Very Impressive Dermarolling And Minxodil Results - From Tressless

[Ray's Stance]

Update. Been another month or so. After my last post I got topical minoxidil and .5mg of finasteride from hims - so topical combo. It Arrived basically the day after my post. I kind of looked on their website and in the UK -I'm not sure many places do topical finasteride. You can see my previous posts - I use Kirkland minoxidil 5%, dirmapen once a week at 1.5mm and nizoral occasionally. I know it's cheaper to crush pills etc but I thought f**K it and ordered.

The good, - minoxidil dries quicker and is not greasy and it smells good. Application is a doddle and the fact finasterode is topical I felt alright about putting it in etc. Don't want to take oral again.

Been wearing my hat all day and took this. If I parted my hair it's looks pathetic but it looks like it's doing something. Harsher lighting may look bad but this is sunlight.

Only prob is my nipples. They went full on erect. I did finasteride pills for a year 10 years ago and got minor gyno and didn't really do any regrowth. About 3 and a half weeks into this started noticing them, and feeling sensitive. I Contacted hims and they basically said come off it. Which I have, 3 days ago. Nips are nearly back to normal, they could have cut glass. it Started about a week ago. I'm thinking of microdosing possibly. Ive Read a lot about how topical is systemically absorbed and it lowers dht for a while - like a week after one dose etc.. anyways. tbh, I could have been more merticulous with the dropper. I'm pretty sure I applied it like it was regular minoxidil and maybe went over the dose. I've also noticed after I got jiggy my semen was a bit waterey then normal, so yeah.. it Def goes into the system. Having a think. I'm almost thinking once a week. Just to lower the dht a little. I hear it keeps it down on the scalp etc. I know some people will think that's nowhere near.. I dunno. Anyways. Hope everyone is doing good.

 

[BaldAndBalder]

Interesting, a guy with good results from ONLY microneedling:

https://imgur.com/a/Ag7zpHE

https://www.reddit.com/r/tressless/comments/srs35x

Hyper responder

 

[markdis]

Not a bad result.

 

[BurningCoals]

Crazy result (finasteride, minoxidil, needling):

https://www.reddit.com/r/tressless/comments/teaq9o

That's @welshman123

https://www.hairlosstalk.com/interact/threads/24m-significant-diffuse-thinning-and-receding-hairline-is-this-salvageable.131041/

 

[NeedUrKnowledge]

hey guys I got a question:

I dermapen 1x week 1.5 needle lenght 3x speed for 10-15mins, always sundays.
I try to give as much pressure as I can tolerate which is imo a lot, my scalp is red and sore but only a very few small blood spots, very few.

But I'm wondering if I do enough because 6 hrs later my scalp is almost not sore anymore and not even red to any degree, I'm wondering If I do "enough" in my session or should I change something?

Any opinion would be very greaty appreciated!

Thanks!

 

[brohawk]

hey guys I got a question:

I dermapen 1x week 1.5 needle lenght 3x speed for 10-15mins, always sundays.
I try to give as much pressure as I can tolerate which is imo a lot, my scalp is red and sore but only a very few small blood spots, very few.

But I'm wondering if I do enough because 6 hrs later my scalp is almost not sore anymore and not even red to any degree, I'm wondering If I do "enough" in my session or should I change something?

Any opinion would be very greaty appreciated!

Thanks!

Probably not enough. Is 3x the max speed? You should be doing max speed for 15 - 20 mins. If you've got severe loss, i.e. shiny scalp, you may not see much blood, but that should increase w/ successive sessions as fibrosis breaks down and blood vessels are restored. It should look and feel like a pretty bad sunburn for at least a couple/few days.

 

[Micky_007]

What are you guys opinion on using Minoxidil 5% Topical Liquid AND Tretinoin 0.01% with Microneedling?

Does it have better results than only Minoxidil + Microneedling?

Is it advisable to use Tretinoin with Minoxidil if I'm Microneedling?

If yes, should I wait a day or more after Microneedling to apply Minoxidil + Tretinoin?

Or can I just apply the Minoxidil and Tretinoin directly after Microneedling?

