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Oil exploration has enormous economic benefits; however, these benefits are associated with environmental issues arising from oil spills. Numerous methods exist for cleaning up oil spills along with their aftereffect as well as huge financial burden. Hence, the shift to methods that are environmentally friendly and cost effective is imperative so the efficiency and mechanics of using human hair to clean up crude oil contaminated water using various parameters such as contact time, recovery and reuse, adsorbent dosage, temperature, modification. Human hair, being hydrophobic and a biosorbent, has proven to be an efficient material in removing oil from water with a maximum adsorption capacity of crude oil as well as its recovery and reusability. It is independent of the external factors like temperature etc. unlike other methods. Human hair can be modified into boom to clean-up oil spills. Since hair is just a waste product, it has proven to be a cost-effective method. It can adsorb up to 9 times its own weight. Lately, it has been used to clear up a few oil spills successfully and has proven to be a quick process. This is a promising area that researchers need to focus more on in order to explore the huge benefits it presents