Abstract

A NEW INNOVATION OF KERATIN BASED DRESSING IN SKIN WOUND HEALING AND TISSUE REGENERATION

Sujayita Mazumder*, Anamika Saha, Sherya Verma, Gourab Biswas and Anwesha Naskar

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Abstract

Chronic wounds are a major issue that takes longer time than usual and is difficult to heal. Various potential dressing methods are studied on both healthy and unhealthy people to look over its potential and effectiveness to heal the wound in a short time. Anciently, traditional dressing was used. But in recent days, keratin is bringing out an evolutionary change in wound healing treatment. This development takes the help of natural materials to cover-up the surface of the wound to avoid direct exposure to atmosphere, that may be interactive to the wound, followed by any further infection, thus slowing down the healing process. Keratin is a versatile protein that activates the skin cells that stimulate the production of small peptides into the wound bed, which gradually facilitates healing and also used as tissue regeneration medicine. In this technique high sterility is maintained. A single pack is advised to use for a single patient to avoid any contamination. A proper packaging of the medicament should be overview during purchasing to keep away any kind of incompatibility or irritation among the patient and the medicaments. On the other hand, keratin is not found to show any adverse effect till date. So, it can be considered as one of the most convenient methods to get rid over wounds.

Keywords: Keratinocytes, Peptide, Scheloprotein, tissue regeneration medicine, wound healing.