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  • Niacin what type is good in hair products

    Posted by Anonymous on June 5, 2016 at 6:39 am

    Ok so I think I need help understanding this. I understand niacin when taken internally becomes niacinamide. Can you buy just niacinamide? Is nicotinamide the same thing? What’s the difference between the three? And the most important what’s the best one to put in a shampoo? Also not sure if this is the place to be posting this im new

    Anonymous replied 7 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 4 Replies
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  • david

    Member
    June 5, 2016 at 1:29 pm

    You need to explain what you mean with “best”.
    cheapest? most stable?. If you expect a benefit for the hair in a rinse off product - none of the three will most likely have any.

  • oldperry

    Member
    June 8, 2016 at 9:49 pm

    Yes, what do you want the Niacin to do in your hair product?

    @David is correct. In a rinse-off product it doesn’t much matter which you choose since none of them are likely to do anything.

  • Anonymous

    Guest
    June 8, 2016 at 11:52 pm

    thanks guys, thats pretty much all i needed to know.

  • Anonymous

    Guest
    June 8, 2016 at 11:53 pm

    i appreciate the replays  :)

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