Healthy Hair - Vitamins & Supplements Message Board

SugarBaby123 · 01-24-2002, 01:15 PM

What vitamins are necessary for healthy hair?

tropdefemme · 01-24-2002, 09:39 PM

Wow...I was looking that up just the other day. For healthy hair, here are the musts: protein (through diet of course), choline, inositol, tyrosine, B vitamins, biotin, cysteine, cystine, zinc, copper, manganese, iron, vitamins A and E (but not in excess...that causes hair loss).

I'd look for a supplement tailored for healthy skin and nails that contains most of what I just mentioned. Some supplements contain gelatin and horsetail stem (for naturally occuring silica)... while they do help, you might want to check the ingredients if you are opposed to animal products in nutritional supplements. Also if you'll notice on the hardcore hair-growth supplements, they're loaded with amino acids which supposedly help increase monthly hair growth.

If you want to improve the hair you have, you might want to look into a protein reconstructor, which builds damaged hair up (ex. Redken's Cat Reconstructor). The best way to take care of your hair is to provide nutrition, exercise, and rest to your body (and it will in turn love you by giving you healthy hair and other benefits). Best of luck!

Melissa

SugarBaby123 · 01-24-2002, 10:46 PM

Hey there, thanks for replying. Yes the reason why i asked was because i just got a horrible highlighht job done to my hair. We tried to correct it several times so over the past two days my hair as been overly damaged. I have a bunch of flyways and feels very coarse. Ive always had Long Healthy Beautiful hair so im majorily freaking out. Where can i get the Redken at?

tropdefemme · 01-26-2002, 05:49 PM

Get the redken reconstructor at any salon/salon store. Since your hair is really damaged, use it once a week...saturate your hair (it'll feel weird, not like most conditioners). The longer you keep it in, the better it works, so I've been using it for 30-45 min (keep hair wet...don't let it dry on your hair). Then rinse it, apply another conditioner for managablility (I suggest Biolage's conditioning balm, which saved my hair...has more natural ingredients, too).

Also, I'd highly recommend using Joico's K-Pak conditioning treatment 1-2 times a week...combine it with another conditioner and just apply. That builds your damaged hair back up, too. I did a long stripping treatment last summer and my stylist swore by that stuff, and it's worked very well for me. Don't overcondition (which is possible, even if you do need to build up your hair again)--if your hair gets unusually dull and dry, you're overconditioning. Just cut your usage down.

While you will be able to help the new hair via vitamins, the hair you have relies on how well you take care of it. If you get the stuff I recommended, you can nurture your hair to normal again (it'll repair damage, restore shine, stop breakage, etc). That will necessitate salon-quality products, which will be pricey, but nothing less could have helped my hair as much as this stuff did. Be patient, take care of your hair, and take your vitamins!! If you have any other questions, feel free to ask...I've been throught this and done a bit of homework, so hopefully I can answer any other questions. Good luck!

Melissa

SugarBaby123 · 01-27-2002, 05:38 PM

Melissa, Thanks so much for ur help. I went to 3 dufferent salons around here and none had Redken. They all carried Paul Mitchell and Alterna products. So i went to Sallys beauty supply and purchased something called "Reconstructer Treatment" by Ion. On the bottle it says Clinical Repair for damaged and stressed hair, Deeply penetrates the Cortex to Repair Damage From the Inside Out, With Pathenol Pro Vitamin B5, Keratin, and Protein. It sounds all good so im hoping it will work well.