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Collette · Chanel

Prenatal Vitamins for hair growth?

Kelly · Hermes

FWIW, for a while I was taking Biotin and the first time I went to the salon after I started (about a month or so later), my stylist was shocked at how long my roots had grown and asked me what was going on.

I only took it for a few months so I can't really comment beyond that, and I don't know if it strengthened my hair or just made it grow faster, but I thought it was worth mentioning.

Vanessa · Kate Spade

My hair definitely grew faster and was shinier than ever while taking prenatal vitamins, but since I was also pregnant, I don't know if it was the vitamins or the pregnancy that did it.
That said, I am still taking the vitamins and my hair is still growing like crazy.

pollyjean23 · Marc Jacobs

Pregnant friends have ended up with amazing, luxurious, long hair that grew like crazy, and they attributed it to the vitamins.

NCshopper · Hermes

I started taking prenatals a year or so ago and didn't notice a difference with my hair. Now that I am pregnant, my hair is a lot thicker and it's growing faster, but I attribute that to the hormones, not the prenatals. I've heard that prenatals can make your hair and nails grow like crazy, but in my experience that hasn't been the case--it's the hormones that do it.

ayo · Coach

Not sure pre-natals help, I never take these when I am expecting but my hair looks amazing while pregnant.

titan36 · Nine West

I heard about Prenatal Vitamins but don't know enough.

wetbandit42 · Marc Jacobs

Like Kelly said, I think it's usually the biotin in prenatal vitamins that's attributed to hair & nail growth. I would just take a biotin supplement. I thought I read somewhere that prenatal vitamins can cause constipation because of the high iron content...

carmenb513 · Coach

I highly rec Phyto's vitamins. You can find at Sephora.........I even have to get my brows done more frequently because of them.

bloomie · Marc Jacobs

pollyjean23 wrote:
Pregnant friends have ended up with amazing, luxurious, long hair that grew like crazy, and they attributed it to the vitamins.

I have a friend whose hair grew 7 inches during the 9 months that she was pregnant with her twins. She attributed it to the prenatal vitamins, but she also ate a jar of peanut butter (her pregnancy craving) per week during that time.

gossipgirl · Dooney & Bourke

Collette wrote:
My hair refuses to grow longer than my shoulders it's just thin and flimsy. I read that taking prenatal vitamins are good for hair and nail growth. Can anyone confirm this for me or recommend anything else I can do to help strengthen my hair so it will grow already!

I take Biotin and Collegan for my hair and nails - I think it makes a difference but not dramatically.

You could do as those in Southerna California do - hair extensions......you don't need a lot to add a little length