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Biotin?

How long did u take it, befor u cld tell any changes to your hair? My hair is thinning in the front....I bought the 5000..hope it works soon!

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I was wondering about this too. I noticed recently that I am having quite a bit of hair breakage when I brush my hair out and am going to start taking Biotin as well to see if it helps any.

I had this issue as well. My nutritionist told me that we have to factors contributing to this. 1 being the medication they use to put us to sleep. 2nd is our diet change, mainly lack of protein. Our hair and nails are protein. Make sure you are eating your protein.

I haven't been banded yet but I take 7500 mg daily of biotin because my doctor said it would make my hair stronger. I have been taking it about 6months and I have noticed my hair does seem stronger and less likely to break.

This was a big fear for me as I had very long hair going into surgery especially since a surgery in my 20's relieved me of 50% of what I had on my head!

I started taking 5000 mcg of Biotin 1 month prior to surgery. After surgery I added in a band specific (Opurity) multi, and although my hair did get stronger, I still started to shed right at the 3 month mark. This was despite the fact that I tracked every gram of Protein I ate in a day and always made sure I was well over 70g.

Then someone recommended Omega 3. I don't eat fish, and really when I looked at my diet I wasn't getting a lot of Omega 3 from anything. I started taking 3 a day, and oh my god the difference in my hair was amazing after 30 days. The shedding stopped completely and my hair just glowed.

On an added note I can say that the biotin made my nails super strong. The zinc in my Multivitamin removed those tiny white spots that I had for years on my nails as well!

I'd say that the combination of everything contributed to me not losing as much hair after this surgery. But I can't say for sure the magic pill was specifically the omegas, the biotin, the multi or the protein, but either way my hair, skin and nails are the best they have ever been.

Hard to believe with all I used to eat (and it was a lot!) I was so nutritionally void.

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