ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,323, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to MARY KAY INC. (Addison, Texas).
"Methods and compositions for treating striae distensae" was invented by Tiffany Carle (Dallas), Geetha Kalahasti (Plano, Texas), Shona Burkes (Dallas) and David Gan (Southlake, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of treating fine lines or wrinkles in a person's skin or treating a person's sagging or loose skin is disclosed. The method can include topically applying to the fine line or wrinkle or to sagging or loose skin an effective amount of a topical composition comprising a Myrciaria dubia fruit extract, a Peucedanum graveolens extract, and tetrahex...