Cosmetic Textiles: Concepts, Application and Prospects

Abstract

Clothes have always fulfilled a variety of functions – be it fashion, warmth, protection or support. In recent years, however, the cooperation between physicians, surgeons, microbiologists, physiologists and textile scientists has produced a multitude of innovative applications for textiles, especially in the function and intelligent field. In these studies, the active cosmetic textiles are a novel concept of releasing cosmetic active substances to the human skin. Due to the textile be in contact with the skin, all kinds of skin care ingredients (anti-aging, whitening, sunscreens, vitamin etc.) can be incorporated into textile materials and the release substances from the clothing may directly be absorbed by the skin. These textiles are able to help people who are not able to use any cosmetic products and one-spot care the sensitive skin which the filled active substance can, over time, slowly released onto your skin. In combination with our recent studies, the progress and application of active cosmetic textiles has been introduced in this paper. The preparation and characterization has also been introduced with examples.