topnotch1010
Real Housewife of Houston
I'm at the end of my first bottle and I haven't noticed a difference in my hair or nails. I am getting a lot more bumps than usual though.
What's MSM and how does bcomplex balance out biotin regarding acne?for the bumps take a bcomplex. biotin is a part of the bcomplex family. I'm up to at least 13mg of biotin a day, with MSM..
Please share your results after one year of biotin, ty
What's MSM and how does bcomplex balance out biotin regarding acne?
MSM is: Methylsulfonylmethane. a sulfur that can be taken orally which improves hair skin and nails. if it were left up to me, i'd give it a different acronym:
TSW: This S*&%+t Works..
I thought i was allergic to sulfur and couldn't take this. But i noticed that i am not allergic to "organic" sulfur. There is a difference between the organic type and the "pharmaceutical" grade which i am violently allergic to. (To the point of being hospitalized via anaphalytic reaction). I have no idea how it works, but since i've been taking this with chlorella, there has been quite a bit of improvement.
As for the B complex balance: Biotin is part of the B complex family. If you increase your biotin, the part of the complex will offset the side effects. particularly the acne. When i had this problem with "cystic" acne, Claudie told me to increase the bcomplex dosage. Since then, no problems.
Congrats!! If it works for you it works for you!
For me I get these *hard* painful bumps on my face, I've yet to see a real difference in my hair yet, but we'll see.![]()
I wanted to try MSM as well, but was scared after somebody said it made them gain weight and also people saying they were having EXTREMELY vivid dreams. Did you see these side effects?
Daily I take:
-5 mg Biotion
-1000mg MSM
-B- Complex (this is supposed to help combat the acne that Biotin can cause. Never been an issue for me)
-Chlorella (forget the mg at the moment)
My nails are RAPIDLY growing and stronger than ever. They have always been paper thin. My new growth is noticably thicker than it was before the supplements. So, I am a beliver that this stuff works, at least it does for me.
Glad its working for ya..must update on the full effects.
BIOTIN jacked up my skin, me thinks. I used to take GNC Hair Skin and Nails... and I would get these horrible under the skin break outs on my forehead and back. It was not a pretty picture. So Meh... I'd rather have clear skin and no hair than jacked up skin and LONG hair. And trust I drink water like a fish, so I just think my skin hates biotin. But I may try just taking biotin to isolate the problem and see if it was the biotin itself, or something overall in the GNC HSN. But I probably won't. LOL
Biotin was great for the first two/three weeks. Then my skin started breaking out in painful and hard cystic acne. I pride myself on taking good care of my skin (I limit my use of powder, use SS, toner with glycolic acid, and a face cream with antioxidant). I tried facials, sulfur masks, benzoyl peroxide acne cream and the Queen Helene mask to combat the acne. Nothing worked!
I was drinking 1.5 liters a day in order to help combat the acne as well. I also worked out and ate a semi-balanced diet (vitamin wise I was taking a multi and flaxseed). I also started the B-complex about two weeks after I started the biotin. My lashes and nails were thriving but my skin is also extremely important. Like someone else said, no point in having long hair but horrible skin.
For the past month I have allowed all the Biotin to leave my system and my skin is finally looking better. This week I started my new vitamin regimen of a multi, flaxseed, b-complex, Triple 3 Omega. In the future I might try Biotin again but only every other day.
Congrats on your biotin success!
Hmmm.... now I thought Biotin was already a B vitamin so wouldn't taking a B Complex vitamin on top of Biotin be like taking a double dose?
I'm just wondering because back in the days I took Biotin with my multivitamin (which had B in it along with a small amount of Biotin in it) and when I did I got serious acne flare ups that hurt. Now I only take it with MSM and Triple 3 Omega and if I drink even 16 fl oz of water for the day, I don't get flare ups but I do get a significant amount of growth.
So does anyone know if Biotin is the same as taking a B Complex vitamin?
Gymfreak...where you at?![]()
I've been using Biotin for a little over 2 weeks now... I still have not seen this whole acne thing people are talking about...If anything my skin has smoothed out... but that could be because I'm also taking a B-complex vitamin. To answer the whole B-complex vitamin question. No B-complex does not have Biotin in it. B-complex has the essential B Vitamins. Meaning the ones we need in order to live. We do not need Biotin to live so its not in this formula. Not posting more pictures at this time... I will after I finish this bottle in another month and a half or so.
ETA: Things I have seen though is faster nail growth. My nails are also extremely hard. My leg hair and arm hair are growing something serious! I've never seen this before. But its still not so bad that I'll stop using biotin.