title: Brittle nails: response to daily biotin supplementation.
abstract: A recent study from Switzerland demonstrated a 25 percent increase in nail plate thickness in patients with brittle nails who received biotin supplementation. Analysis of all visits to a nail consultation practice over a six-month period revealed forty-four patients with this condition who had been prescribed the B-complex vitamin biotin. Of these, thirty-five who took daily supplementation were subjectively evaluated. Twenty-two of thirty-five (63 percent) showed clinical improvement and thirteen (37 percent) reported no change in their condition. The results of this small, retrospective study suggest a positive response to biotin in the treatment of brittle nails in some patients.
authors: Department of Dermatology, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York.
authors: L G
authors: LG
authors: Hochman
authors: R K
authors: RK
authors: Scher
authors: M S
authors: MS
authors: Meyerson
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001710:Biotin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012074:Remission Induction; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D001710:Biotin