Guys, this stuff works (sorry if my english is bad, i am not from USA). I don't have any proof, so you may believe me or not, but i decided to tell how my experience was. I don't know, it may help someone. I am doing something along the lines of that study with a doctor, he is a world known doctor and researcher, mostly focused on regenarative treatments and surgery. So idk why he decided to do these dermarollers sessions with me more than one year ago (idk if he knew about this research or if it was an educated guess he had). He said he was able to make hair grow in people that were burned and we started the treatment.
I was a norwood 4 or 5, idk, and my hair was falling fast. I had given up on minoxidil (used for years and no result) and was only using finasteride, without any hope left, i would say. So, we started the treatment. This doctor actually charges nothing from a lot of people to make skin treatments and such, i believe because he uses the data to make his own products and because he is just a nice man. He is a friend of my mother and decided to help (he actually normally doesn't work with hair). So we started with the dermaroller, i think one year and a half ago, applying it only in the temples (i had no more hair there) and in the crown (no more hair there also). I had almost no hope, but decided to do it. Was still taking finasteride. The fact is, i really don't believe someone can do the procedure like he did alone. He used an anesthetic and really hurt my skin, drawing blood from it, it was really really really painfull. I would say it would be impossible to someone do it like he did to oneself.
The results though started to show. My scalp skin was pale white, no circulation there, and started to become more pink. Some baby hair started to grow and, more importantly, my balding stopped. That was the initial goal, so i could make a hair transplant. But some hairs started to grow (i did this procedure 1 time per month). So, i continued. He also started to use a special peeling formula he has before doing the procedure. I think it is a regular peeling formula but way stronger. The hair kept growing. Really slowly but kept growing.
So, he got more excited with the success and started to ask what i was using along with the treatment. So we decided to add the minoxidil again. After using the minoxidil the results got a lot, lot better. My temples, that had no hair, now have, and with time, it got more volume there, and it is getting more and more volume with each procedure (let me say that i used minoxidil before for two years with NO results, continued to bald fast). His son started to treat me after a while, because the guy is very busy. Since the son had more time, he started to use the dermaroller in almost the entire scalp, areas with hair and areas without it. And now we are finally starting to take pictures from two to two months so we can compare the results. But more and more hair is growing in my temples and the hair line in my forehead improved a lot. Almost a miracle since i would probably be norwood 6 by now. I am also getting more volume in the areas where i still had hair.
His son also is doing even more damage with the dermaroller, i bleed a lot. But he immediately uses some products to stop the bleeding and clean the scalp, so i leave the clinic with only redness. I also apply a special rebuilding formula from this doctor in the day of the procedure and the day after to help the scalp recover. And only than start the minoxidil.
My crown now has a lot lot lot more blood flow (it was white, now it is pink). And his son said he looked at the pictures from when i began and noticed that the crown bald area shrank a lot (i noticed that too of course, the improvements are unbelievable, slow, but unbelievable). He said it shrank something like 1 finger and a half.
Now that i saw this study, i will ask them if they knew about it. And i will try to go 2x per month to do the procedure. They don't like to do it sooner than that because my scalp needs time to recover. I also started using minoxidil. now two times a day. Was using only one.
Also, in the last month and a half i started eating lots and lots of broccoli (since i saw results i got excited and started to research), but like a LOT (300g to 600g of broccoli per day) and my skin and hair got a lot better, i would say it made the results from the procedure a lot better.
Oh, i forgot to say. Before i started the procedures i was already supplementing with Resveratrol and Omega 3 Fish Oil.
Also, way before reading this study, when i started doing the procedure, i noticed that 2 to 3 days after it i would gain a lot of new tiny hairs. Some would fall, some would grow. I think i managed to stop my hair from falling due to the blood flow improvement in the scalp (i had none) + resveratrol, finasteride, omega 3 and now broccoli sprouts (it really did speed things, but since my blood flow is getting better and better it may also be it). But new hair only comes when i do the procedure. The regimen just prevents this new hair from falling or dying. That is why i will try to do the procedure 2 times per month instead of one.
The main thing is, it really makes new hair appear. And i believe the blood flow improvements make the hair stay there (maybe the nutrients finally get there in the right amount, or maybe minoxidil gets more effective, idk) and grow thicker.
But i would say it would be impossible to do it on my own. It really hurts, even with an anesthetic, i bleed a lot. It would be even dangerous to try it at home, i would probably get an infection. It works though, and in someone that would be almost completely bald by now (i am 26). It started slow, but now that my scalp has more blood flow and we are doing the procedure with more intensity, things are getting better faster and faster.
