Hair, Skin & Nails
by Swanson Premium Brand · tablet or pill · 60 tablets
- Off the market since March 2021 (NIH)
- UPC 0 87614 01883 6
- DSLD label 175766
- Serving 1 tablet
Hair, Skin & Nails by Swanson Premium Brand lists 6 ingredients, 6 with an amount per serving of 1 tablet, such as 50 mg of choline, 700 mg of MSM, 250 mg of horsetail grass stem extract and 100 mg of L-cysteine hydrochloride. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on April 25, 2018.
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).
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV | Among products listing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cholineas Choline BitartrateCholine (Form: as Choline Bitartrate) | 50 mg | 9% | Higher than 54% of 4,738 products listing choline (median 40 mg). Per day at the most servings: 100 mg. |
| MSM | 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 SilicaHorsetail grass stem extract (Form: standardized to 8% Silica) PlantPart: grass stem Genus: Equisetum Species: arvense | 250 mg | Higher than 77% of 519 products listing horsetail (median 67 mg). Per day at the most servings: 500 mg. | |
| L-Cysteine HydrochlorideL-Cysteine (Form: as L-Cysteine HCl) | 100 mg | Higher than 51% of 516 products listing cysteine (median 85 mg). Per day at the most servings: 200 mg. | |
| Inositol | 25 mg | 53% of 4,042 products listing inositol give more (median 30 mg). Per day at the most servings: 50 mg. | |
| Paba | 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 175766 (entered April 25, 2018), 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?
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.
- Hair, Skin & NailsSwanson 6 shared, 93% alike
- Supreme Vital Hair with MSMLifeTIME 6 shared, 52% alike
- Healthy Hair FormulaVitamin World 4 shared, 52% alike
- Healthy Hair FormulaPuritan's Pride Premium 4 shared, 52% alike
- Choline with Inositol and PABABronson 3 shared, 43% alike
- Choline with Inositol and PABABronson Laboratories 3 shared, 43% alike
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
- Do not use if seal is broken.
- Keep out of reach of children.
- Storage
- Store in a cool, dry place.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 175766.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Calcium Carbonate, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Stearic Acid, Magnesium Stearate, Croscarmellose Sodium, Silica, Food Glaze, Magnesium Silicate.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Guaranteed purity & potency.
How many labels does Hair, Skin & Nails have?
2 labels are on file under this name since March 23, 2018: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.
- Label 175766 (current) Entered April 25, 2018 · off the market March 26, 2021 · 60 tablets · UPC 0 87614 01883 6
- Label 174713 Entered March 23, 2018 · off the market November 2, 2017 · 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 Premium Brand products.