 

[DoctorHouse]

What are you guys opinion on using Minoxidil 5% Topical Liquid AND Tretinoin 0.01% with Microneedling?

Does it have better results than only Minoxidil + Microneedling?

Is it advisable to use Tretinoin with Minoxidil if I'm Microneedling?

If yes, should I wait a day or more after Microneedling to apply Minoxidil + Tretinoin?

Or can I just apply the Minoxidil and Tretinoin directly after Microneedling?

I think that might be overkill. Tretinoin already "thins" out the scalp by increasing the skin renewal rate. And with tretinoin you have to worry about sun exposure when you go outside unless you wear a hat all the time. I would be using copper peptides instead of tretinoin as it has healing properties.

 

[cryingariver]

Honestly this whole micro needling and minoxidil stuff is really letting me down. I don't see sh*t in regrowth, after over a year. I'm maintaining, however, i do believe i am now thinning more in some areas. this is starting to piss me off. All these people with results... i don't get it. i'm doing needling once every 2 weeks. i think i'll up it to once a week.

 

[Mr. Slap Head]

Honestly this whole micro needling and minoxidil stuff is really letting me down. I don't see sh*t in regrowth, after over a year. I'm maintaining, however, i do believe i am now thinning more in some areas. this is starting to piss me off. All these people with results... i don't get it. i'm doing needling once every 2 weeks. i think i'll up it to once a week.

try oral

 

[cloudsanrain]

Honestly this whole micro needling and minoxidil stuff is really letting me down. I don't see sh*t in regrowth, after over a year. I'm maintaining, however, i do believe i am now thinning more in some areas. this is starting to piss me off. All these people with results... i don't get it. i'm doing needling once every 2 weeks. i think i'll up it to once a week.

Try needling once a week with oral and topical miox .

 

[aphton]

It was easy? Of course not, I also feel lazy and I'm not in the mood, but I'm going through the routine.

this is one of the few qualities that make me respect someone insanely!
people having dedication / consistency or power to commit. people staying true to their goals, morals, values, having integrity / backbone!

thanks for all your input, chen! much appreciated, even after years. btw.. how is it going?

 

[cryingariver]

Do you use 5% minoxidil? Check the quality of what you're using. And yeah do 1x/week needling.

Edit: good article to improve minoxidil results

How to Make Minoxidil More Effective - Perfect Hair Health

Not seeing results with Minoxidil? In this article, we reveal three ways to improve Minoxidil results, beginning with microneedliing.

perfecthairhealth.com

what's considered good quality? I use 5% rogaine. should i use another brand?

 

[StayPositive]

Is it worth to try dermarolling without minoxidil?

 

[cryingariver]

Do you use 5% minoxidil? Check the quality of what you're using. And yeah do 1x/week needling.

Edit: good article to improve minoxidil results

How to Make Minoxidil More Effective - Perfect Hair Health

Not seeing results with Minoxidil? In this article, we reveal three ways to improve Minoxidil results, beginning with microneedliing.

perfecthairhealth.com

what's a good quality brand of 5% minoxidil? i use rogaine... but i don't know if that's good enough.

 

[cryingariver]

what's a good quality brand of 5% minoxidil? i use rogaine... but i don't know if that's good enough.

... somebody please help a balding brother out.

 

[mooreu]

... somebody please help a balding brother out.

Optimally you would have a minoxidil solution custom compounded for you.

 

[pegasus2]

what's a good quality brand of 5% minoxidil? i use rogaine... but i don't know if that's good enough.

Minoxidil is minoxidil. Use the cheapest stuff you can find, which is kirkland's.. Alternatively I can compound a minoxidil solution to match your ph and epigenome for just 199 for a one month supply.

 

[cryingariver]

ok got it. Thanks guys.

 

[cryingariver]

Funny you're asking about a better minoxidil version. Couple of days ago this guy posted results on tressless;

https://www.reddit.com/r/tressless/comments/u4l4p8

He did needling 1mm/week and used nanoxidil.

The creators allege it increases its penetration into the skin making it work better than min.

Nanoxidil???? First time i hear of this. ahem::::

1. why isn't everyone using this?
2. is it FDA approved?
3. does it work better?