Hair Vitamins..any skin reactions?

[Zuppy]

Has anyone here every had bad skin reaction after taking hair vitamins? I've only taken Ultra Nourishhair once, and I got hive.. the thing is I'm not sure if it's the vitamins or something else.. Please share your experiences with reactions to hair Vits.

 

[tinkat]

Yep, my face is breaking out more and i have been taking vitamins for about a month now, but my hair and nails are growing. I am drinking alot of water too so i don't know why my face is breaking out so much. But i just ran out of Hair Nutrients (i was taking 1000 mg a day) by Solaray so i won't buy anymore of that. I am still taking 300 mcg of biotin, and 1500 mg of Alalfa. If i still have problems i will decrease my intake of alalfa.

 

[Champagne_Wishes]

I think the biotin is breaking me out or it could be stress from school.

 

[sugaplum]

Hi,

I took GNC Ultra Nourishair and GNC Hair, Skin & Nails for 3 months without any skin breakouts.

However, I no longer take them, I take biotin, MSM, Flaxseed oil, and a Muliti-Vitamin. The Biotin took the longest for my body to adjust too. For the first 2 days, after I would take the Biotin with food, I would get really light headed. Then that went away a week later, then later on I started having acne!! I'm now a month on these pills and my skin is fine.

I later found out that that dosage was too high and I should've started out low (like 1,000mcg). I also wasn't drinking enough water either. And it also took time for my body to adjust to the changes.

 

[chellee]

I get hives when I am stressed and/or don't get enough sleep. I get reactions with or without vitamins when I don't drink enough water.

 

[confused_one]

Does you ultra nourish contain biotin? It might be the strength of biotin in it, when i took the GNC's hair skin and nail vitamin which contained 2500mcg of biotin i broke out in hive, i now take something with less. So be careful you may be allergic to biotin.

 

[ThickHair]

I tried the Ultra Hair Nourish years ago and broke out like nobody's business. When I tried them again, I took only 1 pill per day and didn't break out. The recommended dosage was 2 pills.

 

[Zuppy]

Thanks for all the fast feedback ladies! The GNC Nourishair has 1200 mcg of Biotin (not mg) What is mcg? would mcg be less than mg?

 

[chellee]

Thanks for all the fast feedback ladies! The GNC Nourishair has 1200 mcg of Biotin (not mg) What is mcg? would mcg be less than mg?

mcg = micrograms
1000 mcg = 1 mg
1200 mcg = 12 mg

 

[Healthb4Length]

taking straight up biotin causes me to get rash and itches all over. I can take vitamins with biotin in it but not just plain biotin. MSM makes me get my menstral cycle ever two weeks...I had to stop taking it asap ! Vitamins that have been working for me are Andrew Lessman's Hair/Skin/Nails.

 

[hopeful]

I took MSM capsules and Silica for a hot second and my face broke out horribly, worse than ever. Not sure if it was the MSM, the Silica, or the combination.

 

[lowkeyhomie]

I took MSM capsules and Silica for a hot second and my face broke out horribly, worse than ever. Not sure if it was the MSM, the Silica, or the combination.

Same thing happened to me last summer.
I can't even take a multi-vitamin without breaking out.