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Healthy Hair, Skin, Nails: Andrew Lessman

1Professor — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 13:52:41 GMT

I started taking Andrew Lessman's Hair/Skin/Nails supplement about 4 months ago. 2 per day.

Rave reviews on HSN, but it's the sort of supplement that can be hard to "see" effects. I have always had thick hair, but realized with age it could be thinning, as with all of us. Didn't want to wait until it was an obvious thinning issue.

Yesterday, I had my regular hair salon appointment for a cut. I have a bob, just below my ears. The stylist spontaneously commented, "You have new hair growth!" She went on to say it was about 2 inches of new hair that she could see, evenly around the top of my head.

In case anyone was wondering, or doesn't read the reviews, or is skeptical of reviews, WOW. It works. My nails are also strong, with healthy cuticles (not dry).

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cjm61 — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 13:55:54 GMT

@1Professor That's awesome. I have taken this supplement of his for some time now. I first noticed with my nails. They grow so fast. So glad it worked with your hair, I have very thick hair also so I don't know how it is working in that area. I'll have to pay better attention.

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1Professor — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 14:05:32 GMT

@cjm61 wrote:
@1Professor That's awesome. I have taken this supplement of his for some time now. I first noticed with my nails. They grow so fast. So glad it worked with your hair, I have very thick hair also so I don't know how it is working in that area. I'll have to pay better attention.

@cjm61 I was lucky to have an attentive stylist.

She was surprised, because she never thought about my hair thinning (it is thicker than most she sees!).

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Effie54 — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 14:29:14 GMT

I can't take this supplement as it has MSM in it, which gives me migraines. I take biotin every day and have for years, but don't really feel it does much. Perhaps for some though.

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1Professor — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 14:46:10 GMT

@Effie54 wrote:
I can't take this supplement as it has MSM in it, which gives me migraines. I take biotin every day and have for years, but don't really feel it does much. Perhaps for some though.

@Effie54 Sorry about the migraines. If it's any comfort, studies last month show they often disappear with age.

As to biotin, it all depends on THE QUANTITY, how much biotin a person is taking (as a scientist I read all the studies).

Lessman is 5,000 mcg (some supps more biotin than that). If your supp is less than that, you could consider a larger dosage.

(Lots of articles on how much biotin is health/safe.)

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Kachina624 — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 15:08:57 GMT

All this stuff did for me was give me terrible indigestion. I had to finally quit taking it. I have thick hair but was hoping for nail improvement. Didn't happen either with this supplement or with biotin.

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Shelbelle — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 16:11:32 GMT

Took 720 of them, no results !!

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CatsyCline — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 16:56:19 GMT

i used to swear by AL's HHSN. used them 10 yrs ago but i kind of lost faith in his products. they are getting spendy. at first he was giving only 4000mcg in these supps but changed to 5000mcg.

Fine. my hair grew longer than ever. then i started getting a very itchy scalp from them. i had a big shed of hair a couple years ago. NOT blaming the supps, hair loss can be caused by other factors.

i agree the MSM combined with Biotin is helpful to support longer hair growth cycles. so that may have helped my hair's length.

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Effie54 — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 17:37:23 GMT

@1Professor wrote:
@Effie54 wrote:
I can't take this supplement as it has MSM in it, which gives me migraines. I take biotin every day and have for years, but don't really feel it does much. Perhaps for some though.
@Effie54 Sorry about the migraines. If it's any comfort, studies last month show they often disappear with age.

As to biotin, it all depends on THE QUANTITY, how much biotin a person is taking (as a scientist I read all the studies).
Lessman is 5,000 mcg (some supps more biotin than that). If your supp is less than that, you could consider a larger dosage.
(Lots of articles on how much biotin is health/safe.)

My migraines never went away, unfortunately. I've tried supplements with MSM and feel terrible after. I do take 2 biotin a day and upped the dose....with little result. I think it works better for those with a true biotin deficiency.

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Tinkrbl44 — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 21:54:59 GMT

@1Professor

I've read reviews and comments posted here about how long it takes to see results. Some think if they take it for 2 weeks and don't see results, well, then, it didn't help.

Wrong.

Since the nutrients are carried through the blood stream to the nail bed, where nails grow, that "improved" growth will take a few months to grow out to the nail tips when we'd finally notice them.

Immediate results are not possible.

I've taken a version of this product for a couple years. I took it for "hair" as my eyebrows have thinned considerably and applying minoxidil didn't work.

So, now, my eyebrows are still the same, but my nails are GREAT.

