PlainVitamins

Hair, Skin & Nails

by Swanson · tablet or pill · 60 tablets

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 87614 01883 6
  • DSLD label 265635
  • Serving 1 tablet
  • 60 servings

Hair, Skin & Nails by Swanson lists 7 ingredients, 7 with an amount per serving of 1 tablet, such as 50 mg of choline, 35 mg of calcium, 700 mg of MSM and 250 mg of horsetail grass stem extract. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 16, 2022.

What is in Hair, Skin & Nails?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 tablet. 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).

Hair, Skin & Nails: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 265635, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Cholineas Choline Bitartrate50 mg9%Choline in Hair, Skin & Nails against 4,738 products50 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 18 mg to 100 mg, the median 40 mg.DV 550 mgUL 3,500 mg50 mg

Higher than 54% of 4,738 products listing choline (median 40 mg). Per day at the most servings: 100 mg.

Calcium35 mg3%Calcium in Hair, Skin & Nails against 17,831 products35 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 252 mg, the median 115 mg.DV 1,300 mgUL 2,500 mg35 mg

82% of 17,831 products listing calcium give more (median 115 mg). Per day at the most servings: 70 mg.

MSM700 mgMethylsulfonylmethane in Hair, Skin & Nails against 1,454 products700 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 150 mg to 1,000 mg, the median 500 mg.700 mg

Higher than 65% of 1,454 products listing methylsulfonylmethane (median 500 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,400 mg.

Horsetail Grass Stem Extractas Equisetum arvense Stem Extract, SilicaStandardized to 7% Silica250 mgHorsetail in Hair, Skin & Nails against 519 products250 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 20 mg to 200 mg, the median 67 mg.250 mg

Higher than 77% of 519 products listing horsetail (median 67 mg). Per day at the most servings: 500 mg.

L-Cysteineas L-Cysteine Hydrochloride100 mgCysteine in Hair, Skin & Nails against 516 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 30 mg to 200 mg, the median 85 mg.100 mg

Higher than 51% of 516 products listing cysteine (median 85 mg). Per day at the most servings: 200 mg.

Inositol25 mgInositol in Hair, Skin & Nails against 4,042 products25 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 10 mg to 80 mg, the median 30 mg.25 mg

53% of 4,042 products listing inositol give more (median 30 mg). Per day at the most servings: 50 mg.

Paba25 mgPABA in Hair, Skin & Nails against 1,610 products25 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 10 mg to 50 mg, the median 25 mg.25 mg

47% of 1,610 products listing PABA give more (median 25 mg). Per day at the most servings: 50 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 265635 (entered June 16, 2022), version 9.4.0. See the label on DSLD or its label image (PDF). Amounts are what the maker printed; DSLD does not test products. Daily Values: the FDA's Daily Value page.

Is that a lot?

Every amount on this label with a position sits within the middle 80% of the products that list the same ingredient.

The NIH database records 2 servings 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 Hair, Skin & 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
Suggested use: As a dietary supplement, take one tablet two times per day with water.
Warnings
Warning: For adults only.
Consult your healthcare provider before using this or any product if you are pregnant or nursing, taking medication or have a medical condition.
Keep out of reach of children.
Do not use if seal is broken.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 265635.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Stearic Acid, Calcium Carbonate, Croscarmellose Sodium, Magnesium Stearate, Pharmaceutical Glaze, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Silica.

How many labels does Hair, Skin & Nails have?

2 labels are on file under this name since June 16, 2022: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 308595 Entered February 22, 2024 · off the market January 24, 2024 · 60 tablets · UPC 0 87614 01883 6
  2. Label 265635 (current) Entered June 16, 2022 · on the market · 60 tablets · UPC 0 87614 01883 6

DSLD also links this label to: Hair, Skin & Nails (image difference, same product), Hair, Skin & Nails (image difference, same product).

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

Who makes it?

The label names Swanson Health Products (distributor), Fargo, ND. All Swanson products.

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