Biotin and Hair Growth

Biotin and Hair Growth - Fact or Fiction?

Biotin is an often recommended natural supplement for hair growth. Symptoms of biotin deficiency include hair loss, including eyelashes and eyebrows in severe cases of deficiency, although that's rare.

Biotin, also known as Vitamin H or Vitamin B7, strengthens hair and nails, and is required by the body for cell growth, the metabolism of fats and amino acids, and helps maintain blood sugar levels. Biotin is common in hair and skin health and cosmetic products. Very few foods contain high levels of biotin, although royal jelly and brewer's yeast do.

Since very few foods contain high levels of biotin, biotin supplements and multi-vitamins containing biotin are commonly recommended for helping prevent hair loss and encouraging hair regrowth. It's worth noting that the medical community considers biotin deficiency to be very uncommon, although they have been wrong before: for years they insisted that aerobic steroids didn't cause muscle growth either and that's just dead wrong. We take no hardline here: biotin may help with hair growth and many people feel it does.

One popular supplement which contains biotin is ReGrowth+, which contains 100% high quality natural ingredients, and is manufactured according to strict FDA guidelines. It even comes with a 90-day money-back guarantee with no questions asked. If you try ReGrowth+ please let us know how well it works for you.

Many foods contain biotin, although not nearly in the concentration of royal jelly and brewer's yeast. They include nuts, egg yolks, barley, soy, cauliflower, and liver.

Beer is reported to contain biotin, and to be useful both when consumed internally and applied topically – that means drinking it as well as applying it to your head, typically in the shower. I'd recommend you wash it out after use, just like shampoo, or you'll smell like a drunk. Dark beer is supposed to have more biotin than lighter beer, so skip the Coors or Bud Light and develop a taste for Guinness or one of the many excellent dark microbrews available today. I can't tell you if this has helped combat my hair loss personally as dark beer is not my only approach to reducing hair loss and encouraging hair regrowth, but the couple of dark beers nightly do help make me happy.

Since aging, hair loss, and weight gain are often associated, you should be happy to know that dark beers are not necessarily high calorie. For example, Guinness shockingly has fewer calories than Budweiser, and a lot more taste, and is pretty filling too.

Some shampoos are available that contain biotin, some of them specifically formulated to help combat hairloss. Note that biotin is not absorbed well through the skin, so biotin supplements such as capsules, royal jelly, or beer, are often recommended as well.

You probably don't have a biotin deficiency, although you can get your biotin level tested if you have any reason to expect it. Biotin is not going to hurt your hair and it may help – many people report near miraculous effects from it. Several source of natural biotin are available online as well as probably at your local supermarket and health food store. There is really no reason not to try biotin, either as supplements, in foods like royal jelly or beer, and in shampoo, other than perhaps cost, and biotin isn't super expensive – even generic biotin is available.

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Biotin and Hair Growth - Fact or Fiction?