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NYCLatinaMe — Sun, 03 Sep 2023 19:38:14 GMT

@1Professor Lucky you to get results with Andrew Lessman Hair Skin and Nails! I took it throughout my forties, and it had no impact that I could discern on my hair, skin or nails. Since my thirties, I have noticed some thinning of my hair, which in the beginning was welcome because I had too much. I was the person that made made hair stylists sweat and anxious. But since my forties I have been trying to get my hairloss to stop. Eventually, I stopped taking the HSN product and there was no change in my gradual hairloss, quality of skin or nails. The last 2 years I started taking Vital Proteins and Nutrafol and have experienced significant results. My skin and hair look better. More and thicker hair in my head. I am 62. Too bad these products are so expensive. No impact on my nails. My toenails are and have always been OK. My fingernails are frail, break and split easily. Maybe I need to polish them regularly, to protect them, but I only do occasionally. I have all my adult life moisturised my dry hands and fingernails often, and wear gloves when doing dishes or anything else that would be rough on my hands for more than a few minutes.

I know different products have different results for different people, and am just sharing my experience.

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NYCLatinaMe — Sun, 03 Sep 2023 20:29:41 GMT

@Effie54 @1Professor There is no strong evidence to support that using biotin is effective for hair growth or to prevent hair loss in people without a deficiency.

https://www.healthline.com/health/biotin-hair-growth#:~:text=The%20bottom%20line,hair%20growth%20in%20some%20people.

After I stopped the Lessman product, I decided to try Biotin because of all the word of mouth it gets, and research does say there is no harm in taking it. So I took 5000 mcg for a couple or so years with no results, and one day I bought a bottle of 10000 mcg capsules because my drugstore did not have the 5000 mcg bottle (Biotin was often hard to find in my neighborhood), and within less than 2 weeks I was sweating profusely. I could not even get dressed without sweating through my clothes. I don't know if the biotin caused it, but some websites said that could happen. That was in 2019. So I quit the Biotin and never looked back. My gp and endocrinologist found nothing that could cause the sweating. I don't think they even considered the biotin, which I had stopped taking anyway shortly after the sweating started (that was the only change I had made that I thought may have caused it). The sweating finally stopped in late 2021 or early 2022 on its own. The sweating could have been caused by other medication or vitamin deficiencies, but I never identified the reason and am not taking the Biotin again. I did stop taking a medication that was a potential culprit in 2020 and at some point increased my intake of D3 from 1000 iu to 2000 iu on my own, but the excessive sweating continued for almost two years until it stopped on its own.

Nutrafol does have some Biotin, 2500 mcg - 3000 mcg per dose. I have noticed no negative side effects from taking Nutrafol, but more and healthier hair, so I will be sticking with that as long as that holds.

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Effie54 — Sun, 03 Sep 2023 23:25:19 GMT

@NYCLatinaMe wrote:

@Effie54 @1Professor There is no strong evidence to support that using biotin is effective for hair growth or to prevent hair loss in people without a deficiency.

https://www.healthline.com/health/biotin-hair-growth#:~:text=The%20bottom%20line,hair%20growth%20in%20some%20people.

After I stopped the Lessman product, I decided to try Biotin because of all the word of mouth it gets, and research does say there is no harm in taking it. So I took 5000 mcg for a couple or so years with no results, and one day I bought a bottle of 10000 mcg capsules because my drugstore did not have the 5000 mcg bottle (Biotin was often hard to find in my neighborhood), and within less than 2 weeks I was sweating profusely. I could not even get dressed without sweating through my clothes. I don't know if the biotin caused it, but some websites said that could happen. That was in 2019. So I quit the Biotin and never looked back. My gp and endocrinologist found nothing that could cause the sweating. I don't think they even considered the biotin, which I had stopped taking anyway shortly after the sweating started (that was the only change I had made that I thought may have caused it). The sweating finally stopped in late 2021 or early 2022 on its own. The sweating could have been caused by other medication or vitamin deficiencies, but I never identified the reason and am not taking the Biotin again. I did stop taking a medication that was a potential culprit in 2020 and at some point increased my intake of D3 from 1000 iu to 2000 iu on my own, but the excessive sweating continued for almost two years until it stopped on its own.

Nutrafol does have some Biotin, 2500 mcg - 3000 mcg per dose. I have noticed no negative side effects from taking Nutrafol, but more and healthier hair, so I will be sticking with that as long as that holds.

Thank you. That's good information. I might try Nutrafol. I hear good things about it. Thank you again!

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sarahpanda — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 09:17:12 GMT

I've taken this product for several years - my stylist always mentions my ''head full of hair''...I'm in my 70's.

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febe1 — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 12:29:22 GMT

I've taken AL's product. My nails grew fast. My hair grew fast. However, neither nails nor hair grew stronger or increased volum in the hair. It seems to work like a fertilizer. Didn't notice anything in the skin. I get Biotin now in AL Ceramide caps.

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Shelbelle — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 14:54:40 GMT

I dont find hair growing faster as a plus, who wants to have to cut and color more often ??? I just want to have more hair on my head and that doesnt happen with any supplement.

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Bibione — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 14:55:35 GMT

After about 2 or 3 years of using this I had people back in Italy who saw me only in the summer ask me why I don't have wrinkles. Plus my hair is now fuller than when I started taking them about 6 years ago.

My nails are strong but I lost my eyebrows.