The Best Hair, Skin & Nails Supplements, According To A Dermatologist
March 26, 2018 by Lisa Cupido
It’s time to get real about beauty supplements.
There are a lot of pills and powders you can take that will, supposedly, give you the thick, shiny hair, clear and radiant skin, and steel-strong nails of your dreams. Some of these pills cost a pretty penny, too.
But before you go spending three paychecks on supplements, it’s really important to remember this isn’t a business that is regulated well. You may wind up purchasing a jar of lovely plant extracts that won’t harm you, but won’t do very much to improve the health of your hair, skin, or nails, either. And there’s another problem that many experts say we’re ignoring: unless you actually have a vitamin or mineral deficiency, there’s no proof that taking more of a supplement than your body needs will actually work.
Despite all of this, there is one mineral that continues to pop up on every dermatologist and health expert’s radar when it comes to hair, skin, and nails: biotin.
“If nothing shows up after appropriate testing, because we don’t have a good blood test to detect biotin deficiency, it might be worthwhile to try a supplement for three months,” says Marvin M. Lipman, M.D., Consumer Reports’ chief medical adviser. “Since biotin supplements can interfere with thyroid testing, make your doctor aware.”
We’re not saying there aren’t plenty of natural extracts and oils that may help promote healthier hair, skin, and nails, but since biotin continues to prove the leading star in this category of supplements, here are four of the most popular hair, skin, and nails supplements that contain biotin.