Did biotin make your hair grow faster?

[turquoisedays]

I do take biotin, but I don't take it in larger amounts because I'm very afraid of cystic acne. I take 300 mcg a day (100% recommended value) and make sure to stay as hydrated as possible to minimize the acne. It's also made my hair grow about 3/4 inch a month as opposed to 1/2. I've always had occasional acne so I honestly can't tell if my dosage impacted it.

[Avaya]

I used to take Biotin, but I didn't notice that my hair grew any faster. It did give me Cystic Acne though, but I was also taking Super Potency Biotin 5000 mcg a day which is probably way to much. I stopped the Biotin and the Cystic Acne went away. I haven't experimented with taking a lower dose because with the higher dose I didn't notice faster growth and I'm afraid I will get Cystic Acne again.

[Pinkster8]

No zits; my skin got better. My nails are growing crazy fast and my hair is growing a little faster, I may have a small amount of new growth too. I'm taking hair skin and nails vitamins with 3,000 mcg biotin per day.

[Apriori]

I voted no and no. I took biotin for half a year, and my hair grew awfully slow in that periode.

[UP Lisa]

I started taking it about 3 months ago, probably. For the first month I took 2000 mcg/day. Lowered that to 1000/day. I don't notice any breakouts, and I don't actually know if it's doing anything for me.

[nala89]

I used to take Biotin (a couple of months back in 2010 I guess) and I didn't really notice a difference. Mair nails didn't grow any faster either and my hair quality wasn't improving so I stopped taking it.

[catamonica]

Biotin did not do a thing for me. Using horse shampoo & wearing my hair in a bun five days a
week has made it grow longer to my hips.

[crazyladyk]

I don't really measure because my hair is pretty short and seeing how far I have to go is depressing lol, but I definitely feel like my hair is growing faster. I am going to continue taking it for a while. Maybe I'll even start measuring.

[Becky9679]

I voted yes but it's really more of a maybe. I've only been taking it for just over a month so I honestly don't know if it was the biotin or some other factor but here is the difference in my length between December 2011 and January. This is the most growth I've ever had in one month since I joined LHC. I take 900 ug per day and I also take spirulina

ETA: My nails also seem to be growing faster and they aren't breaking like they usually do at this length.

December:


January:

[sarah061]

Big difference with my nails, no real difference with my hair - maybe I should have taken it for a few more months? Only took it for about 3...

I stopped taking it because I just didn't want to be on any more pills or supplements, even if they were vitamins.