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How Different Types of Vitamins Aid Hair Growth

  

Date Posted: 10/21/2012 1:38:04 PM

Posted By: sashoo  Membership Level: Silver  Total Points: 382


Different types of vitamins are essential to sustain healthy hair growth and maintenance. Vitamins are complex molecules that help maintain your overall health, including hair. Vitamins, more than any other hair products, play a primal role in promoting healthy hair. No wonder a lack of them will only stagnate your hair growth, and make it appear lifeless or dull. But even before starting to take vitamins, you should know which ones help sustain both hair growth and maintenance. Don't you want longer, healthier hair?

Let's get started with Vitamin A. This is more than just a vitamin. It's an antioxidant that helps produce healthy sebum on your scalp, keeping both scalp and hair well hydrated. The right amount of this vitamin should see your hair grow fast without experiencing any dry effects. Excessive amounts could be toxic, even leading to hair loss and related issues. Endeavor to take only the right amount, which usually is a daily dosage of about 5, 000 IU. Deficiency of Vitamin A causes scalp acne and hair breakage.

As for Vitamin B, it helps make hair follicles strong, preventing hair loss and damage. As well, it prevents hair from graying. Another plus is, this Vitamin-type is highly soluble in water, meaning that it will not accumulate in your body — it will dissolve.

Vitamin C should be next. Also known as ascorbic acid, this is yet another antioxidant, and helps stimulate hair growth, too. Here’s how: it helps develop, and grow, cells and tissues that are relevant for hair development. Which is why a regular intake of ascorbic acid should prevent pre-mature graying, hair loss, dryness and brittleness. Vitamin C deficiency usually will result in hair weakening, consequently, pulling out. The recommended daily dose is about 60mg — do not take more than this amount in a

day.

Regarding Vitamin D, it has been linked to healthy hair follicles. It helps stimulate hair follicles, and the cells that form the shaft. Which is why with this type of Vitamin, hair loss should truly be a thing of the past. In addition to this, Vitamin D aids calcium absorption in our bodies, and 1, 000 IU is the recommended daily dose.

Vitamin E helps create new blood vessels, which eases blood circulation, particularly in the scalp. It helps stimulate the immune system as well, which plays a key role towards hair growth and development. It’s also what is responsible for hair strength.

I hope these vitamins help grow your hair fast.



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