The good question : did you try finasteride + minoxidil before starting dermarooling ?
If yes, how was the result ?
Been on finasteride for 7 years now. Stopped hairloss, very minimal growth during first two years. Slowly began to lose during last year or so.
Minoxidil... a non responder. No shed. No regrowth. Nothing. Tried it for periods of over a year several times over the last decade. Nothing.
I am using minoxidil with dermarolling tho. I do believe together they have a synergistic effect. But I would say most of this regrowth I'm experiencing is due to wounding. My scalp right now, is healthy and vibrant. Before it was an inflamed itchy mess. As you can see in my 'before' pictures in previous posts. It just looked pink and
.. unhealthy to be honest.
In response to other questions:
Yes I use minoxidil. 5% foam. Twice a day. Even as a non responder, I use it. Its dirt cheap, and easy to apply. Even if it does absolutely nothing, at least it feels like I'm doing something on a day to day basis about my hair, instead of doing nothing. So maybe I've got a decent placebo effect going, I dunno. Perhaps I should have starting dermarolling without minoxidil... but it's too late for that now. I'm not about to threaten the gains I've made now.
To the other question: I did 12 dermaroller sessions over 12 weeks. I wounded HARD as a mother****er! Bloody mess every time. Right now, I'm in my 3 week period of no serious wounding. Just allowing my scalp to heal up from the serious wounding I did over 3 months. During this 3 week period, I do use a 0.5mm dermaroller right before applying minoxidil every other day.