal horny layer, notably for promoting homogeneity and/or clarity of the complexion, for improving the homogeneity and/or the staying power of makeup compositions on the skin or the lips, for preventing impairment of the horny layer induced by a cosmetic or dermatological active agent, or for promoting cohesion of the horny layer in the preparation of reconstructed epidermis and/or reconstructed skin, entails administering to an individual in need of such treatment, for such period of time as required to elicit the desired effect, a cosmetic/dermatological composition which contains up to 8% by weight of 8-hexadecene-1,16-dicarboxylic acid, formulated into a physiologically acceptable medium therefor.

Abstract: The invention concerns novel compounds of the N-acylamino-amide family, compositions, in particular cosmetic or pharmaceutical, containing them, and their use for treating body or face skin ageing, whether chronobiologic or light-induced, and in particular skin ageing caused by decrease of skin elasticity and/or by collagen degradation in the structure of tissues.

Abstract: A method for inducing and/or stimulating the growth of hair and/or slowing down hair loss comprising administering an effective amount of at least one metalloprotease inhibitor or any functional biological equivalent thereof and an acceptable carrier therefor.

Abstract: A cosmetic or dermatological composition characterized in that it comprises an association between an elastase inhibitor compound of the N-acylaminoamide family and at least one anti-inflammatory compound.

Abstract: The invention concerns novel compounds of the N-acylamino-amide family, compositions, in particular cosmetic or pharmaceutical, containing them, and their use for treating body or face skin ageing, whether chronobiologic or light-induced, and in particular skin ageing caused by decrease of skin elasticity and/or by collagen degradation in the structure of tissues.

Abstract: Cosmetic or dermatological composition characterized in that it comprises a combination of an elastase inhibitor of the N-acylaminoamide family and at least one antifungal agent or at least one antibacterial agent.

Abstract: The invention concerns novel compounds of the N-acylamino-amide family, compositions, in particular cosmetic or pharmaceutical, containing them, and their use for treating body or face skin ageing, whether chronobiologic or light-induced, and in particular skin ageing caused by decrease of skin elasticity and/or by collagen degradation in the structure of tissues.

Abstract: A cosmetic or dermatological composition characterized in that it comprises an association between an elastase inhibitor compound of the N-acylaminoamide family and at least one metalloproteinase inhibiting compound.

Abstract: Novel pyrimidine N-oxide compounds and salts thereof, well suited for stimulating the growth of keratin fibers (e.g., the hair or the eyelashes) and/or limiting the loss thereof and/or increasing their density, have the formula (A): in which n is an integer ranging from 2 to 12; R1 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl radical, optionally substituted with a group —OR?, —NR?R? or —COOR?, R1 having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or is NR?R?; R2 is hydrogen, —NR3R4, —OR3, or —SR3, wherein R3 and R4, which may be identical or different, are each a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl radical, optionally substituted with a group —OR?, —NR?R? or —COOR?, R2 having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, with the proviso that R3 and R4 may form part of a saturated or unsaturated ring member of 4 to 7 atoms, optionally containing at least one hetero atom; and R? and R?, which may be identical or different, are each hydrogen or a saturated, linear or branched C1-C3 alkyl radical.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of prostaglandin EP-3 receptor antagonists as cosmetic agents for attenuating, reducing or stopping the loss of head hair and other hairs.

Abstract: A cosmetic or dermatological composition characterized in that it comprises an association between an elastase inhibitor compound of the N-acylaminoamide family and at least one metalloproteinase inhibiting compound.

Abstract: Pharmaceutical/cosmetic compositions comprising a therapeutically effective amount of at least one peptide containing the lysine-proline-valine tripeptide sequence, the proline moiety of which existing in its dextrorotatory optical isomer form (DPro), or functional biological equivalent thereof, are well suited for the treatment of inflammation disease states afflicting a mammalian subject.

