It's official. In this current community trial,
@layabout is arguably the best and earliest responder so far. Important to note tho, that his initial status wasn't too bad. I hope other older hair loss sufferers like me could eventually get there, but it's obvious that if it works, it will take way longer.
Also, for those posting "data", there is already a form suggested by the user
@benjt2 who has been collecting data and posting it in another thread. To standardize all this data and make it comparable, let's please follow that form, which is way more detailed than the one posted in the last page. One of the most important piece of info is the date in which minoxidil and finasteride are started.
I hate to be the one who reminds this again and again, but guys please remember that those who start finasteride/min at the same time as needling should not be included as useful data for making inferences in this community trial.
Here is the survey of
@benjt2 I was talking about.
Current date: [for reference for the dates to be provided below and for survey updates in the future, please specify current date as dd/mm/yy]
Nickname:
Age:
Hairloss started at:
Current Norwood:
Balding pattern: [diffuse, receding or both]
Affected areas: [frontal hairline/crown/vertex/temples/[Norwood area]]
Treatment history:
- [treatment1] since [month/year] until [month/year]
- [treatment2] since [month/year] until [month/year]
- and so on
Needling since: [specify date or month/year]
Needling until: ["still needling"; otherwise specify date or month/year in case you stopped]
Not needling anymore because: [please specify reason in case you are no longer needling]
Needling frequency (average): [daily/weekly/biweekly etc.]
Needling, total number of sessions:
Needling device: [roller/stamp/pen and brand]
Needling depth/needle length: [specify mm]
Needling intensity: [no redness / mild redness / redness / drawing few drops of blood / drawing lots of blood]
Needled areas: [please specify]
Needling side effects: [please specify, e.g. redness for X days, flaking after Y days, etc.]
Using minoxidil: [yes/no]
On minoxidil since: [specify date, so people can figure out if you started with rolling, before, or added only later]
Using other treatments at the same time: [please specify]
Witnessing regrowth: [yes/no]
Regrowth since: [please specify as month/year or from start of needling, in weeks and/or months]
Pattern of regrowth: [please describe, i.e. only vellus or also terminal and in which areas]
Description of and satisfaction with regrowth: [please describe. you may assign points on a scale from -5 to +5 or use words]
Photos showing own progress or lack thereof: [OPTIONAL, but preferred: please add photos, preferrably with timestamp directly on photo]
