Very Impressive Dermarolling And Minxodil Results - From Tressless
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This guy
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Haha to outside observers we must look like god damn lunatics! I´m right there with you though, i'm trying anything and everything!
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This is the one i got
This is the one i got
i don’t know guys. Coming up on three months soon. Still no signs of efficacy. Again, the areas I’m looking at getting back are just a slight thinning about 1inch into the hairline. It wasn’t even noticeable until about July/August of this past year. So theoretically my hair should be flying back since it was so recent. Not even hairless skin. I’ll keep with it, but I may just be a non responder..... didn’t think we would have those with this.
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Interesting case. But please, keep going. You have absolutely nothing to lose. 15 mins of needling in a week is absolutely nothing. There is still a chance for rewarding results, and almost zero things to lose. I'm pretty sure Im not getting results in my desired zone yet (crown), and I am also approaching the 3 month mark, but you can be damn sure that no matter how depressed I could get to be in the upcoming months, there is NOTHING that will be able to stop me from sticking to this regime until 2020. Stay strong and patient, bro.
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Tomorrow marks my one month, no results and possible regression so far. My sessions have been pretty bad and I'm using a cheap pen so hopefully I can get a good one tommorow and finally make something happen.
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if there is no regrowth for you do you maybe noticed other benefits? For example I always had to wash my hair every day because of their oily look. Since dermarolling I wash my hair only once a week because they look strong and healthy every morning without any shampoo.
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Are non responders doing their entire norward scale area of scalp or just the affected areas because if the reverse pattern in order of loss is a thing does that not mean there's a systemic scalp effect going on?
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I joined back in 2002 right when graduating college and noticed the receding the first time I saw that curve where my forehead meets my hairline. I was active on HLH for a while ("UndeniablyBalding"). Eventually I gave up on getting those temples back and stuck with maintaining as a goal.
Got divorced few years back and I think finasteride is losing it's efficacy as I've lost a lot of ground the past few months so decided to see come back to see if there was any groundbreaking treatments.
OMG now here I am 17 years later with you young bucks. Where did my life take that bad turn lol. Honestly, even after all these years of hyped products that turned into shite, I'm extremely optimistic about the next few years. I've held out pretty well. Recent pic. I use dermmatch, and definitely had it rocking in this pic.
Until something is definitive, the kitchen sink it is...
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Despite feeling not too comfortable about this, I want to share some pictures with you. I think this thread has done a lot for me, so I wanted to give something back. I am also very interested in what you think about my progress haha 
I only have good pictures of my right temple/hairline, because they are my main „problem zone“. Started needling (1,5mm) in the second half of November, the first two times once a week, then switched the frequency to twice a month. I also started using 1,7 ml of 3% ru topical every night (except for neeling nights) at the same time, as well as Nizoral shampoo. I seem to have less shedding since the last two weeks.
First picture is from back in June, 4 months after stopping Minoxidil, had a huge shed and lost a lot of hair in my temples and overall density. My hair recovered a bit on its own in the following months, but I use this as my before picture.
Second and third picture are from the end of December, must have been after 3 or 4 sessions of needling.
Fourth picture is from last week. The last two are from yesterday. (I guess this is after 6 sessions)
Keep your eyes out for that pigmentation mark. (Kind of afraid that it will disappear because of the needling and I won‘t be able to see if there has been any progress )
I am not really sure if there is real improvement. On the one hand it seems to me that I made some progress, but it could also be all in my head, which is why I would like to hear your thoughts. I will post more pictures in the future if there has been some improvement
I only have good pictures of my right temple/hairline, because they are my main „problem zone“. Started needling (1,5mm) in the second half of November, the first two times once a week, then switched the frequency to twice a month. I also started using 1,7 ml of 3% ru topical every night (except for neeling nights) at the same time, as well as Nizoral shampoo. I seem to have less shedding since the last two weeks.First picture is from back in June, 4 months after stopping Minoxidil, had a huge shed and lost a lot of hair in my temples and overall density. My hair recovered a bit on its own in the following months, but I use this as my before picture.
