Apparatus and method for using effervescent tablets for cosmetic care

Abstract

An apparatus and method for providing cosmetic treatment to skin comprise one material chemically active in a solid form preferably in a tablet form and a second material which is chemically reactive with the first material so that effervescence is produced during the reaction. The chemically active materials may be activated by a user for providing cosmetic treatment to skin. The activation releases effervescence which urges granules of the reacting materials onto the skin. The size of the granules lowers during the reaction thus providing continuously refining peeling to the skin.

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         17 . A tablet for cosmetically treating skin tissue comprising:
 the tablet comprising at least a first active material and at least a second active material, one of the active materials including a base material and the other of the active materials including an acid material, said first and said second active materials being in solid form, the tablet having two opposed faces, an outer, exposed face and an inner-facing face;   the tablet further comprising a mounting base, the mounting base being formed about the periphery of the tablet;   the mounting base further comprising a connector for attaching the tablet to a handpiece;   wherein, upon activation by an activating material, the activating material being in a non-solid form, carbon dioxide is produced by the reaction of the acid material and the base material; and   further comprising the addition of one or more of the following additional materials to the tablet: skin-lightening materials, pain relief materials, anti-inflammatory materials, vitamins, fragrances, wrinkle reduction chemicals, moisturizing materials, anti-acne materials, anti-oxidant materials, anti-bacterial materials and gliding agents.   
     
     
         18 . The tablet of  claim 17 , wherein the base material substantially comprises sodium bicarbonate and the acid material substantially comprises citric acid. 
     
     
         19 . A method comprising:
 providing the tablet for cosmetically treating the skin tissue of  claim 17 ;   passing activating material onto the tablet to cause the tablet to effervesce on the exposed face of the tablet; and,   engaging and rubbing the exposed face of the tablet against the skin tissue, including engaging the skin tissue with the additional materials, thereby cosmetically treating the skin tissue.