Skin, hair, and nails help

[rainflower]

Does anyone have experience using biotin or collagen? Has it helped any? If you used biotin, did it cause hair growth in undesirable places?

[Jackie C.]

I pound biotin, BUT my diet is super high in protein (it makes your nails brittle) and I'm an alopecia patient. I can say that my nails grow faster after prolonged use. They're also sharp like knives.

 

Hugs!

[Elizabeth Star]

I started taking biotin or collagen about six weeks ago. The hair on my head seem a lot less frizzy and I haven't notice any unwanted body hair. My nails are definitely growing faster.

[Susan R]

On 2/21/2021 at 9:35 AM, AwesomeClaire said:

Does anyone have experience using biotin or collagen?

I’ve been taking Biotin (B7) for years and it has really helped my hair, skin and nails a lot. My nails and hair grow much faster. My nails seem stronger and hair thicker. I can’t say if the Biotin or the Estradiol has made my skin smoother because I started them both at the same time. Probably a combination of both though.  I just recently started drinking Collagen water back at the end of January and haven’t noticed much change yet but it’s still very early. Also, I was off Biotin for 4 weeks in late December and January so that probably didn’t help much. I’m hoping the Collagen water is worth the money. If I don’t see much difference, I may go back to just my Biotin regimen which has done me well.

 

Susan R?

[rainflower]

Hm, ok thanks. A friend of mine was thinking about eating collagen so I might try it. I've been moisturizing my nails at night and I think that is helping. I clipped them short yesterday, I can't file them the way they are now.

[Confused1]

I am a little different than most, because I am on ADT to shut down hormones for prostate cancer. As soon as my testosterone decreased, my skin quickly started smoothing out. I am not on estradiol yet. Later I started taking Finasteride and using Minoxidil to regrow the hair on my head. I am taking Biotin & Collagen to strengthen my nails. I don't know if it is helping my hair, because it had already started regrowing before the Hair, Skin, & Nails supplement. I may need to increase my Biotin supplement, because my nails are still brittle.

 

I have not noticed any increase of hair growing in unwanted areas. The loss of testosterone seemed to slow that growth down. YMMV

 

Hugs,

Mike

[99Chump]

Hello there. I'm wondering if biotin can actually help me. I been experiencing a general thinning around my hairline and major hair loss at the back of my scalp. A specialist advised me DHT blockers is the most effective hair loss treatment. I'm a bit concerned since my goal is to grow a beard from taking testosterone and DHT is needed for facial hair. I feel like I have to choose between prioritizing my hair or my hormone therapy.

[dandy1harper]

Taking biotin and zinc by mouth in addition to applying a steroid cream to the skin might help reduce hair loss but there is no sufficient evidence.

But since there is no evidence that biotin has a positive effect on hair growth, I am confident that it will not lead to facial hair growth. What can cause facial hair growth in women is the abundance of male hormones, androgens. If you are not taking male hormones or any other medication that interferes with hormone production in your body, you should be fine.

[Charlize]

  I know many trans men who have come to know the male dilemma of where hair does and doesn't grow.  Baldness is highly genetic and research has shown it can derive from both branches of your family line.  Unfortunately there are no reliable ways of combating baldness.  The fact that a bald head may be required for a beard is something my FTM friends learn to accept.  There are exceptions but those are again genetic rather than caused by pharmaceutical or dietary changes.

   In my case i only wish that beards went away with E.  Unfortunately my beard can be an issue as well as baldness.  Oh well.  Thank you ancestors for giving me so much.  I'm learning to accept the rest that i can't change.

 

Hugs,

 

Charlize