Proteins as Hair Styling Agents

The perming of hair is a common styling procedure with negative impact on the overall properties fibers. Usually, this process uses harsh chemicals to promote disruption disulfide bonds and formation new change shape hair. Here, we explored bovine serum albumin (BSA), silk fibroin (SF), keratin two fusion recombinant proteins (KP-UM KP-Cryst) as agents. A phosphate buffer prepared at different pH values (5, 7 9) was used apply virgin Asian hair, hot BaByliss curl To assess potential protein formulations for styling, efficiency resistance wash were measured. Furthermore, fiber water content evaluated if protected during process. Despite all being able assist in curling best results observed BSA keratin. These showed close that measured commercial product (chemical method), particularly 5 9. increase hair’s internal external contents revealed protective effect provided by application heat procedure. This study shows be development eco-friendly products.