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Elements For Hair, Skin And Nails

by The Vitamin Shoppe · capsule · 60 veggie capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 66536 03210 5
  • DSLD label 57396
  • Serving 2 veggie capsules
  • 30 servings

Elements For Hair, Skin And Nails by The Vitamin Shoppe lists 6 ingredients, 6 with an amount per serving of 2 veggie capsules, such as 500 mg of keratin powder, 250 mg of collagen type II powder, 100 mg of alpha lipoic acid and 10 mg of lutein. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on March 24, 2016.

What is in Elements For Hair, Skin And Nails?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2 veggie capsules. The capsule beside an amount places it among every product in the NIH database that lists the same ingredient: the bar is the middle half of their amounts, the line in it the median, the whiskers the 10th and 90th percentiles; the green tick is the FDA Daily Value and the red dashed tick the adult upper limit (IOM).

Elements For Hair, Skin And Nails: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 57396, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Keratin powder500 mgKeratin in Elements For Hair, Skin And Nails against 102 products500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 77.5 mg to 500 mg, the median 500 mg.500 mg

0% of 102 products listing keratin give more (median 500 mg).

Collagen Type II powderas Chondroitin Sulfate, Hyaluronic AcidCollagen Type II powder (Form: Providing: 10% Hyaluronic Acid, and 20% Chondroitin Sulfate)250 mgCollagen in Elements For Hair, Skin And Nails against 1,008 products0.25 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.1 g to 4.2 g, the median 1 g.0.25 g

66% of 1,008 products listing collagen give more (median 1 g).

Alpha Lipoic Acid100 mgAlpha Lipoic Acid in Elements For Hair, Skin And Nails against 2,407 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 25 mg to 150 mg, the median 50 mg.100 mg

Higher than 56% of 2,407 products listing alpha lipoic acid (median 50 mg).

Lutein10 mgLutein in Elements For Hair, Skin And Nails against 2,493 products10 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 0.5 mg to 10 mg, the median 3 mg.10 mg

Higher than 71% of 2,493 products listing lutein (median 3 mg).

Borage Oil powder50 mgBorage Oil in Elements For Hair, Skin And Nails against 254 products50 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 161.5 mg to 1,000 mg, the median 515 mg.50 mg

91% of 254 products listing borage oil give more (median 515 mg).

Flaxseed powder50 mgFlax in Elements For Hair, Skin And Nails against 359 products50 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 1,000 mg, the median 200 mg.50 mg

75% of 359 products listing flax give more (median 200 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 57396 (entered March 24, 2016), version 9.4.0. See the label on DSLD. Amounts are what the maker printed; DSLD does not test products. Daily Values: the FDA's Daily Value page.

Is that a lot?

The rows in the top or bottom tenth of the products that list the same ingredient, and any above the adult upper limit at the most servings a day the directions give:

  • 91% of the 254 products that print an amount of borage oil list more than its 50 mg of borage oil (median 515 mg).

The NIH database records one serving a day from the label's directions; its % Daily Values are for adults and children 4 or more years of age. The directions as printed are further down this page.

The Tolerable Upper Intake Level is the most of a nutrient per day, from food, water and supplements together, that is likely to pose no risk for almost all adults (Institute of Medicine, 2011). It does not apply under medical supervision. This page compares labels; it is not medical advice.

Sources: amounts from the DSLD label; Daily Values from 21 CFR 101.9(c)(8)(iv); adult upper limits from the Institute of Medicine's DRI summary tables (2011). How positions are computed.

Which products have the closest formulas?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Elements For Hair, Skin And Nails's, rare ingredients counting for more.

Source: ingredient lists of every product's current label in DSLD (version 9.4.0); similarity weights each shared ingredient by how rare it is.

What does the label say about taking it?

Quoted from the label as DSLD transcribed it: the maker's words, including any claim about what the product does, which the FDA has not evaluated and PlainVitamins does not endorse.

Directions
DIRECTIONS: As a dietary supplement, take two (2) veggie capsules daily.
Warnings
WARNING: Consult your healthcare provider prior to use if you are pregnant, nursing, taking any medication or have any medical conditions.
KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN.
TAMPER EVIDENT Do not use if outer seal is broken or missing.
Allergens and what it does not contain
gluten free dairy free soy free nut free
Does not contain: Yeast, Wheat, Gluten, Sugar, Salt, Soy, Starch, Dairy, Citrus, Fish, Preservatives, Artificial Colors or Flavors.
Storage
STORE IN A COOL, DRY PLACE.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 57396.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Vegetarian Capsule, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Magnesium Stearate, Silica.

How many labels does Elements For Hair, Skin And Nails have?

3 labels are on file under this name since April 25, 2014: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 57396 (current) Entered March 24, 2016 · on the market · 60 veggie capsules · UPC 7 66536 03210 5
  2. Label 33258 Entered May 23, 2014 · off the market January 26, 2016 · 60 veggie capsules · UPC 7 66536 03210 5
  3. Label 32706 Entered April 25, 2014 · off the market April 29, 2014 · 60 veggie capsules · UPC 7 66536 03210 5

Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).

Who makes it?

The label names Vitamin Shoppe, Inc. (distributor), Secaucus, NJ. All The Vitamin Shoppe products.

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