Abstract: The invention concerns novel compounds of the family of 3-Alkyl-(4,5 diphenyl-imidazol-1-yl), their synthesis method and cosmetic, hygienic or pharmaceutical compositions containing them. The invention also concerns the use, in a physiologically acceptable medium, in or for preparing a soothing composition, of at least a compound of the family of 3-Alkyl-(4,5 diphenyl-imidazol-1-yl). The invention further concerns the use, in a physiologically acceptable medium, in or for producing a composition, of at least a compound of the family of 3-Alkyl-(4,5 diphenyl-imidazol-1-yl), the compound or the composition being designed to soothe skin troubles such as sensitive skins, discomfort, gnawing, itching, irritations, red spots, heat and/or flush sensations, advantageously sensitive and/or irritable and/or reactive and/or allergic symptoms of the skin and/or the scalp and/or mucosa.

Abstract: Cosmetic or dermatological composition characterized in that it comprises an association between an elastase inhibiting compound of the N-acylaminoamide family and at least one compound for reducing hair loss and/or enhancing hair regrowth.

Abstract: The invention concerns novel compounds of the family of 3-Alkyl-(4,5 diphenyl-imidazol-1-yl), their synthesis method and cosmetic, hygienic or pharmaceutical compositions containing them The invention also concerns the use, in a physiologically acceptable medium, in or for preparing a soothing composition, of at least a compound of the family of 3-Alkyl-(4,5 diphenyl-imidazol-1-yl). The invention further concerns the use, in a physiologically acceptable medium, in or for preparing a composition, a compound of the family of 3-Alkyl-(4,5 diphenyl-imidazol-1-yl), the compound and the composition being designed for soothing skin troubles such as sensitive skins, discomfort, gnawing, itching, irritations, red spots, heat and/or flush sensations, advantageously sensitive and/or irritable and/or reactive and/or allergic symptoms of the skin and/or the scalp and/or mucosa.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of at least one protectin or protectin precursor production activator in a cosmetic composition or for preparing a composition intended to limit the side-effects of complement activation on the skin, mucosae and/or scalp. It also relates to compositions comprising such activators, to a method of selecting a product capable of protecting the cell membranes and a cosmetic method of enhancing the skin's resistance to the effects of complement activation.

Abstract: A method for inducing and/or stimulating the growth of hair and/or slowing down hair loss comprising administering an effective amount of at least one metalloprotease inhibitor or any functional biological equivalent thereof and an acceptable carrier therefor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the cosmetic or pharmaceutical use of an extract of a nonfruiting nonphotosynthetic filamentous bacterium in a composition containing a cosmetically or pharmaceutically acceptable medium, as an agent increasing the endogenous synthesis of superoxide dismutase, in particular for preventing and/or limiting the formation of free radicals and/or removing the free radicals present in cells; in addition, the invention relates to a composition comprising at least one extract of Vitreoscilla filiformis and lycopene.

Abstract: Hair growth-/hair loss-affecting cosmetic/therapeutic compositions contain an effective amount of at least one 2-amino-4-alkylaminopyrimidine 3-oxide having the structural formula (I): in which R1 is an alkyl radical having from 5 to 20 carbon atoms, and Z is either a hydrogen atom or a radical −OR2, wherein R2 is an alkyl radical having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, or an acyl derivative or acid addition salt thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for densification of the hair, comprising a stage of application to the hair and/or the scalp of a composition consisting, in a physiologically acceptable medium, of an effective quantity of at least one precursor of densification chosen from among the compounds comprising at least one aromatic cycle having at least two hydroxyl groups borne by two consecutive carbon atoms of the aromatic cycle and an effective quantity of a catalytic system comprising one first constituent chosen from among the salts and oxides of Mn(II) and/or Zn(II) and mixtures thereof and a second constituent chosen from among the alkaline hydrogenocarbonates, the alkaline-earth hydrogenocarbonates and mixtures thereof.