With Hair Loss, Can Certain Vitamins Regenerate Hair Loss or Thinning?

I've been taking a series of B-complex, D3, iron, and omega 3 vitamins to help stimulate hair growth, but I hear if you're severely obese, no vitamins will work because you have too much mass - the vitamins break-up long before they can get to where they would be most useful. Is this true? Then I hear if you take too many vitamins, you can actually cause hair loss. If blood tests don't show accurate results, how can I know how much to take to help?

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Vitamins and Hair Loss

It is not true that obesity completely inhibits the circulation of all vitamins. Certain vitamins are water-soluble and others are fat-soluble, however, the pathophysiology of how vitamins affect hair loss with regard to obesity is extremely complex. Taking vitamins, as you are doing, is certainly a great idea for your overall health. But upping your vitamin intake to compensate for your weight is not wise, as overdosing is still a possibility. You should continue to take only the standard... more