Product Overview
NOW Foods Solutions Vegan Hair, Skin & Nails is a beauty-from-within formula in a bottle of 90 veg capsules. A serving is two capsules a day with food, so the bottle holds 45 servings — about six weeks.
It combines biotin (5,000mcg), vitamins C and E, the minerals zinc, copper and manganese, the amino acids L-cysteine, L-lysine and L-proline, and MSM, horsetail and hyaluronic acid. It is made by NOW Foods of Bloomingdale, Illinois, USA, and labelled vegan and gluten-free. The figures below match the supplement facts panel in the product photo.
Key Benefits
- Vitamin C — needed to make collagen, the main structural protein of skin. 90mg is 100% of the Daily Value.
- Zinc and copper — zinc plays a part in the normal maintenance of hair, skin and nails, and copper in normal hair and skin pigmentation. Both are in bisglycinate (chelated) form.
- Amino acids — cysteine, lysine and proline are building blocks of keratin and collagen. Most people get plenty from protein in food, so these matter most if your diet is low in protein.
- Vitamin E — an antioxidant that helps protect cells from oxidative stress.
- Vegan formula — no collagen, gelatin or other animal ingredients.
What to Expect — Honestly
- Biotin helps hair and nails mainly when you are short of it. True biotin deficiency is uncommon, and if you are not deficient, extra biotin has little good evidence for growing hair.
- If your hair is falling out, the common causes — iron deficiency, thyroid problems, hormonal changes, recent illness or stress — need a doctor and a blood test, not a beauty supplement.
- Hair and nails grow slowly. Any change takes three months or more to show.
- Hyaluronic acid and MSM taken by mouth have only small, early studies behind them for skin.
Important — Biotin and Blood Tests
Each serving contains 5,000mcg (5mg) of biotin — more than 160 times the Daily Value. Biotin at this level can make some laboratory tests read falsely high or falsely low, including thyroid tests and the troponin test used to diagnose a heart attack. The label itself warns that biotin may interfere with some blood test results.
Tell your doctor and the laboratory that you take biotin before any blood test, and ask whether to stop it a few days beforehand.
Key Features
- 5,000mcg biotin per two-capsule serving
- Vitamins C and E, zinc, copper and manganese
- L-cysteine, L-lysine, L-proline, MSM, horsetail and hyaluronic acid
- Vegan and gluten-free; plant cellulose capsule
- 90 capsules — 45 servings
Ingredients / Specifications
Per serving (2 veg capsules):
- Vitamin C (as ascorbic acid) 90mg — 100% DV
- Vitamin E (as d-alpha tocopherol, from sunflower oil) 20mg — 133% DV
- Biotin 5mg (5,000mcg) — 16,667% DV
- Zinc (from zinc bisglycinate) 8mg — 73% DV
- Copper (from copper bisglycinate) 1mg — 111% DV
- Manganese (from manganese amino acid chelate) 2mg — 87% DV
- L-cysteine 250mg · L-lysine 200mg · MSM (methylsulfonylmethane) 200mg · L-proline 200mg
- Horsetail (Equisetum arvense, aerial parts) 100mg
- Hyaluronic acid (from sodium hyaluronate) 50mg
Other ingredients: hypromellose (cellulose capsule), stearic acid (vegetable source), silicon dioxide.
How to Use
- Take two capsules once a day with food, as the label directs.
- Do not combine it with another hair, skin and nails product or a high-biotin supplement — and check your multivitamin for biotin, zinc and copper.
- Give it at least three months before judging it.
- The label notes that the capsule contents may vary slightly in colour once exposed to air. That is normal.
Who Is It Suitable For?
Adults — including vegans and vegetarians — who want a broad hair, skin and nail formula, particularly if their diet is limited.
- Adults only, as the label states. Keep it away from children.
- Pregnancy, breastfeeding, any medicine or medical condition — especially glaucoma — the label asks you to consult a doctor first.
- Horsetail is a herb with a mild diuretic (water-loss) effect. If you take a diuretic, lithium or heart medicine, ask your doctor before starting.
- Upcoming blood tests — see the biotin note above.
Why Choose NOW Foods Solutions Hair, Skin & Nails?
A fully disclosed formula — every ingredient with its amount — from a large US maker, in a vegan capsule, with chelated minerals at moderate levels. The one high dose is biotin, and the label is open about what that means for blood tests.
This Is a Supplement, Not a Medicine
A dietary supplement is a food product. It is not a medicine, it has not been through the testing a medicine goes through, and it does not diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
Supplement labels use health language — “supports”, “helps maintain”, “promotes” — precisely because they are not permitted to claim treatment. Read them that way. If a listing anywhere promises that a capsule will fix a medical condition, that promise is not one the product can keep.
What a supplement can honestly do is fill a gap in your diet. That is worth something, and it is a smaller thing than most packaging implies.
Talk to a Doctor First
Speak to a doctor or pharmacist before you start, particularly if you:
- take any prescribed medicine — supplements interfere with medicines more often than people expect
- are being treated for a heart, liver, kidney, thyroid or blood condition
- have diabetes
- are pregnant, trying to conceive, or breastfeeding
- have surgery or a dental procedure coming up
Never stop or reduce a prescribed medicine in order to take a supplement instead. That is the single most dangerous thing anyone does with a product like this, and it is what the marketing language quietly invites.
Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose
Follow the dose printed on the pack. More is not better with supplements — for several of them, more is worse.
- Fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E and K) build up in the body rather than being flushed out. A high daily dose taken for months can accumulate to a harmful level.
- Taking two products that both contain the same vitamin is an easy way to double a dose without noticing. Check every label you are taking.
- Stop and see a doctor if you get nausea, stomach pain, unusual bruising, a rash, or anything else new after starting.
About the Imported Pack
This is an imported product. The label, the dose instructions and the ingredient panel are the ones printed for the market it was made for, and the wording may differ from a locally packaged version.
Follow the dose printed on the pack itself — it is the authority on its own contents — and check the expiry date when it arrives. If anything on the label is unclear, message us before you take it and we will read it to you.
Storage
- Keep the container tightly closed, somewhere cool and dry, out of direct sunlight.
- Do not store it in a bathroom. Heat and humidity break supplements down faster than anything else, and a Dhaka bathroom is the worst place in the house for them.
- Leave the desiccant sachet in the bottle. It is there to keep moisture out, not by mistake.
- Softgels and fish oils are best kept in a fridge in hot weather — they go rancid otherwise.
- Keep it out of reach of children.
- Do not use it after the expiry date, and throw it away if the capsules smell strongly off, have stuck together or changed colour.
Frequently Asked Questions
Will it make my hair grow faster?
Not if your body already has enough of these nutrients. It can help if a shortfall is part of the problem. Hair loss that is new or heavy needs a doctor.
Is it really vegan?
Yes. It is labelled vegan, the capsule is plant cellulose, and there is no collagen or gelatin in it.
Why does the label mention glaucoma?
The label asks anyone with glaucoma to consult a physician before use but does not say why. If you have glaucoma, ask your eye doctor first.
Can I take it with my other supplements?
Check the labels for anything that appears in both — doubling a dose by accident is easy. If you are on prescribed medicine as well, ask a pharmacist. They do this check quickly and for free.
How do I check the pack is in date?
The expiry date is printed on the bottle or the base of the box. Check it as soon as your order arrives. If it is unreadable or close to expiry, message us and we will replace it.
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