Second and third picture are from the end of December, must have been after 3 or 4 sessions of needling.
Fourth picture is from last week. The last two are from yesterday. (I guess this is after 6 sessions)
Keep your eyes out for that pigmentation mark. (Kind of afraid that it will disappear because of the needling and I won‘t be able to see if there has been any progress
)I am not really sure if there is real improvement. On the one hand it seems to me that I made some progress, but it could also be all in my head, which is why I would like to hear your thoughts. I will post more pictures in the future if there has been some improvement
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Your hair in the picture looks really good to me considering you started your treatment in 2002. If had met you in real life, I would not think that you had any problems with hair loss. So, have you been using finasteride since 2002?
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Same, man.
Microneedling 2 times a month only for a year. Till January 5 of 2020 no matter what.
Worst that can happen is I maintain. Reckon no one in the Chinese study got worse, so there's that.
Same could be for the rest who are trying this. But speculating won't do anything, so we're left with our needling devices and a lotta patience to see what's at the end.
Which reminds me; I'm approaching the 1 month mark. Upon seeing my hair under the intense lighting of the bathroom, I could swear my worst hit area has gotten slightly worse. There's an undeniable change in overall hair quality; obviously nothing that can be called true results but, if I'm not imagining things, this leads me to believe that the even more minimal shedding I've been getting after starting this treatment has been probably those weak hairs of that area.
Could be a coincidence, but after vigorously passing my hand several times, the two hairs that I saw were miniaturized thin hairs. So the type of hair around that area.
I'm not gonna obsess over this, but I found it interesting. Gonna chalk it up as me imagining things for now.
Significant regrowth there will most likely require of more treatments, but we'll see.
Yeah, man. Your hair looks really good! Hopefully I can reach your age rocking it like that, haha.
Indeed, the future has a lot of things down the pipeline. Pretty good things at that. But till we see 'em out there we're stuck with what we have.
Good thing we rediscovered microneedling.
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It was the same for me. My hair also got worse between November and end of December (Have no good pic for November). I also had increased shedding in this period until beginning of january. But since the last 10 days I had definitely less shedding. And it seems that some of my vellus hair decided to thicken up, even though I dont want to be too optimistic yet.
Guys I have a couple of questions. Safety ones.
1) Even if one waits for 24 hours before applying minoxidil, shouldn't we take into account the risk of systemic absorbtion from PREVIOUS applications of minoxidil? I mean the half-life of the minoxidil is approx. 22 hours, right? That means - aren't we still messing with non-desired deeper absorption when we take minoxidil in the morning and dermaroll in the evening for example?
2) What about birthday marks/pigmentations or any skin elements, like some imperfections (bumps or lumps)? Disrupting them regularly - cannot that lead to higher risk of skin cancer?
Thank you for your insights.
1) Even if one waits for 24 hours before applying minoxidil, shouldn't we take into account the risk of systemic absorbtion from PREVIOUS applications of minoxidil? I mean the half-life of the minoxidil is approx. 22 hours, right? That means - aren't we still messing with non-desired deeper absorption when we take minoxidil in the morning and dermaroll in the evening for example?
2) What about birthday marks/pigmentations or any skin elements, like some imperfections (bumps or lumps)? Disrupting them regularly - cannot that lead to higher risk of skin cancer?
Thank you for your insights.
I was hoping at least for maintenance. Definitely did not expect at three months to see more hair in my brush than I ever have. Now, some may say, “ that’s a good sign”! I mean maybe it is or it isn’t. If this were 1 or 2 months, definitely a good sign. 3 mos? Who knows. That’s said, I will continue to use my head as a pin cushion....
Could be, but I started Needling at the same time, so we dont know for sure. I also think I am shedding less daily now than during the whole last year. But I know its still almost too early for me to tell. I guess I have to keep observing in future.
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