What Do You Think About This? (skin Disruption Video)

[luiza]

Hey guys,

Not sure if someone has already posted this video here but I was wondering what was being done on this chick with alopecia universalis (from 3:28 to 3:50)

I know a lot of doctors offer dermaroller treatment for hair loss but I have never seen them actually banging the needles on the scalp like that. Pretty scary. She says in the video it's acupuncture but I'm sure that's not how acupuncture works lol
It also mentions a treatment (oil?) that burns her scalp but I couldn't really understand that part (I'm a non English speaker)

Btw, she actually started to regrow all her hair (before she lost it again). But I guess that's just how alopecia universalis works and has nothing to do with the skin disruption caused by the needles and the burning? Or maybe it does?

What do you think? Have you ever seen it before?

I'm asking that because I'm actually excited about Follica and I've been trying to understand the phenomenon of skin disruption a bit more (even though I know that's probably not the way they're gonna do it).

I'm 23 years old girl with severe Androgenetic Alopecia and have been dealing with it for nearly 10 years now. I can't wait to get my hair back
I've recently started to dermaroll my scalp with 2.0mm needles. I actually press them against my scalp until they completely get in but I'm willing to go through more pain if needed lol

Thank you

 

[MomoGee]

I've recently started to dermaroll my scalp with 2.0mm needles. I actually press them against my scalp until they completely get in but I'm willing to go through more pain if needed lol

More pain does not mean more regrowth, I'd advice you drop that mentality before you do something and regret it for the rest of your life.

If I am not mistaken, it is follica that is currently looking at the mechanism behind regrowth of hair caused by disruptions in the skin. They are developing a wounding device and a topical treatment to go along with it. The controlled wounding is supposed to activate the WNT signalling pathway which in turn increases melanocyte stem cells activity (don't quote me on this, not 100% sure).

Also that video is quite outdated to be in the new research section.

The current hype on treatments expected to come out withing the next 2-3 years are on Histogen, Replicel/Shiseido, and Follica.

 

[luiza]

I know, I didn't mean I'm gonna do what's being shown in the video haha
I'm saying I've never seen something like that being done before, even though that video is not recent.

All the dermarolling videos I've seen show doctors actually ROLLING he thing on the scalp and not banging it like that, so I wonder if what that acupuncturist is doing is trying to make the needles go deep enough in her scalp in order to activate the WTN.

The concept of skin disruption has been studied for a while, from what I know... but only now scientists are working hard to find a way to make it work on everyone, that's why I posted it in this section.

More pain does not mean more regrowth, I'd advice you drop that mentality before you do something and regret it for the rest of your life.

If I am not mistaken, it is follica that is currently looking at the mechanism behind regrowth of hair caused by disruptions in the skin. They are developing a wounding device and a topical treatment to go along with it. The controlled wounding is supposed to activate the WNT signalling pathway which in turn increases melanocyte stem cells activity (don't quote me on this, not 100% sure).

Also that video is quite outdated to be in the new research section.

The current hype on treatments expected to come out withing the next 2-3 years are on Histogen, Replicel/Shiseido, and Follica.

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