Popular hair growth supplement can mess with cancer treatment, doc warns

Popular hair growth supplement can mess with cancer treatment, doc warns

B-ware of B7? As if battling cancer wasn’t difficult enough, many patients lose their hair — especially if they are undergoing chemotherapy. These patients have increasingly turned to biotin, also known as vitamin B7 or vitamin H, to boost their hair growth and thickness. Chemotherapy destroys rapidly dividing cancer cells while also damaging healthy cells like those in hair follicles. andreaobzerova – stock.adobe.com Now, an oncodermatologist a…