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[MustKillAcne]

I've been taking 4 grams of B5 every day for the past week and I've started to experience hair thinning and and hair loss, even though I have short hair. So I was thinking cutting down my dosage to 500mg a day, but I'm scared that my hair loss will not stop . I've heard stories where completely eliminating the B5 still caused some hair loss afterwards. So what do you guys think I should do? Do you think lowering my dosage to 500mg will stop the hairloss?

[robrhodes]

Damn , i don't know what to suggest. I have just started today. I only bought some timed release 500mg tablets. I plan to tak 1-2 of these through the day and 1 at night/ bed(ish ) time. I am just too sceptical of the high 10g doses mentioned in some posts. Sure that may work for some people. But i can feel a sort of very faint warm tingling feeling in my face today. In essence i can feel i am "on" something.
I have also read about people having success on 500mg to 1g per day. If i had to suggest anything it would be to start with lower doses just to be safe.

[corgisoulpower]

I take 500 mg a day but I use it sparingly. I'm more willing to push the envelope with vitamin A/beta carotene for some reason. Maybe because I tried getting results from that before the pantothenic acid and they came. My skin's a bit drier but my spots flake off like nothing. So I've just been moisturizing/trying to take especially good care of my liver.

[MustKillAcne]

corgisoulpower, on 07 November 2011 - 06:29 PM, said:

I take 500 mg a day but I use it sparingly. I'm more willing to push the envelope with vitamin A/beta carotene for some reason. Maybe because I tried getting results from that before the pantothenic acid and they came. My skin's a bit drier but my spots flake off like nothing. So I've just been moisturizing/trying to take especially good careof my liver.

How much beta carotene were you taking? Sorry I know nothing about vitamin A, is vitamin A most effective in the beta carotene form?

[corgisoulpower]

MustKillAcne, on 07 November 2011 - 06:43 PM, said:

corgisoulpower, on 07 November 2011 - 06:29 PM, said:

I take 500 mg a day but I use it sparingly. I'm more willing to push the envelope with vitamin A/beta carotene for some reason. Maybe because I tried getting results from that before the pantothenic acid and they came. My skin's a bit drier but my spots flake off like nothing. So I've just been moisturizing/trying to take especially good careof my liver.

How much beta carotene were you taking? Sorry I know nothing about vitamin A, is vitamin A most effective in the beta carotene form?

Your body turns beta-carotene into vitamin A which retinol (common enough topical for acne, used to use it) is a product of. You can take beta-carotene as a supplement, sure. I just eat a bag of baby carrots a day. Beta-carotene is found in most orange foods and will turn you orange if you eat too much of it. Hasn't happened to me yet but I kind of want it to. Maybe it'll give my skin a nice jersey-shore glow during this oncoming san francisco winter.

[FSAS]

i really want to start taking b5 but so scared of hairloss. why does the hairloss happen? is it more common in guys or girls or how much you take?
what can you do to avoid the hairloss? i hear people say take biotin but doesnt that also cause acne. :/