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Is biotin bad for your liver or kidneys? i take it as a supplement to grow my hair.

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Dr. James Shoemaker answered

Specializes in General Practice

Biotin: I promise you biotin does nothing specific for hair growth. It's just that a genetic disease called "biotinidase deficiency" can cause baldness, so people assumed extra biotin might make hair grow--but biology does not work that way! extra biotin gets peed out immediately, so it cannot harm the liver or kidneys.

Answered 5/13/2019

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