Wellness

[1Professor]

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).

[cjm61]

@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. 

[1Professor]

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@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. 

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@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!).

[Effie54]

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. 

[1Professor]

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@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. 

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@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.)

[Kachina624]

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.

[Shelbelle]

Took 720 of them, no results !!

[CatsyCline]

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.

[Effie54]

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@1Professor wrote:

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@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. 

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@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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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. 

[Tinkrbl44]

@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.