Disclaimer: I am not a doctor, nurse, nutritionist, herbalist, or otherwise medically trained person.
I am an ordinary person who has suffered from adult acne since 1995 and have found no solution to my acne through conventional medicine.
Biotin
posted by Colleen Shirazi,
Friday, September 29, 2006
at 6:26 PM (Pacific)
I started taking a biotin supplement almost three weeks ago. Actually I started taking it for hair loss. I read on the beauty boards about it, did some online research (not that there is that much information about supplements online, try this page: Vitamins). You'll note on that page it says 2500 mcg would be the maximum amount of biotin to take daily, where 500 to 1500 mcg would be a "typical therapeutic daily dose."
Anyhow I decided to give it a try. I've had thin hair for much of my life and couldn't find anything bad about biotin supplements on the Net (in our lawsuit-driven culture, I would expect to find something if there was anything). I've been taking the supplement every day.
It does work for hair loss--noticeably. Much less hair falling out after washing, and throughout the day. For me, these were seldom broken hairs (most hairs that were shed had a piece of root still intact).
Why I'm posting this here, I noticed my skin got slightly better after beginning the supplement. Nothing dramatic--not nearly as dramatic as my diet changes, Yasmin/Ortho Tricyclen, multi-vitamin, etc. But still slightly better...smoother.
