Recent content by Raksha

He says that he rolls for 20-30 minute sessions and doesn’t press in hard. Do you guys think that makes a difference? Or would pressing hard bring the same results?

Yeah I think the same thing actually. Here's another picture of the hairline, no topikk on either picture. I know for sure I at least haven't lost anything. The longer / brushed over hair definitely hides the diffuse better. Like I said before though I do have a bunch of small blonde hairs, but...

Yes that's exactly right! The first year and a half my hair stayed exactly the same. I didn't even have those tiny blonde hairs that I have a picture of. Although my first year I wasn't dermarolling very regularly. I have a theory that if you've been balding for longer periods then dermarolling...

Oops! I realized I mixed up my pictures. I just fixed them so the first pic is the before and the second is the after. I also use finasteride and minoxidil. I've been using 1mm 3 times a week for the past few months, but before that I was using 1.5mm once every week. I just added the 1.5mm back...

Here's my 1 year comparison pictures. I've been using a dermaroller for a total of 2.5 years and I haven't taken a picture of my hair in a year. I thought I would take some pictures and compare them. I think it looks like slight improvement, but It could be the lighting or it could be my hair is...

It seems like a lot of treatments gives me vellus hairs, but I haven't found anything that makes them go terminal. I have been needling for more than a year as well. I've done 1.5mm weekly and minoxidil twice daily and only got some vellus hairs on my hairline. My dandruff was horrible though so...

Here's my almost 2 months update. So I've been dermarolling with a 1.0mm roller 3x a week. I'm also using minoxidil once a day and I'll use it right after rolling. Visually I don't look any different, but I have a ton of vellus hairs all over and even in places where I used to be slick bald (my...

I didn't see anyone answer this so I looked into it. Induction is the ability of one cell or tissue to direct the development of neighboring cells or tissues. So if the claim is true it means the results of inductive cells will just be greater overall than anyone using non-inductive cells. Also...

That makes me so nervous lol. I’m just going to go for it though lol. If I get 1/4th the benefits that Chen got then I won’t look balding anymore. What size roller do you use? Are you rolling daily?

Good to know, I might stay away then since I have longer hair. So if we are dermarolling everyday should we be washing our scalp like if it was once a week? Also if I do 1mm should I wait before applying minoxidil? Would .5mm be better to start with? @Hardekz Too much minoxidil can cause heart...

Holy sh*t you’re right. I hadn’t seen Chen’s and Somebody’s results until recently. It’s definitely looking like daily rolling is the way to go. Question: Is it still worth it to buy a derma pen if I’m going to use it daily? Can I clean the cartridges with alcohol and use them several times a week?

That's an interesting take. I've been curious on whether daily rolling for absorption or rolling for wounding was better for results. There's a few people on here that have had results from just wounding and no minoxidil. The common factor seems to be that they are pressing the roller in very...

Update: So just to recap I quit using minoxidil and I've increased the intensity of my dermarolling (1.5mm) session. I still roll once a week and every 2-3 weeks I'll take a week off from rolling. I've also been doing scalp massages daily (sometimes twice) for 10 minutes. It's been about 2.5...

I think genome sequencing is a great example. It literally costed 2.7 billion when it came out. It now costs less than $700. As for cosmetic surgery the general prices have gone down 25% since 1998, but they aren't dropping much lower than a few grand. Some cosmetic surgeries have increased in...

I've noticed this just by experimenting with rolling. When I started I was doing 1.5mm once a week fairly roughly and minoxidil twice daily. I later decided to quit minoxidil because it gives me terrible dandruff and I still continued to get results for awhile. As soon as I started going easy on the...