CPC A61K 8/64 (2013.01) [A61K 8/731 (2013.01); A61Q 5/06 (2013.01)] | 8 Claims |
1. A method of straightening hair, the method comprising:
applying to the hair cysteine, sodium metabisulfite or a combination thereof to thereby obtain cleaved disulfide bonds in the hair;
applying arginine or chitosan to the hair, having cleaved disulfide bonds and heat treating the hair;
subsequently to heat treating the hair, applying to the hair a formulation containing cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) bonded to cellulose binding domain (CBD)-modified resilin in a non-covalent interaction; and
subsequent to applying the formulation containing the CNC, applying heat and pressure to the hair, to cause hair straightening without causing damage to hair,
thereby straightening the hair.
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