Hair, Skin and Nails

One study analyzed all visits to a nail consultation practice over a sixmonth period, revealing forty-four patients who had been prescribed the B-vitamin biotin. Of these, thirty-five who took daily supplementation were subjectively evaluated. Twenty-two of thirty-five (63 percent) showed clinical improvement and thirteen (37 percent) reported no change in their condition. The results of this retrospective study suggest a positive response to biotin in the treatment of brittle nails in many patients 1.