Will Biotin reverse the work I've done?

Hair Removal Methods Professional Electrolysis
#1

It’s been a while since my last post so before I get into my question, a quick update for anyone reading this.

I started my electrolysis journey with that appeared to be a male pattern beard after stimulating hair growth affects of laser. It’s a little over a year later and I never thought I’d have the kinds of results I have. My electrologist has been aggressive with the current but it has truly paid off as there is much less hair and whatever is left is soooo much finer!!! The struggle is still not over because we’re still working through what is left but I no longer do anything to the hair between appointments – imagine that after having to remove the hair every 1-2 days!

So for the newbies, don’t lose hope! I wasn’t sure how much I believed it would work in the beginning but stick to it. I finally have my face back :slight_smile:

So, on to my question. I had the unfortunate experience of waking up with stomach pain back in September and finding out I needed abdominal surgery. Not fun. It’s been a few months and I’m all recovered but a few weeks ago, I started losing chunks of hair from my head. Turns out it’s a side affect of the anasthesia during surgery – your hair freaks out and sheds 3-6 months later (similar to how women lose hair after pregnancy).

Anyway, this has been a terrible experience and I’ve been extremely worried out about my hair. Doing anything and everything to help it grow back (which it should eventually do).

My question is: I’ve read that people have had great success with high doses of biotin for hair growth, but will that reverse the work I’ve done on my face? Will it re-stimulate hair growth or will it just make the existing hair we’re still working on killing grow faster between sessions? Any experience with clients using biotin?

#2

No, it will not. Biotin may improve the growth rate of existing hair on your head as well as your fingernails. It will not stimulate new, hormonal hair growth elsewhere on your body.

#3

Biotin and laser made my facial hair and body hair 10 x worse. I have PCOS so that plays the biggest part but biotin made my facial hair worse within one week as I decided to take the highest dose. Speaking from experience and i was a hair model cause i had extremely long and thick hair + curly. do not take biotin you can get extensions and try nizoral shampoo that has done wonders to me. you have come such a long way imagine i biotin doesnt help and makes your facial hair worse? i have been there. take care you will be surprised at the amount of people who wear wigs and extensions x

#4

@a.s93 did Biotin make your facial hair grow in a faster rate? What dosage were you taking?

I was considering taking 5,000mcg of biotin so my hair would grow.

#5

i am taking biotin and it has not affected at all the rate of my hair growth
i take 10,000mcg daily

#6

When I took biotin, it did seem to make my hair and nails grow faster. I didn’t like biotin because it would make all my hair grow faster. I don’t think it will affect the work you have done on your face as it doesn’t stimulate new growth.

Speaking from experience and i was a hair model cause i had extremely long and thick hair + curly. do not take biotin you can get extensions and try nizoral shampoo that has done wonders to me.

Interesting, I once read that Ketoconazole(active ingredient in nizoral) helped regrow hair, but if you use it too much it can have a drying effect.