probiotics and biotin

Good morning,

My surgery is December 8th and I'm thinking of purchasing some probiotics and Biotin.  I've read others on here who take them.  Could someone please tell me the benefits to taking probiotics?  I'm getting conflicting reports when I google it.

Thanks so much!
Dawn

The probiotics help to repopulate your intestines with the normal flora and fauna, which help us to digest some of our food and keep the bad guys out. 

Hi Dawn, on the advice of another poster here, I went ahead and bought the probiotics to take in the week or so before my surgery.  She suggested that it would help protect against c-dif.

Some swear about the probiotics but I didn't notice any difference but maybe I didn't give it much of a chance. 

Biotin on the other hand I swear by.  Biotin won't help you while losing hair so it's probably a waste to take it before the 4th or 5th month.  It helps during the regrowth period. I started taking it when the losing started slowing down.  My hair is thicker now than it was before surgery.  I also used Nioxin Shampoo and Conditioner.