Faster growth with silica?

[kristib123]

I've been taking it off and on for years. I originally took it for my nails and they always would grow so long and strong that people thought they were fake! The moment I would stop taking it all my nails would break off.

As far as hair growth? Never paid any attention to that but now that I am growing my hair out I will be paying attention. I am also taking biotin (5,000 mcg) and MSM (2,000 mg) and have grown over an inch in less than a month I have no comparison to what my normal hair growth rate is but I am now writing it down on a calendar and will be watching.

I take Silica (horsetail) 500 mg pills x2 per day. I buy it at the vitamin store at our mall though they do have a website- vitaminworld.com

[LaceyNg]

Thanks!
What kind did you take? I've seen some from horsetail, I don't know what other kinds there are.

sorry, just now saw this! yes, i take horsetail. i'm not sure what other kinds there are either. i've been thinking about switching to DE after i run out of this bottle though.

[vagabundo_verde]

It might be a bit late for this thread, but would you recommend taking silica supplements or rather getting the nutrition from eating foods rich in silica such as cucumbers, etc. I was wondering if anyone had better effects from the first or the latter?

[LeonineMane]

Reviving this thread.
Has anyone tried bamboo silica? It's supposed to be far superior than the horsetail variety:

"Bamboo extract is the richest known source of natural silica containing over 70% organic silica. This is more than 10 times the level as found in the widely used Horsetail plant (Equisetum) that contains about 5 - 7% silica."

I've bought some to try out since the last time I tried silica (no faster growth) was with the horsetail kind *fingers crossed*