Did biotin make your hair grow faster?

[jbn]

I take 5 mg biotin and Omega 3 6 & 9 daily plus synthroid and a few other meds. I'm almost 70 years old and started growing form collar length 2 1/2 years ago. I have noticed some increase in growth and thickness, but my eye brows have gone wild. I need to trim them once a week. The nails have grown stronger too.

John

[diamantenstaub]

I have to say: Yes, it did!
I use a mix of biotin, zinc and millet (I hope that the correct translation..) and it really helps a lot! My hair grows faster and also stronger. I think you can see that my hairline is pretty strong and shiny!!! Plus it also helps my nails. They are usually very thin and frail and now they are also kind of stronger than before! So I think it helps!

[SC]

Last time I tried biotin I took 5mg a day and it really helped, well at least with my nails. I can't remember what it did to my hair but I think that it did grow a little faster. Now I started taking 7,5mg a day which is 2500% of daily recommendations of biotin. My hair will grow and my nails will be strong again. If I wouldn't have stopped using biotin at one point my hair could be so much longer by now...

[Pumpkin3826]

I think it has helped with so much!!! I take 10,000 MCG a day. I have noticed it helps my hair grow quicker from about a half an inch a month to 3/4th of an inch sometimes more in the summer. My nails also grow quicker but I have very thin nails, my mom did and her mom did as well so I think that might just be genetic. I have not noticed the biotin strengthening my nails, I just keep them clipped short. I notice body hair grows so much quicker as well.. In the winter months you are so covered that you don't notice then when you happen to wear a tank top you notice how hairy your armpits have gotten in a matter of 5-6 days. Lol. Well at least that is what happens to me. I have not noticed any more acne then usual. I have been taking biotin for about 2 years now. I am one of the lucky people who got adult acne when I was in my early 20's. It is getting better the older I get and the biotin does not make it flare up any more then I normally break out. So I would say don't let that scare you away from trying it out!

[peachyleshy]

I take it now and have in the past. It has never given me zits or made my hair grow faster as far as I can tell. It does seems to help my nails a bit. But I rarely polish them now and that has made quite a difference over the years as well. Maybe I should try the 10,000 MCG?

[lapushka]

I have biotin in my daily multivitamin (a *very* *very* conservative dosage, not even in the thousands) and I have never noticed my hair growing in spurts. I get 1/2 inch a month, and I'm happy with that!

[Aredhel]

No. All it gave me was cystic acne, which I never get otherwise.

[Suze]

No. All it gave me was cystic acne, which I never get otherwise.

Oh, yes!! Me too. Didn't realise it was the biotin at first. Gave me no extra hairgrowth.

[ontheway]

Super high doses of biotin makes me break out. It helps a bit with hair but not a TON. I take about 3-4 mg per day now but don't go higher than that because it definitely breaks me out.

The month where I went hard on it though I did notice my hair grew a bit faster, but maybe my hair always grows that fast? I gain about 1-2 inches per month in the summer and over the last 2 months I've been getting a solid inch per month. I'd love it if it helped thickened up my strands.

[Lizabeth94]

My hair's natural growth (no supplements or special diet), is 1/2 an inch a month, but with 10,000mcg of biotin a day, my hair grows a little over 3/4 inch a month. If I eat a high protein diet as well, 100g+ a day, my hair grows an inch a month, sometimes even more certain times of the year.