Did biotin make your hair grow faster?

[EtherealOde]

My hair grows a little bit faster, the main thing for me is that the new growth looks so nice. Healthier and seems thicker, though part of that might be illusion due to normal hair returning after a big shed where my hair got pretty thin (I could actually see my scalp in places yikes!!!). I don't care though, either way it is looking better so that's all that matters.

I do get pimples, however that was happening before the biotin, due to hormonal changes from a sudden surgical menopause (which also caused the hairloss I believe). The pimples are generally small, and certainly not any worse than they were before so I can't say biotin is to blame in any way.

I just wish they would go away as I never ever had pimples aside from the rare single one that would sometimes pop up, but now that I am 50 and in menopause suddenly I have them and it's quite disconcerting. I have no idea what to do to make them go away, so have been trying a multitude of different items from the sections of the beauty aisle for skin that I used to just breeze past. Ugh, gives me a whole new sympathetic feeling for when teens go through this phase.

*edit* forgot to mention my doseage, 7500 mcg

[Mary <><]

Where do you buy this at?

I get mine at Earth Fare! Should have it almost anywhere vitamins are sold.

ETA: Ooops, forgot to post my dosage! I use about 8mg a day (8000mcg). I grew 9" my first year using it, but I have been in a stall lately so I'm kinda discouraged right now. Although I did switch brands, so maybe that had something to do with it. I was originally using Earth Fare's brand, but switched to something else (can't think of name of it). I recently switched back to the EF brand, so I will see if that helps. I have some skin issues anyway, but I did not notice any increase in using biotin.

[drquartz1970]

I have been taking Biotin for 12 months, and haven't noticed any increase in hair growth spurt at all, and do not get any pimples or rashes from it. My growth has been regular 1.25cm per month with no noticeable increase or slow down in that time. 12 months ago the longest hair strand was 12cm now it's at 27.5cm so it more or less confirms that my personal growth rate falls within the normal range of 15 cm or 6 inches a year.

However I did notice that my nails are growing faster and are stronger then before. And based on the number of hairs found in the seive of shower the shedding rate is low. And I believe that my hair is a bit thicker then before.

Anyway I decided on 1st July 2009 to try a 60 day trial of 3000 mcg of Biotin daily up from my usual dosage of 600 mcg every 2 days so an 10 fold increase to see what happens. So far I have measure 1.5cm gain in a 5 week period which indicates that the growth level is still the same as before. I did hear that one great thing that Biotin does is increase the health and strength of the hair while extending the growth anagen (or life span) of the hair for longer, which of course is essential for being able to have longer hair.

[irishcurls]

It make my hair grow thick and strong and I grow and inch a month. My nails are alos strong and i have always had a problem with that. And I think it has actually helped my acne. Its for your skin. I have been having wonderful results with it.

[Lilli]

Well, it has been too short a time to see if it is helping my hair grow, but I have 6 (!) ouchy hard zits on my chin (and my skin is usually perfect.) I am going to try to wait them out. Also my nails are growing really fast - that I have noticed. We'll see how long I can handle the zits.

[Gingevere]

Yes, it absolutely made my hair grow faster! It used to grow less than 1/2" per month and now I usually see about 3/4" of growth. I used to take a Hair/Skin/Nails supplement once per day, so that was 1,000 mcg of biotin. I recently switched to a regular multivitamin along with straight biotin, for a total of 2,800 mcg per day.

As for zits... well, I always have zits, so I didn't notice anything. My nails did grow like crazy, though.

[Fethenwen]

Don't know about growth, but it sure got thicker and stronger. And my nails got stronger too. My supplements do not contain that much biotin though, it might be the silica which is making my hair thicker.

[82exoticbeauty]

Biotin did make my hair grow fast and it did not give me any acnes! The only think I get is only 1 acne when it's due to stress, but when I stress, my hair still grow fast!

[silverspun]

It worked, and i measured twice a month to make sure it worked. it grew my hair an inch every month for about 2 months in a row, but i stopped measuring ever since i cut my hair. it makes my nails grow more, which usually dont last at all.

I used hair/skin/nails vitamins, which includes biotin. At the time I took them everyday at different times with 3 meals a day. Even if it doesn't grow faster all the time, it will grow a better quality of hair. I did not notice more breakouts, though everyone is different. I think taking vitamins in general these days would be a smart move anyway.

ps. and idk if this is from the vitamins or not, but my hair never sheds... or at least that's how it feels. I may have short hair, but it's still supposed to shed... my hair feels pretty strong.

[Aer]

It made my hair grow, but I got a few break outs, but once I switched my skin are routine up alittle and I got used to it, my skin went back to normal, and my hair grew.