Claims
- 1. A method of moisturizing the skin which comprises applying to the skin a cosmetic or pharmaceutical composition containing a stable transparent magnetic particle composition prepared by contacting a magnetic iron metal species with an ion exchange resin under conditions which permit binding between the metal and the resin, and rinsing the metal-bound resin with a basic rinse to achieve a pH of about 8.5-10.0.
- 2. The method of claim 1 in which the resin is a cation exchange resin.
- 3. The method of claim 1 in which the metal is an iron compound and the resin is a dextran-based resin.
- 4. The method of claim 1 in which the composition comprises from 0.0001-20% by weight of a magnetic iron species bound to a cation exchange resin.
- 5. The method of claim 4 in which the composition is in the form of a gel, cream, dispersion, emulsion, suspension, lotion, foam, or a mousse.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of copending U.S. Ser. No. 08/724,455, filed Oct. 1, 1996, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
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