36 yr old male. Finally went the route of derma rolling. I use Rogaine foam already for years once a day on the crown and continued using it through this even mistakenly right after the rolling which I soon learned you shouldn't do. It stung! Now I do the Rogaine later in the day or even skip a day. So it was only a 0.25mm roller to start and damn I'll admit, it's not pleasant. For about 2 minutes every other day to start in my thinning crown and the same at my completely bald temples.
To my complete and utter shock and amazement, after just 3 sessions at the temples, a relatively small amount (yet enough for me to definitely notice!) baby hairs sprouted up in my temples. I literally could not believe it, especially after not having seen hair in this area for almost 10 years.
The thinning crown however is a much more scary and concerning story... MASSIVE shed, to the point where I don't even know what to think. Did I overdo it by doing too much too soon and creating "shock loss" and going in with this .25mm every other day for 2 minutes? Or is this shed from the Rogaine foam going in deeper since my scalp was now all punctured for the first time ever? I do not know. I want to say ok keep going and it will come back thicker in a couple of months, but the other part of me thinks that if I continue on I'll need a damn hairpiece in a matter of two weeks. It's THAT bad and I do not like it one bit.
I've since cut down drastically now to only once a week rolling on the crown but who knows, maybe some damage is already done. Any thoughts please?
To my complete and utter shock and amazement, after just 3 sessions at the temples, a relatively small amount (yet enough for me to definitely notice!) baby hairs sprouted up in my temples. I literally could not believe it, especially after not having seen hair in this area for almost 10 years.
The thinning crown however is a much more scary and concerning story... MASSIVE shed, to the point where I don't even know what to think. Did I overdo it by doing too much too soon and creating "shock loss" and going in with this .25mm every other day for 2 minutes? Or is this shed from the Rogaine foam going in deeper since my scalp was now all punctured for the first time ever? I do not know. I want to say ok keep going and it will come back thicker in a couple of months, but the other part of me thinks that if I continue on I'll need a damn hairpiece in a matter of two weeks. It's THAT bad and I do not like it one bit.
I've since cut down drastically now to only once a week rolling on the crown but who knows, maybe some damage is already done. Any thoughts please?
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