Hairtamin is a vegan vitamin brand that sells supplements and topical products used to improve hair quality. The brand claims that their products can promote healthy hair growth, reduce hair loss and encourage stronger hair.
But does Hairtamin contain research-backed ingredients? Does it contain any unhealthy ingredients? Is the capsule or gummy formulation better? And is Hairtamin better or worse than popular hair growth supplements like Nutrafol?
In this article we'll answer all of these questions and more, as we analyze the ingredients in Hairtamin Advanced Formula and Hairtamin Gummies, to give our take on whether or not they're effectively formulated.
We'll also compare Hairtamin to other popular hair growth supplements, in terms of formulation quality, to pick our winners (and losers).
Key takeaways:
- Advanced Formula only contains one ingredient we consider effective
- Gummy Stars contain inactive ingredients we consider unhealthy
- We do not currently recommend Hairtamin
Advanced Formula Ingredient Analysis
The vitamin and mineral ingredients in Hairtamin Advanced Formula are shown below:
Vitamin D3 and folate are two of the many vitamins and minerals in this formulation.
Some vitamin deficiencies have been associated with hair loss.
A medical review published in the Dermatology and Therapy journal concluded the following after analyzing data from clinical trials on vitamins and minerals in hair loss: “Only riboflavin, biotin, folate, and vitamin B12 deficiencies have been associated with hair loss.”
Hairtamin Advanced Formula does contain all four of the above-listed vitamins.
However, as we discussed in our review of the Viviscal hair growth formula, we haven't come across any clinical evidence that multivitamin supplementation promotes hair growth.
Zinc is clinically shown to promote hair growth, as we'll discuss later in this article.
The herbal ingredients in Hairtamin Advanced Formula are shown below:
This blend is a proprietary (prop) blend, with a total dose of 242 milligrams (mg).
Prop blends only list the total dose, and not the individual ingredient doses, which makes it more challenging to assess each ingredient's efficacy.
Aloe vera leaf powder is the first-listed ingredient in this blend (meaning it's the highest-dosed), but we cannot find any clinical studies suggesting that this plant is effective for treating hair loss.
Bacopa monnieri leaf extract is a strange ingredient inclusion for a hair growth supplement.
The majority of clinical studies we identified on this compound tested its cognitive-enhancing properties, and we can't find any evidence that it impacts hair growth.
We cannot identify one single ingredient in this prop blend that's even been studied for the promotion of hair growth, never mind proven to work.
The inactive ingredients in this supplement, shown in the above image, should be safe and non-toxic.
Overall, we consider Hairtamin Advanced Formula somewhat likely to promote hair growth due to its effective dose of zinc, but we don't currently recommend this supplement because we only consider 1 of its 22 active ingredients to be effectively-dosed.
Are Hairtamin's Gummies Better?
The inactive ingredients in Hairtamin Gummy Stars are shown below:
Glucose syrup and sucrose are forms of refined, added sugar, which is harmful to human health in excess.
A medical review published in the Journal of Inflammation Research documents how hair loss is an inflammatory process, so avoiding inflammatory foods like refined sugar seems sensible for individuals experiencing hair loss.
Citric acid is a flavor enhancer and preservative shown in a series of medical case reports to cause whole-body inflammation in some individuals.
Natural flavoring is a broad categorical term that fails to describe the specific flavoring agents used.
While we consider natural flavors to be healthier than artificial flavors, there is clinical research suggesting that some natural flavoring compounds may be unhealthy, as we documented in our review of FLO Vitamins.
The active ingredients in Hairtamin Gummy Stars are similar to those in Hairtamin Advanced Formula, but zinc is underdosed in this supplement at only 0.75 mg.
Overall, we do not consider Hairtamin Gummy Stars likely to support hair growth, and we consider its formulation to be inferior to Hairtamin Advanced Formula due to the zinc dosage and the questionable inactive ingredients.
Hairtamin vs. Popular Hair Growth Supps
Here's how Hairtamin compares to other popular hair growth supplements in terms of formulation quality, in our opinion:
Nutrafol
This oral supplement is clinically tested and shown to cause hair growth in both men and women.
From both a clinical backing and potential effectiveness standpoint, Nutrafol is the clear winner.
Winner: Nutrafol
Nature's Bounty Hair Growth
Nature's Bounty Hair Growth is another capsule supplement used to promote hair growth, and it contains at least some research-backed active ingredients.
Although we don't consider either formulation particularly potent, we give Nature's Bounty the (slight) advantage from a potential efficacy perspective.
Winner: Nature's Bounty Hair Growth
Weem Hair Gummies
Contains five inactive ingredients we consider to be unhealthy.
Hairtamin wins from a health perspective.
Winner: Hairtamin
Our Clean Hair Growth Picks
Ritual HyaCera is our top hair growth supplement.
This supplement contains wheat oil extract, and a 2024 clinical trial reported that a wheat lipid complex had "a reducing effect on hair shedding and a stimulating effect on hair reappearance and growth."
MBG Omega-3 Potency+ is our top hair thickness pick.
Supplementation with omega-3 fats and antioxidants is clinically shown to improve hair density, and MBG's supplement contains both.
Both of the products recommended in this section are free of ingredients we consider to be unhealthy.
Hairtamin Pros and Cons
Pros:
- Advanced Formula contains research-backed zinc dose
- Advanced Formula may support hair growth
- Advanced Formula contains no unhealthy additives
- NSF Certified
- Unlikely to cause side effects
- May function as a multivitamin
- May benefit individuals with vitamin deficiencies
Cons:
- Gummy Stars contain no effectively-dosed ingredients in our opinion
- We can only identify one effectively-dosed ingredient in Advanced Formula
- Doesn't appear to be clinically tested
- Less healthy than some competitors
