Beauties, have you ever thought about just popping a pill to get better hair, skin and nails? Most of us take supplements or vitamins for one reason or another, or have even considered doing it. We spoke to New York City-based dermatologist Dr. Barbara Reed to find out which vitamins are safe to take and which actually improve your skin.
1 Vitamin A
"Vitamin A is well-known to be beneficial to the skin in many ways. As a pill, it's very effective for the treatment of acne. When it is used in a cream or gel, it brightens the skin, reduces pigment, and restores the skin to its normal growth pattern. It can also improve fine wrinkles!" When taking vitamin A, always make sure that your daily limit does not exceed 1.5 mg. More than this amount can be toxic to your body!
2 Vitamin C
"Vitamin C is the best vitamin to use when treating colds and improving your health. It's also used in topical products to help reduce pigment and fine wrinkling." Excess vitamin C gets flushed from your system naturally with water, so there's never a risk of overdose.
3 Vitamin D
"Vitamin D is now recommended by the Center for Disease Control in doses of 1000 units per day for bones. It also strengthens the immune system and may help fight against cancer."
4 Biotin
"To improve the health of your skin, nails, and hair, Biotin is the best supplement to take (in addition to a good diet!). It is a B-complex vitamin which is essential to cell growth, the metabolism of fats and amino acids, and helps to strengthen your hair and nails." Just like vitamin C, B vitamins also get flushed out naturally with water.
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Oct 19, 2011
Sabrina R.
Definitely going to try some of this out as soon as I can!
Aug 14, 2011
Sarah T.
I already take Biotin & after reading this im gonna take vitamin A! :)
Aug 13, 2011
Yumi R.
i love Borba's gummies that are supposed to be skin clearing. i can't say that they work or not but they sure are yummy haha :)
also i take the Perfect Skin vitamins, they work well especially when you combine them with the Multi + Glow
Aug 13, 2011
Melissa S.
A good multi vitamin will give you all this and more! They're good for your body overall. =)
Aug 13, 2011
Sbkintern N.
I take One a Day for women. It has all of these and much more.
Aug 12, 2011
Erica J.
i love that picture
Aug 12, 2011
KrizzTina M.
This is such a great help for me! i have always been very curious about what vitamins do what and what works best overall.
Aug 12, 2011
Jane A.
I need to get back to my One-A-Day. My doctor mentioned that those pills are good enough.
I also asked about Calcium, because as we women age, not only do our bones get more fragile, they lose the calcium in it?? Something like that.
But as Yasmin talked about, I'm going to check my percentage on the daily vitamins I got....
Aug 12, 2011
Tina V.
i take gummy prenatal vitamins and a chewable with added iron. they taste good and i actually enjoy taking them. swallowing pills is not my thing so this is a great alternative. my dr even said both used together is a great combo!
Aug 12, 2011
Samah S.
Aug 13, 2011
Chelsea R.
Aug 12, 2011
Rebecca L.
I like to take flaxseed oil twice a day, its really helped with my complexion and nail strength! I talk about it a lot more here -->
http://www.bebeautifulblog.org/2011...
Rebecca x