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Topic: biotin breakouts
Posted By: dncamup
Subject: biotin breakouts
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 9:17am
I just bought a new brand of Biotin with a higher dosage....my face
started to break out!!! I have heard how this is a side effect, but am I to
stop taking this vitamin completely or will this pass in time?

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Posted By: Renee
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 10:07am
mine passed with time. i think it is advisable to drink more water. im not sure...lets wait patiently for the experts....


Posted By: savantrice
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 10:54am

i'm far from an expert...but drinking more water sounds like a really good idea.

how high is your biotin dosage?  i have 300mcg pills...and i take one or two a day (arbitrarily...but gear towards one pil)...any higher and i woudl start wondering if the benefits would outweigh the positive...

but i felt like it may have actually IMPROVED my complexion.



Posted By: BrownEyez2
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 11:08am
I've been taking biotin for about a 2-3 months now and haven't experienced any breakouts whatsoever.  But I do recommend taking each dosage with a FULL glass of water and to drink as much as you can throughout the day.

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Posted By: sugaplum
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 12:25pm

dncamup,

I experienced the same thing.  But my problem was the Biotin (5000 mcgs) was waaayyy too high!! No matter how much water I drank.   My hair didn't really grow but I started to grow a moustache and urr umm...hair in other places started growing rapidly!!  

The first 2 weeks of taking the Biotin I became light headed!!   Then the next 2 weeks my skin was fine until one night I was breaking out like something fierce.  I'm off of it now and I only take Centrum & Flaxseed oil.

HTH



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Posted By: dncamup
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 12:28pm

My dosage is 5000 also! I increased it because I have read in so many places that it is the hair growing vitamin. I guess that I will go back to the drawing board with these hair growing vitamins. Does anyone have any tried and true alternatives....it seems like my hair is at a standstill



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Posted By: Cinnamon
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 12:37pm
I've been taking Biotin for about six months and for me it has done the opposite.  It makes my skin clear and smooth, however I do have the occassional zit or two but I think that I need to find a better facial cleansing product then the one I have.

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Posted By: dncamup
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 12:38pm
WHOA IS ME.....what shall I do?

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Posted By: sugaplum
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 2:05pm

Originally posted by dncamup dncamup wrote:

WHOA IS ME.....what shall I do?

My advice would be start start low and gradually improve.  I heard that there is only so much Biotin that the body can take and anything over that amount is just wasted.  I'm not sure though.

I read in one forum where a young lady broke her vitamin in half and mixed it in with her smoothies in the morning. 

 

HTH

 



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Posted By: dncamup
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 6:41pm
Thanx for everyone's advice!!!

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Posted By: carameldiva
Date Posted: June 02 2005 at 8:59am
ITA with Renee, drink more water, as someone else was saying you may want to start with a lower dosage, you can take biotin and msm together- that may help and if you do this increase your vitamin c intake. Good luck, the break outs will go away with time.

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Posted By: Renee
Date Posted: June 02 2005 at 10:55am
i know i started with taking 1000mcg every 3 days, then increasing to 2000 then 2500 then 4000 before getting to taking 5000mcg. i'd always been taking MSM with it so i guess that helped a little. and i also take 500mg vitamin C.


Posted By: dncamup
Date Posted: June 02 2005 at 9:52pm
So what is the connection with Biotin and MSM?

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Posted By: sugaplum
Date Posted: June 03 2005 at 11:40am

Originally posted by dncamup dncamup wrote:

So what is the connection with Biotin and MSM?

You know what, dncamup, I'm not sure.  I know MSM is good for joint flexibility.  But I do know that the GNC Nouishair vitamins has Biotin, MSM, & Silica and these 3 ingredients work great together.



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Posted By: dncamup
Date Posted: June 03 2005 at 10:18pm
Thanx.....I may have to do a lil research!

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Posted By: BRI_BETHEA
Date Posted: June 06 2005 at 7:40pm

What type of MSM?(powder,pills ect.)



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Posted By: BrownEyez2
Date Posted: June 06 2005 at 8:05pm

There are different forms available. I prefer the tablets. I've purchased 2 different types of the tablet form. The 1st ones were rather LARGE and difficult to swallow (for me). The 2nd type,and the ones I use now, are in capsule form w/ the powder mixture inside. Much easier for me to swallow. I'd gag every time on the other ones!

 



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Posted By: Renee
Date Posted: June 06 2005 at 8:30pm
i just got the powder. prefer it cos it has a higher dosage (3000mg), it doesnt tatse in whatever you add it to and your body absorbs it a lot faster. and i dont have to take as many pics

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Posted By: loonatick
Date Posted: June 15 2005 at 5:29am
i think my biotin is breaking me out too. i take 1 mg a day, is this too much? on the bottle it says this is 666% of our RDA  maybe i should take half a tablet a day, or i every few days


Posted By: Sistaslick
Date Posted: June 15 2005 at 8:28am

Originally posted by loonatick loonatick wrote:

i think my biotin is breaking me out too. i take 1 mg a day, is this too much? on the bottle it says this is 666% of our RDA  maybe i should take half a tablet a day, or i every few days

 

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