How to Strengthen Hair With Biotin

Biotin, or vitamin H, is one of the B-complex vitamins. This whole group of vitamins helps the human body convert food into a usable form. Biotin helps your body metabolize carbohydrates and fats as well as amino acids. This is essential to building protein, the primary component of hair. According to the University of Maryland Medical Center, preliminary reports show that biotin can be useful in treating brittle and thinning hair.

Instructions

Process

1. Check with your health-care provider to ensure that it is safe for you to take biotin.

2. Take 30 mcg per day for adults. Do not give biotin to children without asking a doctor first.

3. Increase the dosage to 100 mcg a day with a doctor's approval if 30 mcg does not produce results in strengthening hair.

Tips & Warnings

• Safety has only been established for doses of 30 to 600 mcg, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center. (See References.) Biotin has no known side effects, but should be taken under the supervision of a health-care provider, especially if other drugs are taken. Report any unusual side effects you may have to your doctor. Keep out of the reach of children.

References

• University of Maryland Medical Center