PPT Receives Patent for Award-Winning Skin Care Product with Melanin
San Antonio-based PhotoProtective Technologies has been awarded a US patent for a skin care product that utilizes a specially formulated melanin that filters more of the sun's blue light associated with damage and wrinkles, and that transmits more of the red and near infrared parts of the sunlight associated with repair. The product has received international attention coming in first place for Most Innovative Ingredient at the Annual In-Cosmetics trade show in Milan, Italy.
SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Photoprotective Technologies (PPT) has just received US patent 10/357,124 for its HEV Melanin used in skin care products. This water-based ingredient is currently used in skincare products such as creams or makeup and is distributed by Vantage Specialty Ingredients under a license with PPT. The award-winning product addresses the growing need to protect the skin from blue light as well as UV.
Melanin - Nature's Sunscreen.
Melanin is in the skin to protect against damage from sunlight. It's widely known that people with more melanin have less wrinkles and less damage to their skin.
Melanin - Providing UV and Blue Light Protection + Red Light Repair.
Melanin is more than a UV filter; it also filters the higher energy visible (HEV) light which is now considered to be damaging and able to penetrate deeper into the skin. However, melanin may provide more than protection by transmitting a relatively high percentage of the red and near infrared light that some studies have associated with repair of the skin.
PPT has modified its melanin to take this idea a step further by formulating a melanin that filters even more of the blue light and transmits still more of the red light. In essence, an ingredient that not only protects the skin but also provides repair - beyond that offered by Nature.
PPT is also known world-wide for its patents and technologies relating to the use of melanin in eyecare products such as lenses for sunglasses and computer glasses.
SOURCE PhotoProtective Technologies, Inc.
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