Calling All Biotin and Pefrectil Users!

[diablo2g]

Some of you may have seen me talk about this already, but I'm really anxious to hear from people that have used biotin supplements to grow out their hair. I started taking 1000 mcg supplements for about a month and then I upped it to 5000 mcg. For those of you who took or take biotin, how much do you take and how soon did you start to see significant results? I have no patience and I want my hair to grow fast! And for those who use perfectil, how is that working for you and how fast did you notice results?

 

[NYAngel98]

I take 6000 mcg's... but I need to start taking it more regularly.. I keep forgetting! lol I saw a slight difference .. nothing too drastic though, but i dont know if I took them often enough.. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[charish]

i just started taking the 1000 but is it safe to take more than that?

 

[Salope]

I've been taking biotin supplments for a year & a half to two years and I have definitely noticed a difference in my hair & nails. I'm currently taking GNC biotin supplements (1200 mcgs). My nails have never been stronger & healthier and I've noticed my hair is also shinier, stronger & healthier. Only downside is I swear the hairs on my face grows quicker too. I feel like I'm tweezing stray hairs everyday. Regardless, I will continue taking biotion supplements but I am curious about the perfectil.

 

[SamanthaBNYC]

I've only done the Perfectil. After 1 week, my hair was longer and slightly thicker. My nails grew like wildfire. The drawback is that all of your hair will grow faster (I'm doing laser hair removal on the underarms and the laser place told me to stop taking Perfectil). Perfectil does make your hair and nails grow very fast, I started taking it to grow out my hair for Christmas and it worked for me (but I had to stop due to the laser hair removal). I think I took about 6 weeks and it made my hair grow about 3" or so total. My nails grew 1/2" a week (had to cut the toenails daily while taking it). If I do take it again, I'll only take it every other day (unlike the recommended daily intake).

 

[diablo2g]

Wow, I really appreciate everyone's feedback. Keep it comin! I have a few more questions now. Samanthabnyc, you said your hair grew 3" in 6 weeks!? That seems incredible to me. What is your hair type and are you someone that already has pretty fast growing hair? I ask because my hair grows real slow on its own (less than 1/4" a month). Is perfectil safe to use with other supplements? I also recently just purchased hair formula 37. Anyone out there used that? It got rave reviews on every website I looked at. My hair is currently braided up in cornrows so I can;t see if these vitamins are living up to their claims, but we'll see what happens when I take the braids out. So far, if anyone has any more to add to this, please share...

 

[diablo2g]

I started with 1000 too, but I upped it to 5000 for faster results. Biotin is water soluble B vitamin so any excess just gets passed through the system regularly. So there is no chance of biotin overdose or toxicity.

 

[jennycateyez]

i use 1000 mcg , i used to take it everyday but dont anymore i 4got about them, which im going to take now! i dont know if it did anything for my hair cause my hair grows back fast without the pills so cant really tell

 

[coconut_cutie]

wow this thread is really useful, i bought a pack of perfectil not so long ago, was planning on starting taking it on monday, good to know it's effective!

Luckily my hair and nails are in pretty good condition anyway, how did you all find its effects on skin? Thats my problem area:icon_roll :icon_redf

 

[SamanthaBNYC]

I found it at Duane Reade (NYC drugstore chain), it was located near the women's vitamins & supplements section. It's pretty safe, it's kind of like a multi-vitamin.

 

[SamanthaBNYC]

My hair is basically straight (though not stick straight), baby fine and quite a bit of it for baby fine hair (color is dark brown, and I'm caucasian). My hair is really oily (I wake up looking like I slept on a pork chop pillow!), but I use shampoos that dry it out to keep it under control. It grows about 3/4" to 1" a month on average. It's a vitamin combination, so it should be safe to use with other medicines/vitamins. Might want to check the package to be sure.

 

[SamanthaBNYC]

I didn't detect any change in my skin when I took it.

 

[sassy mamma]

Some people have noticed that when they take biotin, their skin breaksout more frequently...has anyone seen this problem?

 

[NYAngel98]

I didn't notice that really --- just my once a month normal breakouts... lol

 

[diablo2g]

Yeah, I heard the same. When I started taking it, I didn't notice any dramatic change in my skin. If you're not someone who is prone to break outs I think you'll be fine.

 

[charish]

i haven't heard of that. i just started taking it and on the bottle it says it's to promote healthy skin.

 

[charish]

well i don't know if it makes your hair grow faster but i know that there are stages your hair goes through the anagon which i think is the stage of hair growth catagon which is where the hair rest meaning doesn't grow and telogen where it sheds. some people's hair stays in the anagon phase longer which is why some people's hair seems to grow faster and longer. some people can't grow hair out real long. and if your hair seems like it's not growing probably b/c it's not. catagon phase.

 

[wvpumpkin]

I have heard that cvs carries it, but you could probably get it on ebay as well.

 

[LaurieAnne]

I've been using biotin for years. Most B vitamins are safe to take large doses of (most), and biotin is one. Dermatologist often prescribe an otc product thats has 2500 mcg of biotin for strong nails/hair, i forget what its called, but it way expensive, and you can just buy generic biotin. I haven't seen it in that exact dose.. I used to take 5000 mcg but it made me a bit sick at the stomach, so now I take a cheap walmart biotin .. sometimes i get the 1500 mcg and sometimes i get the 1000. It works great though.

 

[NYAngel98]

I wish the hair on my legs would stay at rest!!! lol :icon_roll