I don't mean to hijack the thread but this post is relevant to the thread and I am not ready for a "success story" thread yet.
It has been 7 weeks since I started and I know I said in this thread, a a bunch of pages back, that I would share results at the 6 month mark but I just wanted to share the progress of my crown since using the dermapen with minoxidil and dutasteride. There is visible thickening and/or regrowth happening back there. I am getting comments from people that don't know that I am treating my hair loss, except my wife. I dermapen once a week. It is super exciting because these have been the fastest results I have ever experienced. And that is saying a lot since I started balding at 16, i'm 33 now. So, I have been around lol. I can't wait to see results at 12 month mark.
Please give me your opinion about these results. To me, these are very dramatic results, in very little time. I started Sept 10th 2021. But I would like 2nd opinions. Forgive me in advance about the blurriness of the before pic. You can still the results, they are too visible to not see even with a bit of blurriness. I tried my best to mimic the same light, same location (bathroom), same positioning of the head, and same hair length.
Disclaimer: I had an FUE done in 2015, got lazy, stopped taking the big 3 and went through alopecia areata spots on my head. This basically killed my FUE results. hair transplant's can only do so much, they do not bring back hair, they don't stop male pattern baldness. You need to help the FUE, by taking care of your native hairs. I did not do that and I paid for it. I basically got back to the high norwoods.
Other info:
Minoxidil 15% once a day, 1 ML on crown, 1ML on hairline and temples. I use minoxidilmax DualGen, no PG.
Dermapen M8 Pro - 1.5 mm on crown, 0.75 mm on front. Once a week. I wait 24 hours before using minoxidil.
Dutasteride - 0.5, everyday. I tend to forget this though, and can go for days without taking it. I am trying to be more consistent.
Before (September 10th, 2021) - First day of dermarolling:
After (October 21st 2021). You can see the crown getting darker and kind of closing in around the crown.
This was incredible, it left me speechless when I compared the two.
I will keep you all posted and post before and after pics when I can see a dramatic change myself.
Edit: Btw, frontal baldness areas like hairline and temples, are also thickening. There are also signs of vellus hairs growing on the hairline and below it.