My surgeon said to start taking Biotin on my 11th post op diet day. I'm not exactly sure how much to take. Anyone else taking biotin? How much?

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I don't have the bottle in front of me, but I just got the generic Biotin at BJs locally and started taking it 6 weeks pre-op. I'm three months post-op and have had zero hair loss. HTH!

My surgeon said to start taking Biotin on my 11th post op diet day. I'm not exactly sure how much to take. Anyone else taking biotin? How much?

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I take 50,000 mg a day. Im 7 months post op. However I suffered through a terrible hair loss stage at about 4 months post op and it last until about 6months post op.. I noticed a huge difference when i changed the Biotin i took and the amount. The doc recommended a very high potent Biotin and a told me start at 80,000 and work my way down to 50,000 as i regain my hair.. its worked wonders. I buy "sports research" Biotin from Amazon. Hope this helps!!

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I take 5000 mcg. (5mg.)

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I take 10,000 mcg daily.

I took 5000mgs of Biotin religiously for 6 months with very strong nails and no change in hair results. I have stopped taking them in the last two months and have started taking two materna Multivitamin pills in a day. My hair is still falling but I have a ton of baby hair growing in my head which is pretty exciting.

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If my surgeon told me to take biotin* I would ask him for a citation to a published, peer-reviewed study showing that it had any impact on hair loss post-wls before I decided how much to take.

*he didn't, he basically said it was a money pit for people who want to feel like they have some hope of preventing hair loss and that I shouldn't waste my money.

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If my surgeon told me to take biotin* I would ask him for a citation to a published, peer-reviewed study showing that it had any impact on hair loss post-wls before I decided how much to take.

*he didn't, he basically said it was a money pit for people who want to feel like they have some hope of preventing hair loss and that I shouldn't waste my money.

. Unrelated to my surgery I took Biotin, horsetail and nettle to grow my hair out several years ago and it worked wonders. I learned about it on a board like this one that was dedicated to growing hair long. I'm my experience it works quite well ( as do other products and supplements) but you have to take around double what most people take.

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