Merz Spezial Vitamins are nutritional beauty supplements which have been specially designed to give you fresh, healthy skin, strong, shiny hair and beautiful, firm fingernails. They contain a unique combination of vitamins, micronutrients, and soy protein, which: provides your body with the substances it needs to grow healthy skin, hair and nails imparts a general feeling of well–being Vitamin C helps to make your skin strong and elastic, and protects it from oxidative damage. Vitamin E, vitamin B2 and zinc also protect your skin from oxidative damage Vitamin E stabilises the ”skin barrier function“, which helps your skin to retain moisture, and to keep undesirable substances out Cysteine and methionine (in soy protein), and L-cystine, are building blocks needed to make skin, hair and nails. Vitamin B6 helps to incorporate these building blocks into your skin, hair and nails. Niacin, biotin, vitamin A and vitamin B2 are vital to maintain your skin Zinc is essential for the health of your hair, and to prevent hair loss. Zinc is also developing your nails, and gives them strength Biotin is vital to maintain your hair and increases nail growth and, for people with brittle nails, increases nail thickness by 25% Iron is an important component of nails, making them strong and tough One Merz Spezial Dragee taken twice a day achieves visible results (as found in a scientific study by independent experts): Smooth, soft skin, and a radiant, fresh appearance 48% decrease in skin roughness 78% decrease in skin dryness Healthy, strong hair 74% less dystrophic hair (hair supplied with insufficient nutrients) More anagen hair (actively growing hair) Significantly thicker and 18% more durable hair Smooth, firm fingernails Up to 18% faster nail growth Up to 14% smoother nails