As i said, they have the pictures, so i can't show you guys, and i didn't take any myself. Believe me if you want. I think in some months i will ask them for the pictures so i could show it here. We just started to take pictures, in a few months we can see the results with more clarity.
I was a norwood 4 or 5, idk, and my hair was falling fast. I had given up on minoxidil (used for years and no result) and was only using finasteride, without any hope left, i would say. So, we started the treatment. This doctor actually charges nothing from a lot of people to make skin treatments and such, i believe because he uses the data to make his own products and because he is just a nice man. He is a friend of my mother and decided to help (he actually normally doesn't work with hair). So we started with the dermaroller, i think one year and a half ago, applying it only in the temples (i had no more hair there) and in the crown (no more hair there also). I had almost no hope, but decided to do it. Was still taking finasteride. The fact is, i really don't believe someone can do the procedure like he did alone. He used an anesthetic and really hurt my skin, drawing blood from it, it was really really really painfull. I would say it would be impossible to someone do it like he did to oneself.
The results though started to show. My scalp skin was pale white, no circulation there, and started to become more pink. Some baby hair started to grow and, more importantly, my balding stopped. That was the initial goal, so i could make a hair transplant. But some hairs started to grow (i did this procedure 1 time per month). So, i continued. He also started to use a special peeling formula he has before doing the procedure. I think it is a regular peeling formula but way stronger. The hair kept growing. Really slowly but kept growing.
So, he got more excited with the success and started to ask what i was using along with the treatment. So we decided to add the minoxidil again. After using the minoxidil the results got a lot, lot better. My temples, that had no hair, now have, and with time, it got more volume there, and it is getting more and more volume with each procedure (let me say that i used minoxidil before for two years with NO results, continued to bald fast). His son started to treat me after a while, because the guy is very busy. Since the son had more time, he started to use the dermaroller in almost the entire scalp, areas with hair and areas without it. And now we are finally starting to take pictures from two to two months so we can compare the results. But more and more hair is growing in my temples and the hair line in my forehead improved a lot. Almost a miracle since i would probably be norwood 6 by now. I am also getting more volume in the areas where i still had hair.
His son also is doing even more damage with the dermaroller, i bleed a lot. But he immediately uses some products to stop the bleeding and clean the scalp, so i leave the clinic with only redness. I also apply a special rebuilding formula from this doctor in the day of the procedure and the day after to help the scalp recover. And only than start the minoxidil.
My crown now has a lot lot lot more blood flow (it was white, now it is pink). And his son said he looked at the pictures from when i began and noticed that the crown bald area shrank a lot (i noticed that too of course, the improvements are unbelievable, slow, but unbelievable). He said it shrank something like 1 finger and a half.
Now that i saw this study, i will ask them if they knew about it. And i will try to go 2x per month to do the procedure. They don't like to do it sooner than that because my scalp needs time to recover. I also started using minoxidil. now two times a day. Was using only one.
Also, in the last month and a half i started eating lots and lots of broccoli (since i saw results i got excited and started to research), but like a LOT (300g to 600g of broccoli per day) and my skin and hair got a lot better, i would say it made the results from the procedure a lot better.
Oh, i forgot to say. Before i started the procedures i was already supplementing with Resveratrol and Omega 3 Fish Oil.
Also, way before reading this study, when i started doing the procedure, i noticed that 2 to 3 days after it i would gain a lot of new tiny hairs. Some would fall, some would grow. I think i managed to stop my hair from falling due to the blood flow improvement in the scalp (i had none) + resveratrol, finasteride, omega 3 and now broccoli sprouts (it really did speed things, but since my blood flow is getting better and better it may also be it). But new hair only comes when i do the procedure. The regimen just prevents this new hair from falling or dying. That is why i will try to do the procedure 2 times per month instead of one.
The main thing is, it really makes new hair appear. And i believe the blood flow improvements make the hair stay there (maybe the nutrients finally get there in the right amount, or maybe minoxidil gets more effective, idk) and grow thicker.
But i would say it would be impossible to do it on my own. It really hurts, even with an anesthetic, i bleed a lot. It would be even dangerous to try it at home, i would probably get an infection. It works though, and in someone that would be almost completely bald by now (i am 26). It started slow, but now that my scalp has more blood flow and we are doing the procedure with more intensity, things are getting better faster and faster.
As i said, they have the pictures, so i can't show you guys, and i didn't take any myself. Believe me if you want. I think in some months i will ask them for the pictures so i could show it here. We just started to take pictures, in a few months we can see the results with more clarity.