Which Supplements Are Best for your Hair Growth?

Though hair growth is contingent on many uncontrollable factors like age, genetics, and health, it’s also connected to nutritional intake, diet, and overall well-being. 

In fact, a lack of certain nutrients, like iron, can trigger hair loss. Researchers have isolated the nutrients necessary for healthy hair growth. By eating properly and taking vitamin-rich supplements formulated for growth and thickness over time, we can ward off age-related hair loss. Which supplements are best for hair growth? Keep reading to find out. 

Understanding the Role of Supplements 

Polish biochemist Casimir Funk isolated the first vitamins in 1911, and he used the word “vitamine" (for "vital amine") to describe his discovery. Scientists later learned that these essential nutrients were not amines (a specific type of chemical compound derived from ammonia); however, the name persisted. 

Multivitamins/mineral supplements became available in the 1940s, and Americans have been taking them ever since. According to some estimates, over one-third of the U.S. population takes supplements. 

Dietary supplements are sold and marketed in forms including:

• Capsules
• Gelcaps
• Liquids
• Softgels
• Tablets
• Powders
• Gummies 

Supplement ingredients can include enzymes, amino acids, herbs, minerals, vitamins, and collagen. Centuries before people knew about vitamins' health benefits, sailors discovered that citrus fruits could stop scurvy and its deteriorating effects. 

Supplements Maintain Body Function 

Hair supplements are comprised of vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients that help your body function the way it should. Scientists have recognized 13 vitamins and 15 minerals crucial to sustaining your body. Your body assimilates them from the foods you eat and the sun’s rays. 

The following are a few examples of vitamin functions: 

• Boosting your immune system to protect you from infections
• Maintaining nerve health
• Assisting blood clot formation
• Preserving scalp skin elasticity
• Sustaining sebum oil production 

Minerals also play a vital role in helping your body function properly: 

• Promoting metabolism
• Helping brain function
• Elevating red blood cell production
• Fortifying hair thickness
• Nourishing hair follicles 

You have close to 100,000 hair follicles on your scalp. Most strands developing from them are in the growing (anagen) phase of the hair growth cycle. Your hair follicles require nourishment from inside to remain in the anagen phase for as long as possible. 

Supplements That Are Best for Hair Health 

One challenge aging women face is the need to get enough nutrients while eating fewer calories. If you notice extra belly fat even though you are not consuming more than you did when you were younger, it's not your imagination. 

As women age, decreasing estrogen levels redistribute fat to your belly. Even though you need fewer calories, you will need higher levels of nutrients than when you were younger, especially if you want your hair to keep growing into your 90s. 

Better Not Younger’s Significant Other Hair, Skin & Nails Supplement + Retinol Boost helps you fight age-related vitamin deficiencies, leading to slow growth. Our vitamins were created to be a pivotal part of our holistic hair-care approach. They supply nutrients to the rest of your body while pushing essential hair-building resources to your scalp. Significant Other supplements boast micronutrients including: 

Vitamin A 

Vitamin A represents a category of fat-soluble compounds that include retinyl acetate and retinol. Vitamin A improves sebum oil production, enhancing the quality and texture of your hair while hydrating your scalp. 

B-Vitamins 

Included in the class of B-vitamins are several water-soluble nutrients that transform proteins into the amino acids that form the building blocks of your hair, including: 

• Calcium pantothenate (B5) deficiency can cause damage to your hair follicles. Maintaining adequate levels of B5 can mitigate age-related hair loss.
• Pyridoxine (B6) helps transform amino acids into keratin protein, fortifying your strands and ensuring your hair follicles get enough keratin.
• Biotin (B7) protects your scalp against dryness and boosts your hair’s pliancy, improving both its resistance to breakage and its texture.
• Folic acid (B9) improves  volume, and shine while possibly preventing graying and thinning. It also supports cell growth in your hair follicles.
• Cyanocobalamin (B12) helps improve hair growth cell division, reduces grays, and assists red blood cell production in nourishing your follicles. 

Vitamin C 

Better Not Younger supplements increase Vitamin C's bioavailability to help your body better absorb iron and synthesize collagen, a mineral and protein essential for hair health. 

Choline (Choline Bitartrate) and Inositol 

Our bodies produce choline and inositol to create cell walls, but they do not generate enough to satisfy our bodies’ needs. Significant Other Hair, Skin & Nails Supplement includes this lipid-forming blend to bolster hair cell structure. 

Iodine (Potassium Iodide) 

Iodine is a chemical element that supports thyroid function, assisting you in maintaining a dense, lustrous mane. Iodine prevents hair breakage and ensures hair health. 

Vitamin D 

Sunlight exposure is our primary source of vitamin D. As we age, however, our skin synthesizes less of this essential nutrient. Significant Other Hair Fortifying Vitamins include vitamin D to reduce hair loss by lengthening our growth cycles' anagen phase. 

Vitamin E 

Vitamin E reduces oxidative stress on your scalp and balances your skin’s antioxidant and free radicals, helping you sustain a thicker head of hair. 

Zinc 

Zinc is a vital mineral that improves hair health by facilitating your body’s vitamin A production and improving sebum oil production. 

Strengthen Your Hair with Collagen 

Your scalp and hair are made of collagen. Providing your body with types I & III collagen will nourish your hair and scalp with resilience and elasticity. 

Better Not Younger’s Power Within Skin & Scalp Collagen Gummies supply your body with 96 milligrams of types I and II marine collagen to build and fortify your hair from within. 

BNY’s Supplements Provide Vital Nutrients to Boost Hair Health 

Staying active is essential to boosting productivity and happiness, while eating well can reward you with the healthy mane you’ve always wanted.  

Nevertheless, obtaining the nutrients your body needs for healthy hair becomes more challenging as we get older. Better Not Younger's Significant Other Hair, Skin & Nails Supplement + Retinol Boost and Power Within Skin & Scalp Collagen Gummies strengthen your roots to promote healthy hair and give you unbeatable shine. 

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