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01-05-2012 12:53 PM
Sorry to say... he is taking 3MG.. not 3 MCG.. he is taking way more than you are. I was taking 5,000 MCG.. and moved up to 5 MG.. way way more... you are in fact not taking enough to make any kind of noticable difference. Also, to advise someone to only drink extra water if taking too much of a supplement is truly not good advise. However, you can not have too much Biotin.. you body extretes the extra. My Biochemist, Hormone Specialist Endocronologistt and MD have all told me this fact. However, he or she should definately have their thyroid checked out... it usually is thyroid... and could also be hormones (saliva test is best for that)
01-05-2012 12:54 PM
Sorry to say... he is taking 3MG.. not 3 MCG.. he is taking way more than you are. I was taking 5,000 MCG.. and moved up to 5 MG.. way way more... you are in fact not taking enough to make any kind of noticable difference. Also, to advise someone to only drink extra water if taking too much of a supplement is truly not good advise. However, you can not have too much Biotin.. you body extretes the extra. My Biochemist, Hormone Specialist Endocronologistt and MD have all told me this fact. However, he or she should definately have their thyroid checked out... it usually is thyroid... and could also be hormones (saliva test is best for that)
03-30-2012 01:42 AM
You didn't move very far.. 5000 mcg is 5 mg. Please do your math..
Biotin will not cause hair loss. Dematologist advise taking Biotin supplements to help promote the growth of hair and nails, especially for someone with nail fungus.
Extra hair loss can be noted when you start taking it, due to the fact that your hair is growing at a faster rate.
You are incorrect, you can have too much of any supplement. Your body doesn't simply excrete it.
Yet.. since you don't seem to think that someone can take too much, there certainly wouldn't be a problem with drinking extra water would there!
Sincerely.. an M.D. (not all are created equal.. yet Johns Hopkins..we do our best!)
03-30-2012 01:47 AM
More hair loss can be noted when you first start taking it, because of the increase in the hair growth.
However, with that noted..
There are other things you need to have checked.
One.. your medications. All, including OTC's need to be cross referenced for alopecia (hair loss) nexium can cause it.. just an example.
Second.. hormone levels, which includes thyroid tests.. and other tests that I am not going to get into.. All should start with your primary.. then to a RA specialist. They are not just arthritis docs.
Good luck!
Sincerely,
Johns Hopkins M.D.
08-26-2012 04:20 PM
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01-22-2013 09:54 PM
two years ago I started vegetarian diet- I lost a lot of hair. In about 4 months I grew even more. Two years later (A month ago) I started to eat meat. 2 weeks ago - high protein diet. And started to loose a lot of hair. I noticed that my scalp is itching. As well as constipation (my water and fiber consumption is above average requirements) Can high protein diet cause hair loss?
08-11-2013 08:27 AM
I have also taken a Vit. B complex with biotin in it and I started to loose my hair, not drastically in bunches, but two or three at the time. Whenever I put my fingers through, even soon after brushing, there's hair falling out.
Reading what people are saying, I am stopping straight away the vit. B complex.
Amazingly, my cat loves Brewer's yeast and I give her occasionally a couple of tablets. Each time I do, she pulls packets of hair out and is scratching and scratching. Conclusion: KEEP AWAY FROM VIT. B if this happens to you. It must mean that if there's a hair loss, that we have enough and why take more?
08-11-2013 08:29 AM