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How to use nicotinic acid for hair
Miscellaneous / / September 17, 2023
Do not apply it directly to your head.
What is nicotinic acid
Niacin, or B3, is one of the B vitamins, water-soluble substances that necessary body. Our body can get it from food or produce it on its own from the amino acid tryptophan, a component of proteins.
Niacin helps convert nutrients into energy, produce cholesterol and fats, create and repair DNA and fight oxidative stress caused by active forms oxygen.
Nicotinic acid contains:
- red meat: beef, beef liver, pork;
- Domestic bird;
- fish;
- brown rice;
- cereals and breads fortified with B vitamins;
- nuts, seeds;
- legumes;
- bananas.
How niacin helps hair
Nicotinic acid improves metabolism in the scalp and restores damage to the follicles, so it helps not only speed up hair growth and make it thicker, but also fight hair loss.
Thus, the effectiveness of nicotinic acid compared with placebo in patients with alopecia. Hair density was determined using photographic analysis. As a result, over 6 weeks in the group of those who took niacin, the hair became noticeably thicker and its growth accelerated.
Oksana Chernenko
Dermatologist, cosmetologist and trichologist Clinics of Professor Yutskovskaya. Teacher at the School of Professor Yutskovskaya.
Nicotinic acid dilates superficial blood vessels in the scalp. This increases blood flow and improves nutrition of hair follicles. As a result, hair grows faster.
How not to use nicotinic acid for hair
Pharmacies sell niacin ampoules. So it's tempting to just apply it to your scalp to improve blood flow and promote growth. hair. But this can lead to complications: after all, the ampoule contains acid.
Oksana Chernenko
Nicotinic acid from ampoules often leads to burns and dermatitis on the scalp. In addition to discomfort due to irritation, hair loss may increase instead of the expected hair growth.
How to use nicotinic acid for hair
Although niacin in its pure form is rather dangerous for hair, it can still be used to speed up hair growth, just in different ways.
Mix with mask
If you still want to try acid in ampoules, you can add it to your hair mask. This is the part of the care that is applied to the skin and kept on it for quite a long time, in contrast to shampoo, which is washed off immediately, and conditioner, which is used only for the length of the hair.
Oksana Chernenko
Nicotinic acid has a dose-dependent effect: that is, the more it is, the stronger the result. But, as I said, a large amount is more likely to cause irritation than benefit. Therefore, it is better to add just a little, just a couple of drops, than to encounter complications.
Apply special cosmetics
The safest and most effective way is cosmetics (especially masks) to which nicotinic acid is added.
Oksana Chernenko
I'm always for special means. The fact is that under production conditions the amount of niacin is precisely calculated so that the effect is visible, but there are no side effects. Therefore, you will definitely not face negative consequences.
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