), I take hair, skin, and nails vitamins. AskWomen: A subreddit dedicated to asking women questions about their thoughts, lives, and experiences; providing a place where all women can comfortably and candidly share their responses in a non-judgmental space. Source: Me and my poor stomach after taking an iron supplement. This is not really makeup related, but I feel like it has a lot to do with the beauty community, and I didn't know where else to post this. yes pls spill the beans!!!! nails healthy. It's also highly controversial/debated by the medical community that we don't need multivitamins at all and should only take supplements prescribed by a doctor after a blood test and I highly agree. Let’s talk about hair, skin and nail supplements. Your body actually will end up just excreting most of the vitamins out any way and the ones that are fat soluble store in the liver and can get to toxic levels in the body. Vitamins aren't going to affect existing hair, and as long as you have a reasonably healthy diet your hair has all it needs to grow. I've only been taking them for almost 2 months so far. I have oily, acne-prone skin and taking biotin made my skin 100000x greasier and gave my giant cystic whiteheads. 10 Hair, Skin, and Nail Vitamins That Actually Work. The minerals manganese and selenium are … By spring-valley. You literally do not know what you’re putting in your body. Biosil specifically targets promoting the growth of collagen and preventing its breakdown. The one "community" (for a lack of better word) that needs to supplement is vegans, and many of them don't want to because vitamins aren't natural and they're made out of chemicals. "It's difficult to say which exact ingredients are working the best, but we know that saw palmetto and marine collagen are both very important," McMichael says. what is this magic u speak of?! Despite its reputation, there is limited research to support the usefulness of biotin in healthy individuals, although it is effective for the treatment of brittle fingernails in … Press J to jump to the feed. I can go up to 1.5 months between root touch-ups (I'm a bottle blonde, so it's super obvious) when I'm not taking them, but probably a month at best when I'm taking them every day. I personally need iron supplements to function, and take hair supplements optionally. Are people really shading beauty supplements cause they don't understand them??? They can only really affect new growth. Vitamins of any kind are basically junk. If you feel that you are vitamin deficient, talk to your primary care provider about which vitamins may be best for your diet. Hair, skin, and nail supplements commonly contain antioxidants such as vitamins A, C, and E, or Coenzyme Q10, as well as biotin, a B-­complex vitamin. Guess how I know that? What you have to do is give the basic Vitamins. You don't produce new ones. Biotin, or vitamin B7, helps maintain the health of our hair, skin and nails and is commonly added to supplements. Biotin, which is the main thing in a lot of hair/skin/nails supplements, is found in a lot of foods. She couldn't just "eat more protein" since she was eating mostly protein already (and cruciferous vegetables). I love that you mentioned the buzzword crap. A good amount of people, including seemingly healthy ones, do follow the"standard American diet" which isn't that good when vitamins and nutrients are concerned, You're missing the point that the brands selling those vitamins and supplements make those claims. My hair grew the most when I would do scalp massage almost each night with tea tree oil. Also I think it’s important to note that all vitamins should be reviewed w your doctor — especially so they can run a liver panel. As part of our commitment to that mission, the AskWomen subreddit is curated to promote respectful and on-topic discussions, and not serve as a debate subreddit. They use professional wigs, weaves, clips, extensions and then claim a gummy vitamin did that?! Not sure if it's been mentioned but what really bothers me (aside from lack of telling people to check with their doctor etc.) New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the muacjdiscussion community, Press J to jump to the feed. Everyone should seriously watch A Users Guide to Cheating Death on Netflix, and encourage everyone they know (especially those who are prone to health trends) to watch. It also helps to keep your scalp healthy, hair grows more slowly and not as nice when your scalp is dry or in bad shape. 6 Hair, Skin, and Nail Vitamins That Actually Work. Show me your real hair after it comes off all of the styling products and then after a certain time taking the vitamins and maybe I'll take your supplements seriously. But if you're eating relatively well, have no malabsorption issues, and are in relatively good health, you probably won't benefit much from any supplements. These common components of beauty supplements include vitamins A, C, D, E, K, several B vitamins and zinc. A lot of people have this mentality when it comes to vitamins, "if one is fine then a whole bottle is better," they load up on vitamins (which are not regulated) without knowing the real benefits and risks. If any of you have had an iron deficiency, one of the things that happen can be hair loss. is the fact that most of the people advertising these supplements (sugarbear hair mainly) use people whose natural hair we've NEVER seen.