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Stupid question; is regrow or thickening obtained by dermarolling dependent on continued dermarolling? It’s a continual process I guess is it?
Very Impressive Dermarolling And Minxodil Results - From Tressless
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This is mostly correct, but I must add that doing it weekly is necessary only if you do it at 1.5 mm.
A Chinese study done in 2017 used 2 mm needles every 2 weeks with something similar to a dermapen. I myself will be copying this study.
Here it is if anyone wants to take a look: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29028377
It's also worth mentioning that the results you get from needling can stay for 18 months after you stop needling. Someone posted it a few pages back.
Exactly! Just what I thought. It' d be better for ourselves to evaluate pics in longer time intervals. Keep strong, patient, and obsession free. Results will come
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Brace yourself... vellus is coming
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Ironic indeed, but not unreasonable. You won't do yourself any favors by looking for improvement every month.
LOL. Touché
Precisely. I'd even bet a lot of guys are actually looking at their scalp every single day.... That's not psychologically healthy, and also won't boost motivation. I'm trying my best not to look at my scalp until February, and even then Im trying to avoid expecting results that soon.
It's hard, but doable.
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Damn...
It's not the craziest, however. Someone mentioned a dude pressing a bottle cap against his head. Best part is; he saw significant regrowth.
That's right. You have to think, most of us are trying to undo YEARS worth of damage. If you are a top responder you'll notice without obsessing over it. Otherwise, wait a few months to look for improvement.
Not painful at all really, just make sure to use the fastest speed setting.
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Bottom looks a bit worse.. bald patch got bigger.
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Progress update :
I’m near the end of week 5
First pic is from 2 weeks ago
Second pic is now
Looks and feels to me my hair is gradually getting thicker, still, with having long hair it is really hard to keep progress and get my hair exactly the same as previous picture, I’m still contident there is regrowth, crown seems to be slacking but I’ve started concentrating on needling most in the crown now see if something happens, I also noticed as I left it 10 days to needle now that my itch starts to come back the lomger I leave it before I start to needle again
I’ve dropped sandalor now and only needle + minoxidil, so my regime is:
Needle 2mm every 7 days 2mm with pen
minoxidil twice a day ( apart from needling days)
Going to add trivon when it is released
I’m near the end of week 5
First pic is from 2 weeks ago
Second pic is now
Looks and feels to me my hair is gradually getting thicker, still, with having long hair it is really hard to keep progress and get my hair exactly the same as previous picture, I’m still contident there is regrowth, crown seems to be slacking but I’ve started concentrating on needling most in the crown now see if something happens, I also noticed as I left it 10 days to needle now that my itch starts to come back the lomger I leave it before I start to needle again
I’ve dropped sandalor now and only needle + minoxidil, so my regime is:
Needle 2mm every 7 days 2mm with pen
minoxidil twice a day ( apart from needling days)
Going to add trivon when it is released
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keephoping
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Does anyone do betadine and saline to clean the scalp prior to needling? Just noticed that it was on one of the procedures in the study. I didn't do anything to prep my scalp lol but I did use sterile needles.
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I don't use any of that stuff. Just nizoral and keratin shampoo. I think whatever you use will do, but sure those are probably better to use if you can.
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A lot of people lack sufficient quantities of the minoxidil enzyme sulfotransferase; which is why topical doesn’t help some people.
Did he put you on oral minoxidil? Seems to be getting used quite a bit more recently.
Not sure many are even trying.
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That's disappointing!
Hopefully someone with stabilized hairloss could try dermastamping every 1-2 weeks and give us updates at the 3 and 6 month mark, without the use of minoxidil. Or perhaps an actual study! (Though I believe this may have been done with decent results in India already)
It's been shown that needling works without minoxidil as well. There's the Chinese study published last year in which needling alone was marginally better than minoxidil alone. Of course, needling + minoxidil outperformed either of then alone by far.