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Journal of Cosmetics, Dermatological Sciences and Applications, 2011, 1, 99-105 doi:10.4236/jcdsa.2011.13015 Published Online August 2011 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/jcdsa) From Waste Materials Skin-Friendly Nanostructured Products to Save Humans and the Environment Pierfrancesco Morganti1,2,3, Yuan-Hong Li4 1Applied Cosmetic Dermatology, University of Naples, Naples, Italy; 2China Medical University, Shenyang, China; 3R D Centre of Nanoscience Mavi Sud s.r.l, Aprilia, Italy; 4Department of Dermatology, No. 1 Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China. Email: morganti@iscd.it; info@mavicosmetics.it; morganti@mavicosmetics.it Received May 18th, 2011; revised July 5th, 2011; accepted July 26th, 2011. ABSTRACT Waste material from the fishing industry disposed off-shore exceeds 250 billion tons/year, and it is considered hazard- ous due to its high perishability and polluting effect, both on land and sea. Considering the actual production of chitin, chitosan and oligosaccharides from crustaceons, it is understandable how difficult it is to eliminate all the waste mate- rial obtained from food industry, therefore the need for more innovation and creativity. With this in mind we propose an industrial use of the natural chitin nanocrystals (known as chitin-nanofibrils-CN) to produce innovative cosmetics, food supplements and protective films that can improve our way of living while saving the environment. Keywords : Waste, Chitin, Chitin Nanofibrils 1. Introduction human body have, in fact, unusual multifunctional prop- erties including, high tensile strength, interesting bioac- Terrestrial organisms, cultured and used on an industrial tivity, easy biodegradability, eco-biocompatibility; they scale such as silkworm