supplements for hair growth

i went out last night and my friend was saying my hair was growing pretty quick...it normally grows quick with me but its been slowing down...

she was telling me to take a supplement called biotin. not sure if any of you have heard of it - but its supposed to be great for yoru skin, nail growth and hair growth. she told me you can't really OD on it because whatever doesn't get absorbed into your body will get discarded by your body.

I looked into it and everything she told me was pretty much dead on.. I am going to go to pick some up and see...


just figured I would pass it on to you girls

I have actually been using Biotin for about 2 months now and I gotta say that my hair has actually grown quite a bit - didn't really notice until the other day.

And my nails do seem to be growing a lot quicker than usual though I always keep them short so I wind up cutting them anyways. Speaking of which i totally need a mani!

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Posted by evita2781

that's cool! where can i get this stuff?

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walmart, walgreens, cvs ect

its in the vitamin aisle

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Posted by kimmaymb20

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Posted by evita2781

that's cool! where can i get this stuff?

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walmart, walgreens, cvs ect

its in the vitamin aisle

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awesome! thanks so much. i hope it can help my hair - falling out part at least.

i take biotin...just started taking it about 2 weeks ago..dont see a change yet but im going to give it a little while.

I was told to only take one pill a day since i also take a multi vitamin (which has some of the same ingredients)

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Posted by evita2781

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Posted by kimmaymb20

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Posted by evita2781

that's cool! where can i get this stuff?

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walmart, walgreens, cvs ect

its in the vitamin aisle

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awesome! thanks so much. i hope it can help my hair - falling out part at least.

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it should it did when I remembered to take the darn thing. Im so bad with vitamins..... and its like $5 for a bottle and the pills are super tiny so they are easy to swallow

Biotin will help make your hair and nails stronger, but it will not prevent the falling out.

BUT, keep in mind that it's winter now, so your skin, and therefore your scalp, will probably be drier than it is in the summer, which CAN make your hair fall out more than normal. Make sure you're staying hydrated during the day and eating a balanced diet.
It won't hurt to take the biotin, (which is in many multivites, btw) but it may not help the falling out situation.

dammit i wrote out a whole thing and something happened to my internet! haha


anyway - why didn't anyone tell me about this pill before?!

Jessie - how long till you started seeing your hair grow a lil quicker?

I've been taking it about a month and havent noticed a difference in anything LOL

I am only taking 1 pill a day and I take it before I go to bed which I think is the problem.

The guy at GNC (who was the president of juice headville ) told me to take 2 but that's not what the bottle says so I went by the bottle.

maybe i should start taking 2 a day? And I know I need to take it in the AM but I always forget

my friend who is a nurse takes prenatal vitamins for her hair and nails, and they look amazing!

(shes not pregnant either)

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Posted by WeezyGirl2354

I've been taking it about a month and havent noticed a difference in anything LOL

I am only taking 1 pill a day and I take it before I go to bed which I think is the problem.

The guy at GNC (who was the president of juice headville ) told me to take 2 but that's not what the bottle says so I went by the bottle.

maybe i should start taking 2 a day? And I know I need to take it in the AM but I always forget

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you r supposed to take it in the AM??? oops - I took one at lunch! haha

juicehead ville.... LOVE IT! ::

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Posted by fdnybride163

my friend who is a nurse takes prenatal vitamins for her hair and nails, and they look amazing!

(shes not pregnant either)

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I have heard to try that! my friend does that - and shes not preggers either... shoulda jsut tried those!

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Posted by mrsq2be

Jessie - how long till you started seeing your hair grow a lil quicker?

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like literally the other day when I blew my hair out and actually saw where it's hitting my back now... it's definitely gotten longer since I remember last (I most have my hair in a pony tail so it's not something I notice often).

My brother is like a mad bio-chemist that works for Pfizer and I asked him about it and he said there is no harm in taking them. He said that since I already take a multivitamin that I should look to take 1 pill a day additional since I'm getting some biotin in my MV already.

the pill i got was 5000 mg... so its apparently 1667% of my DV lol so I dunno if i shoudl really be taking more than 1 a day either...

I always forget to take my multi!

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Posted by mrsq2be

you r supposed to take it in the AM??? oops - I took one at lunch! haha

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I take mine in the morning with my MV after I eat breakfast (I can't take any vitamins without food or I'll throw it up, just a reaction I have). I believe it actually says on the bottle that you should take with food