Biotin Hair Loss Treatment

Hair loss seems to be the plague that won't leave anyone alone. Whether you're a man or a woman, the chances are that you will eventually be dealing with hair loss at some point in your life. For men, hair loss starts early while women usually experience hair loss post menopause.

A lot of research has been done to help people who have to deal with hair loss, from designing clever wigs to hair transplants, all have been used. But people generally prefer to have their own hair grown out of their own scalp, at least as long as that remains a viable option. Also, as with all other areas of health and beauty care, it's more important to prevent and prolong the onset of hair loss rather waiting for the baldness to set in. This is where all attentions turn to natural remedies.

Biotin is among the most popular ways of naturally dealing with hair loss and is used by both men and women. Biotin is generally sold as a natural supplement and is considered (rather advertised) to have no adverse side effects.

So what is biotin? Biotin is basically a component of Vitamin B and in many instances part of the medication to patients suffering from hair loss. Biotin is the main component of your hair and nails. In other words, biotin is what your hair and nails are made of, and when there is hair loss, it makes sense on, on the surface of the argument, to use biotin to stop the degeneration of hair. The body does not make biotin naturally, rather it relies on food as its source of Vitamins, biotin included. In food, biotin is found in green peas, egg yoke, nuts (particularly, walnuts), soybeans, boats, brown rice etc.

Biotin also has a very well known reaction to protein, it binds with protein easily and thus, does not reach the hair. The result is that hair loss is accelerated. But this happens when you take raw protein, so the best thing to do is to avoid protein powders and raw eggs while you are suffering from hair loss.

Now the commonly used way of getting biotin to your hair was through the use of supplemental pills, but as more and more consumers are growing conscious of the fact that not every supplement delivers what it promises on the label, and not every supplement is 100% safe, the shift is from ingesting the biotin supplements to taking them externally. Recently shampoos rich in biotin have been marketed with great success, they give the hair the same dose of biotin and are truly without side effects. In the event that some company makes a totally useless biotin shampoo, you at least get clean hair from the washing.

But not everyone benefits from biotin. There are scalps that simply do not absorb the vitamin, no matter what form it is given in. Research has shown that these are generally people with type A blood. For some reason, the biotin doesn't absorb in their scalp or blood stream. Also, in the event that your hair loss is extreme, your doctor or physician may deem hair transplant necessary. So be sure you have an accurate assessment on your hair condition.

• John Palsson
• 26/12/2008, 6:59 AM
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