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A few studies: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3746236/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4458936/ Generally speaking, those who stick with dermarolling for 4-6+ months see success even when other treatments have failed. Anecdotally, it seems like dermarolling with...

I had sides for about the first month or so, but they were actually “good” side effects. Sex drive went through the roof and then settled back down after a few weeks

I’d be careful. I heard about a guy who was beating it 8x a day and then could only do it 6x a day after going on Finasteride. A month later his dick fell off

If I remember correctly, it takes four hours for the scalp to absorb Minoxidil. Unless you’re getting less than four hours of sleep a night (which would be impressive) then you should be fine shampooing the next morning.

Good approach, sometimes it’’s easier to embrace than try and fight it. Being in shape with no hair is far better than being overweight / obese with a full head of hair in my opinion.

There was a pretty massive thread on dermarolling about 5 years ago. Then some idiot posted a picture of themselves after a dermarolling session and it was incredibly graphic...an extreme amount of blood. Thread was shut down promptly afte that. There was a lot of motivation back then and there...

Your crown does look thin, more so in the second picture (see a few thin spots on top). The good news is that you’ve caught it before anyone else will notice. What natural methods have you been using to slow down the loss?

For the options you listed, you’ll be hard pressed to find anyone who has experienced success aside from Nizoral (and almost everybody who has also is doing Finasteride and/or Minoxidil). Some people claim to have maintained on them but that’s it. If you’re looking to regrow, the best option is...

Have you considered dermarolling? Lots of good anecdotes on the forums from people who have experienced significant regrowth. People debate the mechanism by which is works but generally viewed as a good option to boost regrowth

He's got pretty severe recession and getting on finasteride can't hurt his situation.

Can you post pictures of your hair? Hard to give good advice without that. Given your age it's possible your hair loss is not from male pattern baldness

Agree with adding minoxidil and dermarolling. Have seen people achieve impressive results when they do a 1.5mm dermarolling session once every one or two weeks

I don’t disagree with you skepticism which is why I’m not ditching Finasteride or Minoxidil at this point. As to the lack of success stories from scalp massages on forums like these, a logical explanation is that they aren’t effective. However, my counter would be that the recommended approach...

The reason for doing scalp messages is to cause acute inflammation, so rubbing in an anti-inflammatory agent while doing the massage seems counter productive

Doing 2x20 minute massages is definitely tough. Majority of the time I’m able to fit them in but a couple of days a week I can only fit in 1 massage. That’s impressive how loose your scalp is...I’m definitely not there yet but hopefully in a few months. Will be interesting to see what Rob says...