BIOTIN

hey there! i have been taking biotin for three months now. i decided to take it for the sake of hair health, not necessarily faster growth. i haven`t seen a huge change in my hair- it didn`t take off like a weed or anything but it seems to be going just a tad bit faster if at all. my biggest thing is that i hope it makes my hair stronger as it gets longer. i HAVE heard other people saying how they got good results with faster hair growth from it though.

Kitty Brite, have you had any personal experiences with biotin?

thanks! I`ve been using it for about 2 weeks now, I guess I have to wait tho to see some significant results!

I really want to grow my hair LONG... but i dont want it to take forever!! I was thinking about capilong but i dont know ..it says it makes ur hair thicker and mine is thick enough....what should i use that will make my hair grow longer but not thicker??

I take 5mg of biotin per day.

I've been on biotin for about 2 weeks the first week I started taking 2.5 mg then I was reading on another group how biotin and B5 helps to thicken and grow your hair so I doubled it because the girl said you need at least 3mg. I got a perm about a week and a 1/2 ago and I can already feel a lot of new growth so I would say that it's helping.

how much is to much? i take 600mcg 3 to 4 times a day.

Lyris wrote: According to the FDA, the recommended daily allowance of biotin for adults is .3 milligrams. If you take more than that, it will not provide additional benefit. Your body can only absorb and use so many vitamins over the course of a day, and any additional amount over that limit is simply excreated (now THERE'S a lovely thought!) You can't fill a 5-gallon bucket with 10 gallons of water; likewise, you only benefit from taking the RDA of biotin, which is 300 mcg. This number can vary depending upon which country's agency is determining the RDA.

only 300mcg a day? my biotin is 600mcg for just one. i got new ones that our 800mcg that saids you can take 3times a day. this is odd if only 300mcg is the recommended amout.

Lyris,
The RDA is the amount that is recommended to keep one from getting deficiency diseases, NOT the maximum amount one should take daily. Many many vitamins, including biotin, C, all of the Bs are useful in amounts much greater than the RDA.
The only vitamins that can be potentially harmful at large doses, which need to be researched as to that amount, I don't know off the top of my head, are A, D & E, which are fat soluble and collect in the body and build up.
All the other vitamins are water soluble and the amounts not needed by the body pass out through the urine.
Don't mean to sound bossy or like Miss Knowitall, but have studied vitamins and nutrition for several years. (And had to listen to ex hubby and his mama talk on it for years prior to that!

uperGrover originally wrote Tee-hee I'm turning into a vitamin junkee.

i know what you mean supergrover. i'm a vitamin junkie i take:
1. biotin
2. silica
3. omega 3
4. cod liver
5. b complex
6. a multi vitimin
i keep saying i'm not gong to buy anymore but i still find away to buy more lol. the good news is i think they are working. i'm keeping my fingers cross.