biotin
i take 1 1000mcg tablet daily (333% of rda)
this is a vitamin i began taking solely because of my alopecia.
from "prescription for nutritional healing"
sufficient quantities of biotin are needed for healthy hair and skin. one hundred milligrams of biotin daily may prevent hair loss in some men. biotin also promotes healthy sweat glands, nerve tissue, and bone marrow. in addition, it helps to relieve muscle pain.a deficiency of biotin can cause anemia, depression, hair loss, high blood sugar, inflammation or pallor of the skin and mucous membranes, insomnia, loss of appetite, muscular pain, nausea and soreness of the tongue.
it's funny, isn't it, that a vitamin you've never heard of could be so essential to so many things...
every time i visit my dermatologist for my hair loss, i hear "biotin, biotin, biotin." i even have a biotin shampoo (which i admit i have abandoned in favor of curlfriends ;-)
i should also admit that my alopecia hasn't been cured (nor will it ever be, i suspect) but i feel like the hair i DO have has gotten healthier since i've been taking the biotin supplement.
Posted by xta at August 31, 2004 12:02 AM | TrackBackThanks for posting this! I'm going to try biotin myself. A couple of years ago I lost hair in a spot (I discovered it after getting my hair cut really, really short!), and then later in another spot. Both grew back on their own (I did use an aromatherapy oil treatment I read about at the People's Pharmacy site), but I'm expecting it to happen again someday. I also just have really thin hair, especially at the nape of my neck where I lost it years ago after having radiation treatments. It just came back thinner. So I'll add biotin to my handful of supplements now.
Posted by: Lisa B. at August 31, 2004 08:19 AMmy hair has definitely been thinning in the front; i suspect it's just genetics, my mom has a receding hairline as do her sisters. however, given the insomnia i'm also having, i'm guessing it would not hurt for me to try this stuff!
Posted by: lisa at August 31, 2004 09:25 AMThis info is all great, but i cant buy biotin anywhere! Nowhere, its not even available on prescription.
Posted by: missinggirl at July 19, 2006 03:45 PM