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This study explored using keratin extracted from human hair waste to create biodegradable bioplastic films, revealing promising potential for applications in packaging and disposable items due to their uniform surface morphology and ability to degrade with keratinophilic fungi.

This study reviews the potential to repurpose human hair waste, often discarded from places like barber shops and hospitals, into valuable raw materials for chemical and materials science applications, despite existing challenges in its utilization.

This study developed a biodegradable nonwoven textile using a starch-based biopolymer and fruit extracts, resulting in materials that are stronger, more hydrophilic, and capable of releasing beneficial compounds over 72 hours, positioning them for potential use in medical, healthcare, and cosmetic applications.

In this study, researchers found that the Shindai method effectively extracts keratin from human hair, with female hair yielding more keratin than male hair. The extracted keratin showed high absorption with UV spectrometry and was confirmed as α-keratin through SDS-PAGE analysis.

This review discusses how polymers can be customized to develop biomaterials that mimic the extracellular matrix, exploring their potential in biomedical and biotechnological applications by triggering cell functions similar to natural physiological systems.