Silica For Hair?? - Vitamins & Supplements Message Board

drv · 03-03-2004, 12:21 PM

Hi, I just have a quick question. Does anyone know how much silica(horsetail)you should take a day? I went to buy some capsules for my hair since i want to take a break from the pre natal vitamins and they all differed in the amounts.For example one called "vegetal silica"(from spring horsetail) has only 11.0 mg and another brand of silica had 250mg. Is there a difference in the types. I really want to get a good kind. Please if anyone who currently takes it or knows anything about it that would be great.

NerfHead · 03-07-2004, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by drv

Hi, I just have a quick question. Does anyone know how much silica(horsetail)you should take a day? I went to buy some capsules for my hair since i want to take a break from the pre natal vitamins and they all differed in the amounts.For example one called "vegetal silica"(from spring horsetail) has only 11.0 mg and another brand of silica had 250mg. Is there a difference in the types. I really want to get a good kind. Please if anyone who currently takes it or knows anything about it that would be great.

20-50mg daily of silica from horsetail is recommended for adults however,
500-6000mg daily is a common therapeutic amount. Be sure you are taking plenty of Vitamin B1(Thiamin) if you are taking more than 30mg of silica from horsetail daily.

If you are really concerned with vitamins/minerals for your hair, more important than silica are Essential Fatty Acids!!!

drv · 03-08-2004, 09:02 AM

Thanks a lot for your reply. I just bought some silica for 250mg (3 a day)
I also have added these:

-1 cod liver oil (sometimes 1 tbsp of flax seed oil instead)
-high B-complex(high in biotin)
-4 accidophilus(probiotic)
-4 garlic pills
-1 multivitamin (pre natal/alternating back and forth with regular multi)
-3 alpha lipoic acid pills
-wheat grass

will see how these will work for me.
Thanks,
d

crystalina · 03-13-2004, 10:27 AM

what does it do?? does it make ur hair grow faster? and is it made out of real horse tail???

nightangel00 · 03-19-2004, 03:41 PM

I would not take the cod liver oil. That has Vitamin A on it and Vit A is well known for hair loss. Instead flax oil or fish body oil but no way cod liver oil.

my .2 cents