Biobased Tissues for Innovative Cosmetic Products: Polybioskin as an EU Research Project

Textiles and nonwoven tissues made of petrol-derived polymer fibers, interact with the skin functions in a dynamic pattern, and could provoke injury and inflammation. The safety aspects of polymer fibers, related to their biological characteristics, such as biodegradability, biocompatibility and antigenicity, indeed, are of great importance for biomedical applications [20,23,27].Therefore, the necessity of using biobased polymer fibers and nonwoven tissues, characterized for their protective effectiveness and free of undesirable side effects such as cytotoxicity or allergic, sensitizing and irritating reactions, drives the cosmetic market. These natural tissues, the production of which has been increased by the use of nanotechnology, are made of bio-fibers able to sense and hinder different stimuli elicited from outside and inside the skin. The production of these polymer fibers and non-woven tissue is the aim of the PolyBioSkin project that specifically focuses on the development and fabrication of innovative sanitary, cosmetic and wound care products provided with innovative behavior and functionality. Of course, the success of the proposed products will be connected with the advanced composite materials produced, their human safety and effectiveness, to be tested both in vitro