The Hair-Raising Truth about Biotin

If you’ve heard of biotin at all, it is probably as a vitamin for hair growth or as a treatment for alopecia. In fact, it is sometimes called Vitamin H because of the health benefits biotin is thought to provide to skin, nails, and especially hair (“H” for hair). In fact, biotin is actually part of the B vitamin family often included in nutritional supplements and other multivitamins. Biotin certainly has many health benefits, specifically relating to hair health, and this is why it is sold in both nutritional supplements and in hair-care treatments such as shampoos and conditioners.

But how useful are these nutritional supplements and other health products containing biotin? Do we need biotin, or are t View the rest of this article