My first time Dermarolling observations

[jasperhobbs]

Dermarolled a few minutes ago with 1.0 length 540 needle dermaroller. First off the roller is smaller than I anticipated but not a problem. Parted hair forward to expose as much scalp as possible. rolled a few minutes in various directions and drew blood. I must say it hurt but not unbearable.

Biggest problem was getting hairs caught in a roller and a few came out which I did not like. Will wait a week before rolling again. Will continue with Minoxidil after waiting 24 hours. Will update my progress.

Jasper Hobbs

 

[hairregrowth21]

The 192 surprisingly covers more ground horizontally per roll.

Maybe you want to think about shaving your head if you're going to go with the 540?

Good luck and keep us posted!

 

[jasperhobbs]

I don't want to shave head at this point. Next roll, I will try and go one direction instead of back an forth. Make sense there would be less hair getting caught in roller.

Jasper

 

[roberto522]

i been rolling last few months with 0.5mm couple times a week ....think my hair is getting thicker not real sure ...also haven't used nizoral in about a year due to not being able to find it

 

[jasperhobbs]

I have changed my strategy a bit. Derma roll lightly once a day and apply minoxidil. I do not apply enough pressure to draw blood but enough to make scalp red with hopes of increased mix absorption an regrowth results.


Jasper Hobbs

 

[heisenberg]

The whole point of dermarolling is to induce wounds (i.e. you should be drawing blood) to stimulate hair growth - not to increase of absorption of minoxidil. That was tried previously with a dermaroller of a shorter length with no significant results.

 

[jasperhobbs]

The whole point of dermarolling is to induce wounds (i.e. you should be drawing blood) to stimulate hair growth - not to increase of absorption of minoxidil. That was tried previously with a dermaroller of a shorter length with no significant results.

Maybe the increased minoxidil absorption from dermarolling is causing the regrowth in many. Too many unknowns at this point.

Jasper

 

[TheHandsomeLurker]

The whole point of dermarolling is to induce wounds (i.e. you should be drawing blood)

From the study,

Microneedling procedure

The shaven scalp was prepared with betadine and normal saline. A dermaroller of 1.5 mm sized needles was rolled over the affected areas of the scalp in a longitudinal, vertical, and diagonal directions until mild erythema was noted, which was considered as the end point of the procedure. All patients were instructed not to apply Minoxidil on the day of procedure and to resume its application only 24 h after the Microneedling procedure.

Erythema is before bleeding, so there is no reason to believe that drawing blood is necessary to see the benefits of whatever it is that dermarollers actually does. As Jasper correctly points out, we know far too little to conclude "draw blood = grow new hair."

I have changed my strategy a bit. Derma roll lightly once a day and apply minoxidil. I do not apply enough pressure to draw blood but enough to make scalp red with hopes of increased mix absorption an regrowth results.

This may work to increase absorption (although given minoxidil's molecular weight, I'm not sure it does), but the premise of the study was that sufficiently deep wounding followed by healing may result in certain proteins and wound growth factors which can signal a hair follicle to start working again. Very light, daily wounding may not do anything for you.

 

[jasperhobbs]

From the study,



Erythema is before bleeding, so there is no reason to believe that drawing blood is necessary to see the benefits of whatever it is that dermarollers actually does. As Jasper correctly points out, we know far too little to conclude "draw blood = grow new hair."



This may work to increase absorption (although given minoxidil's molecular weight, I'm not sure it does), but the premise of the study was that sufficiently deep wounding followed by healing may result in certain proteins and wound growth factors which can signal a hair follicle to start working again. Very light, daily wounding may not do anything for you.

Am I not doing what the study did by reddening the scalp and not bleeding?

 

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