Haircare Patent Retains Gloss

US Patent US 12,208,153 B2 Melisse Shaban, Winston-Salem, NC; William Jacobsen, Grafton, MA; and Erin Falco, Winston-Salem, NC. Virtue Labs, Winston-Salem, NC.

Researchers at Virtue Labs patented a method of retaining hair gloss comprising the steps of:

• administering a keratin protein cosmetic composition to a surface of the hair in need of treatment; and

• rinsing the hair to remove any excess keratin protein cosmetic composition thereby retaining hair gloss, wherein the keratin protein cosmetic composition comprises:

• at least one keratin protein derived from human hair; and

• a cosmetic base solution, wherein the keratin protein is not denatured and maintains natural keratin protein conformation, and wherein at least about 30% of the keratin protein exhibits a molecular weight of at least about 443 KDa.