f*** man! I promised to contribute to this dermarolling journey but life got in the way, which meant I totally forgot about the roller, was still taking the 1.25mg of finasteride, sometimes going days without it, I became complacent after so many years.
A few weeks ago I noticed more thinning on the left hand side of my hairline and it scared me; for the first time ever I booked an appointment with a top tier hair transplant Doctor and had him examine me. He took high res pics and according to him, he saw no miniturization, told me to relax, stick with the finasteride and nizoral (add minoxidil if want, be careful with dermaroller tearing out hair etc as one of his patients destroyed his scalp with one) and be on your way.
That was 3 months ago. In that 3 months I'd only been really using finasteride, rarely I'd nizoral, and I noticed my left temple had gone to sh*t. Again, that fear came back.
I'm going all out now. I'll be adding in a moderate, once per week dermarolling session at 1.5mm. I've also bought a six month supply of minoxidil and will be adding that to my regimen.
I have high hopes for the dermarolling + minoxidil combo. High, but realistic hopes.
I'm going to take a picture now and save it on my phone. Then another in 3 months, then 6 months etc etc.
Lets do this. I beat baldness in my twenties. Time to beat it in my thirties.
EDIT: I also rub this CBD moisturizer I bought for dry skin immediately after I rolled. I'll be rubbing said CBD oil once per week to the areas where I roll/apply minoxidil also. Plus it smells really nice.