A good number of people may believe that prenatal vitamins helps in hair growth. Although, there is no evidence of this being true. While pregnant women often notice faster hair growth, this may probably be due to pregnancy hormones, and not the effect of prenatal vitamins.
There is no such reliable research that suggest, prenatal vitamins promotes hair growth. Though there are some evidence that certain health vitamins can help with the hair growth to the people who have some vitamin deficiencies, but a multivitamin can be just as useful as a prenatal vitamins in these cases. If you already take well-balanced and nutritious diet then a prenatal vitamin or a multivitamin will not provide you much benefits for your hair growth.
For many people, prenatal vitamins will not be causing any problem if you take then even if you are not pregnant. Prenatal vitamins does not contain hormones or any other substances that are only for pregnant women. Prenatal vitamins are similar to multivitamins, except they usually have little more of folic acid sand iron(and other minerals and vitamins) in it. Therefore to some people these high doses of iron can cause stomach upset or constipation.
Some people need to limit their intake of certain minerals and vitamins due to various health reasons, like kidney disease. And in case you suffer from any chronic health problems, it is always advisable to check with your health care provider before taking any prenatal vitamin. And most important thing, children should not take prenatal vitamin because the dose of certain vitamins may be too high.
The final conclusion is, prenatal vitamins for the growth of hair probably may not be harmful for most people, probably it is not helpful either. And if you think that you daily diet needs a little supplementation then a regular adult supplementation should be more than enough and will provide you the same benefits as prenatal vitamins will do.
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