Anything to assist finasteride/minoxidil?

[MarkyGras]

Has anyone had success with "enhancing" the effectiveness of finasteride or minoxidil? Not just chemical per se. I read about those roll-on needle derma combs that are supposed to improve absorption of skin topical solutions (including minoxidil). Also, I'd heard that l-lysine is supposed to improve finasteride activity in the blood stream.

Anyone use anything to improve upon their Big 3 regimen? Also, would taking a supplement of a single amino acid (l-lysine in this case) be a bad idea? Would it bottleneck the uptake of other aminos?

 

[Patrick54]

I'm using a derma roller, yes, it does help, and using l-lysine along with l-arginine, not both at the same time though 1000mg of arginine in the morning and 1000mg of lysine at night, I also use a l-arginine topical I got from cvs called healtifeet on my scalp and vag cream also, it's to early to tell yet if they are working but they can't hurt. unk:

 

[MarkyGras]

Has the dermaroller been effective? How long have you been using it? Is there any concern about it pulling hair out?

 

[Patrick54]

I've used it for around 4 or 5 months, mine is 1.5mm which is to long for scalp rolling but I don't use much pressure, I've never had a problem with it pulling out any hair but I do keep my hair very short usually. Yes it helped a lot, something else you may want to do is get some 15% minoxidil, I use MOPC labs 15% minoxidil with A.A and can vouch for it.