One of the posts here says, It's a vitamin, so it's safe. Not the whole story--it's safe but only for its INTENDED USE. Not safe for you, esp. as they have extra iron.
Men and post-menopausal women shouldn't take multivitamins with iron, and if their diet is adequate, they will be fine. Too much iron in your body (for men OR women) creates a serious condition that hardens organs and can be fatal (search for hemochromatosis for specifics on this). Just because something is safe/approved by the government, or just because something is natural, doesn't mean it can be used without risk.
Prenatal vitamins have megadoses that are calibrated for the creation of a new complex human being and to maintain the health of a women, who is incubating that new human and sharing her own systems with the developing life. Both of these metabolic processes are far and away more demanding on vitamin needs than just growing a hair from an existing follicle. So prenatal vitamins are not meant to help with hair growth. I'm not really sure that anything makes your hair grow faster than your genetic program tells it to grow. Besides iron, there are other vitamins and minerals on which you can overdose and create serious health problems pretty quickly. Don't mess with the prenatal vitamins.
Here's a link to a few points about normal human hair growth, and as one of them says, nobody knows for certain how the body controls the cycles of hair growth.
http://www.pg.com/science/haircare/hair_鈥?/a>Is it safe for a male to take prenatal vitamins for hair growth?
It's a vitamin....it's safe...lol
HOWEVER,
Everyone's hair grows an average of an half an inch a month. If you wait more than 4-5 weeks to trim the split ends off....eventually they break off. When that happens you break off more than the half inch you grew.
However, if you trim the very ends every 4 weeks to prevent the breakage from occuring in the first place...you will keep most of that half inch you grow every month. Combine that with a salon shampoo and conditioner....and you can get 6 or more inches of healthy hair every year.
The biggest trick is finding that special hairdresser than will only trim the very tips. If you explain what you're doing...they should work with you of getting the length to where you want it. The other thing in growing your hair out is to always grow from style to style....not length to length. That way you're never going to be bored with your hair and be tempted to cut it off...;)
Always use professional products, they are formulated to not buildup on the hair as fast and to actually strengthen the hairshaft. There is no magic to getting long hair. You can try all the little concoctions people suggest....but the bottom line is you hair will grow from the root no matter what you do to the already grown hair. Once the hair has left the follicle...it's consider dead keratin protien. You just need to treat it right so it stays looking nice.
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