biotin breakouts
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Topic: biotin breakouts
Posted By: dncamup
Subject: biotin breakouts
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 9:17am
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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? ------------- LOVE YA BUT A SISTA GOTTA GO |
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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....
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Posted By: savantrice
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 10:54am
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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
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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. ------------- ~~  LIVE YOUR BEST LIFE!~~
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Posted By: sugaplum
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 12:25pm
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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. The first 2 weeks of taking the Biotin I became light headed!! HTH ------------- 100% Natural BC - 4/21/07 Love All Gods' Creatures |
My hair didn't really grow but I started to grow a moustache and urr umm...hair in other places started growing rapidly!! 
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. Posted By: dncamup
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 12:28pm
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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 ------------- LOVE YA BUT A SISTA GOTTA GO |
Posted By: Cinnamon
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 12:37pm
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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. ------------- http://www.TickerFactory.com/"> 
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Posted By: dncamup
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 12:38pm
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WHOA IS ME.....what shall I do? ------------- LOVE YA BUT A SISTA GOTTA GO |
Posted By: sugaplum
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 2:05pm
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My advice would be start start low and gradually improve. 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
------------- 100% Natural BC - 4/21/07 Love All Gods' Creatures |
dncamup wrote:Posted By: dncamup
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 6:41pm
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Thanx for everyone's advice!!! ------------- LOVE YA BUT A SISTA GOTTA GO |
Posted By: carameldiva
Date Posted: June 02 2005 at 8:59am
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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. ------------- Me and you, your cousin and your momma too rollin on da strip on bow's |
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
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So what is the connection with Biotin and MSM? ------------- LOVE YA BUT A SISTA GOTTA GO |
Posted By: sugaplum
Date Posted: June 03 2005 at 11:40am
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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. ------------- 100% Natural BC - 4/21/07 Love All Gods' Creatures |
Posted By: dncamup
Date Posted: June 03 2005 at 10:18pm
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Thanx.....I may have to do a lil research! ------------- LOVE YA BUT A SISTA GOTTA GO |
Posted By: BRI_BETHEA
Date Posted: June 06 2005 at 7:40pm
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What type of MSM?(powder,pills ect.) ------------- 3C/4A Realaxed |
Posted By: BrownEyez2
Date Posted: June 06 2005 at 8:05pm
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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
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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 ------------- |
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
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Posted By: Sistaslick
Date Posted: June 15 2005 at 8:28am
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wow! ------------- 
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