Taking Biotin and not enough water

[mrshicks2002]

For those that take biotin and dont really like water, how or what did you do to make yourself drink more water since you were taking the biotin. I am taking some now thats in the ultra nourishair from GNC and it has 1200mcg and I want to buy some that will be at least 5000mcg.

I really want to take biotin, but my problem is not drinking enough water because I really just hate it and thats bad to say. I am also scared that my face will break out if I dont drink enough water. I have oily and sensitive skin.

For those that have taken it and face have broken out, was it a very high dose that you were taking and were you drinking enough water. Which I know everyone body is different, but the #1 thing I have heard about biotin is face breaking out.

 

[DSP]

We shared some good tips on ways to drink more water in this thread:

http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=124632

I hope it helps!

 

[klb120475]

When I initially began taking biotin I started off with 5mg. I was drinking about 24 oz of water a day. I did break out around the chin area, but it didn't last long. I'm now taking 10mg a day with no problems. I've always had skin problems, but that's ceased. I also take Msm so that may have something to do with no break outs.

Those lil flavored water packs helped me out alot....ya know give the water some flavor.

 

[sowhut]

Dont feel too bad because im horrible at drinking water too, I even go a day or 2 without having any water at allerplexed . I started off with 2,000 mcgs of Biotin and I didnt experience breakouts. I now take 5,000 mcgs of biotin and i did experience small breakouts around my chin and forehead but they cleared up within a week or 2.

P.s. My skin is a little oily at times and its sensitive to most products.

 

[LizLeila]

1. I started out on smaller doses and didnt have any problems even though my water intake was terrible. I still saw great results.

2. When I wanted to increase my intake a lot I started drinking 2 liters a day. I would make myself drink one in the morning and one at night. Carrying a water bottle helped me because I knew I only had to finish a certain amount a day. HTH.

 

[meaganita]

I've been taking a little more than 3mg daily and I consume on average about 60 to 68 ounces of water per day. But I STILL broke out, especially on my chin. The breakouts aren't as bad now, it's been about a month and a half. I've also recently began taking b-complex...so that could be helping too. But I said all that to say that, it's important to drink lots of water, but your body is probablygoing to do what's it's going to do anyway. I think once your body adjusts to the biotin, the breakouts will gradually go away.

 

[DivaRox]

I started on daily doses 5mg of Biotin back in late November on the advice of my dermy because of skin problems. I have since increased my dosage to between 8 and 10mg daily. I will either have two 5mg doses, or 1 5mg dose and get the other 3mg from my hair vits.

My water intake is +/- 1 gallon daily. I started off making myself drink it by filling my jug up every morning and lugging it around the house everywhere I go to keep it handy. I added a filter to my faucet to get it as pure tasting as possible. After a while I wasn't forcing myself to drink it. My body got used to the water and started craving it I guess is the best way to put it. I started getting really thirsty and now it's no problem to finish the water before the end of the day. Hence the + . The - is if I'm being really lazy and spend my days off sleeping the day away.

 

[alwayzalady22]

I've been taking a little more than 3mg daily and I consume on average about 60 to 68 ounces of water per day. But I STILL broke out, especially on my chin. The breakouts aren't as bad now, it's been about a month and a half. I've also recently began taking b-complex...so that could be helping too. But I said all that to say that, it's important to drink lots of water, but your body is probablygoing to do what's it's going to do anyway. I think once your body adjusts to the biotin, the breakouts will gradually go away.

i know i've posted on this subject 50-11 times, but here's 50-12 D)....i only take 2mg of biotin and drink 3-4 liters of water every day w/o fail, and still broke out when i upped it to 3mg for a short period of time...i honestly don't think i can drink any more water for the time being, so i ordered a b-complex w/vit c from puritan's pride last night...i've read before on here that sometimes breakouts happen because you're not getting enough of the other b-vitamins in your system to balance out the biotin. so in addition to drinking more water, i'd pick up a b-complex vitamin as well...HTH

 

[mrshicks2002]

Thanks everyone for the replies. I am going to try out the biotin 5000mg and I am already taking b-complex so thats a good thing. I do drink flavored water, so I guess I will drink more if I notice I am breaking out.