Biotin and PCOS- WARNING

So I used the handy dandy little search bar for a problem I was having recently and I have discovered a HUGE problem. Big enough for me to think I should warn others about. So I have pretty horrible PCOS and I thought losing weight would really help with my symptoms, including the whole "turning into a man" thing. I have hairloss from PCOS and also the hair popping up where it isn't supposed to (shut up guys!) so anyway the thought of losing MORE hair after surgery was very scary to me. I started taking 5000 mcg of biotin before surgery and ever since. My hair GROWTH issues got worse (on every other part of my body) and I figured my stomach wasn't absorbing  my meds anymore and I freaked out. When I say it got worse, I'm talking about CRAZY fast growth and NEW hair. Unacceptable. I mean un-******g-acceptable beyond words. So I used the handy dandy search bar and found out that it's the damn biotin. Yeah, it makes the hair on your head grow in faster but it makes all your other body hair grow in faster and thicker and nicer too. Great!!!

IF YOU HAVE PCOS WITH BODY HAIR ISSUES BE CAREFUL WITH BIOTIN BECAUSE YOU MIGHT HAVE MORE OF WHAT YOU DONT WANT! From what I was reading the people were saying that once their new hair showed up it never went away either. Needless to say, I stopped taking the biotin.

I just wanted to share my discovery. I may be wrong, but there seems to be a direct connection between the two.

I also understand that hormones go crazy after surgery but this here is ridiculous. I turned into a man within 3 months.

 

Oh hell no! I'm staying away from biotin if that is true. I'll deal with the hair loss on my head.... Dont wanna even think about new hair growth in unusual places. Thanks for the tip!!

I only read it from people with PCOS. My leg and underarm hair dramatically increased but everywhere that I had hair that shouldn't be there started growing a lot faster and a lot more hair was/is popping up to the point where I am getting terrified and going to look into laser treatment.

hwag5149 - I currently get laser hair treatment. I go very infrequently because I've been many, many times. I have a friend who asked me to talk to my laser hair tech about it because she has PCOS. She said that it wasn't really worth it because you'd hafta go more frequently than people without PCOS, and it really wasn't worth all the $$$. So, make sure that is something you discuss should you find a place you want to go.

We have a place here that has a 2 year guarantee but they won't do the guarantee if you have PCOS so you have to make sure you don't tell them about it. With the laser it gets the current hairs, but it won't prevent new hairs from growing in new follicles. Since we have excess male hormones, we will continue to sprout hair in new follicles even after the old ones are gone from the laser, unless our hormones are under control. If we get our hormones under control and stop new hair from sprouting, laser would be beneficial because it would get rid of the hair that is there and no new hair would be growing because our hormones would be in check.

It's kind of complicated and many women don't quite understand the complexities of PCOS. The laser was going to be VERY expensive when I went like $4k just for one area!!! :(

Holy ****!!! 4k???? I get mine done for $150/90mins. I get my whole body done. But because I've gone so frequently, it generally doesn't take 90 mins to do all the areas I need, so she pro-rates me. Before she did by time, they did by area and it was expensive! I would spend like $300 and only get a few spots done.

Oh no, 4k for unlimited treatments just my face....

I have PCOS and have this horrible side effect of it also....I do a wierd thing lol.... I pluck most of it and then I take 1000 grit sand paper and sand my face with it..... its horrible as a dermatologist point of view...but it will keep your face smooth for the day

oh my goodness! I don't know if I could do the sand paper thing! I hope you're not taking the biotin thing to exacerbate it.

LOL..... well I tried the sand paper on my legs and it works great...so smooth, much better than shaving...so then i tried it on my face.... lol.... you should try 1500 or 1200 grit first on your face... just run it around in circles.....people still tell me I have beautiful skin! lol...... and No I have never taken the biotin.... glad i have not.

One other thing that I did take that helped with the hair is Spironalactone.... you have to take it 4-6 months before you can tell its working, but it does....i was taking 150 mgs then...its a prescription drug though