Too much Biotin

[nigelino]

Hey! Recently after getting a haircut I decided to purchase Biotin in hopes that it will strenghten up my hair and to mak it grow faster.
But Every since I've been using it my hair falls out like crazy. Do you guys think that 8mg of Biotin is too much and that the cause of my hairloss is because of this?

 

[Eazy12]

You dont need biotin at all unless youre deficient.

 

[Agustin Araujo]

I don't think there's such thing as too much Biotin. :laugh:

OP, you mentioned hair loss. There is a 99+ percent chance that your hair loss is being caused by Androgenetic Alopecia. Biotin helps improve hair health, so it's seriously impossible that the B vitamin is causing alopecia. Also, do not at all expect Biotin to help treat hereditary hair loss, the vitamin will do nothing to help treat the situation.

 

[zdm632]

Yes i think biotin can cause shedding. I have a bro=theory ) that taking too much biotin or MSM thickens the remainig healthy hair(we all have strands of healthy hair even in balding areas), and thus, this "super-hair" takes the resources of the surrounding thin, miniaturizing hair, leading them to their last "road"...
I tried biotin, it only made the good hairs get thicker in diameter, did nothing to mini-hairs, actually i think it made them worse.
Oh,and these bitoin/ MSM whatever make the hair on sides/back growing insanely thick and fast, making thinner top more obvious, something you don't need.

 

[psyhotria]

There's a positive relation between biotin and (serum) igf-1. Perhaps this is a problem in certain subjects. Possibly you may try a low insulinemic diet..

 

[nigelino]

Yes i think biotin can cause shedding. I have a bro=theory ) that taking too much biotin or MSM thickens the remainig healthy hair(we all have strands of healthy hair even in balding areas), and thus, this "super-hair" takes the resources of the surrounding thin, miniaturizing hair, leading them to their last "road"...
I tried biotin, it only made the good hairs get thicker in diameter, did nothing to mini-hairs, actually i think it made them worse.
Oh,and these bitoin/ MSM whatever make the hair on sides/back growing insanely thick and fast, making thinner top more obvious, something you don't need.

Yea it was really funny how it all happened. So I told my hairdresser that my hair is growing back really good and also becomes thicker and thicker but still have some bald spots. So she said: hey maybe you should try using biotin it will helps your hair grow faster! So I thought sure cool will try it and now all the hair I was regrowing fell out like crazy. haha seriously hate the fact that I have to start back at 0 like I almost had all my hair back untill this **** happened :')

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idunno what Androgenetic Alopecia is. I was balding, then I used this product and bam my hair went growing back in a real fast pace. from november to 2 weeks ago it went really well, untill i started using biotin again