Very Impressive Dermarolling And Minxodil Results - From Tressless

[newdutuser10]

I need your opinion on my donor. The transplant forum isn't answering any questions.


I'll give my regimen 1 year 3 months more and after that I'm going for a transplant but I have diffuse thinning and a couple of doctors said they don't operate on diffuse thinners because their donor could be bad. I no longer need a transplant on my hairline because my current regimen is literally doing magic there. The concern is asymmetrical diffuse thinning crown that's very see through no matter the length of my hair.

EDIT - The doctors aren't seeing me in person because of COVID 19 so I had to send pictures.

 

[newdutuser10]

To be honest I wouldn't put any grafts there. Enough good hairstyles you can pull off if you have hair on the top of your head.

I'd just shave it in the back.

I'm hoping the microneedling keeps working and the gains spread backwards towards the crown. I lost my hairline relatively recently and the first to go was the crown. The lighting is very flattering here but I think it could work with just a little sprinkle of toppik. Let's see what the next year and three months bring.

 

[hairDespair]

I tried the needling/min combo once/week and every other week for a good 9 months or so and never saw much of anything. I decided to try a daily 1mm daily to see if it does anything. On a side note, i must have used too much min last night because i woke up in the middle of the night with my heart racing. Was kind of a scary feeling. Only had that happen once before

 

[Ramsey A.]

I need your opinion on my donor. The transplant forum isn't answering any questions.


I'll give my regimen 1 year 3 months more and after that I'm going for a transplant but I have diffuse thinning and a couple of doctors said they don't operate on diffuse thinners because their donor could be bad. I no longer need a transplant on my hairline because my current regimen is literally doing magic there. The concern is asymmetrical diffuse thinning crown that's very see through no matter the length of my hair.

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EDIT - The doctors aren't seeing me in person because of COVID 19 so I had to send pictures.

What’s your regimen?

 

[ajax]

Right after lots of deliberation I'm going back to my original plan of a Derminator 2.

Those who use this more than once a week / 2 weeks, are you just doing a quick pass over in-between your 30 minute or whatever Folica protocol session?

I'm just thinking doing 30 mins daily at a lower needle depth doesn't seem all that feasible?

 

[newdutuser10]

What’s your regimen?

Finasteride - quit 9 to 10 months ago and was on it for yearssssssssss.
Dutasteride - started 9 to 10 months ago.
Minoxidil - Many years
Dermarolling once or twice a week up until few months ago.


All of the above not much regrowth with bad shed here and there and coming back to baseline and that's it.

A few months ago started dermarolling with this

Used it every other day 1.5mm but lightly just to create uniform redness and started regrowing hair. Big regrowth coming up with those tiny hairs that are "supposed" to be vellus growing longer and relatively thicker. Sometimes I used a pen because I have extra cartridges layin' around. New regimen will be Monday and Tuesday roller and pen on Friday with Saturday and Sunday off.



Crown isn't regrowing anything and could be in a shed. All regrowth in the front.

 

[spooon]

I have struggled with the once per week microneedling - sounds pathetic I know but doing anything once per week doesn't work for me in the sense that it disappears from my radar for 7 days and I forget or get lazy. Paradoxically I do better when i can tell myself I am doing something to help every day. So I have just started microneedling at 1mm using Derminator 1 every other morning, applying Regaine morning and night every day except the days i microneedle when I just apply in the evening. I don't think it matters which regime you follow. Just pick one and stick it out building good data. Be your own lab.

 

[ajax]

I have struggled with the once per week microneedling - sounds pathetic I know but doing anything once per week doesn't work for me in the sense that it disappears from my radar for 7 days and I forget or get lazy. Paradoxically I do better when i can tell myself I am doing something to help every day. So I have just started microneedling at 1mm using Derminator 1 every other morning, applying Regaine morning and night every day except the days i microneedle when I just apply in the evening. I don't think it matters which regime you follow. Just pick one and stick it out building good data. Be your own lab.

How does your scalp look after 1mm? Just trying to work out how deep to go when I get mine

 

[orphanfunkhouser]

Apart from just making minoxidil work better, do you think the microneedling + minoxidil combo will generally help hold onto minoxidil results for longer than just using minoxidil?

 

[spooon]

How does your scalp look after 1mm? Just trying to work out how deep to go when I get mine

Scalp looks almost unchanged to be honest. The Regaine does sting a bit 8 hours later but only for a few seconds. I have tried 1.5mm with Derminator 1 before and then dabbed a paper napkin showing a handful of red blood spots but nothing like the redness or bleeding some have reported. I guess everyone is different. I'm not sweating on exact combination of depth and frequency yet just trying something for 4 weeks minimum and observing carefully.

 

[ajax]

Scalp looks almost unchanged to be honest. The Regaine does sting a bit 8 hours later but only for a few seconds. I have tried 1.5mm with Derminator 1 before and then dabbed a paper napkin showing a handful of red blood spots but nothing like the redness or bleeding some have reported. I guess everyone is different. I'm not sweating on exact combination of depth and frequency yet just trying something for 4 weeks minimum and observing carefully.

Yeah I guess the thickness of everyone's scalp is different, I think it's best to have something you can handle and will stick too rather than go too deep and give up after a few goes.

 

[Ramsey A.]

When will the small fine hair growing from Minoxidil turn into real thick hair?

 

[Throwaway94]

When will the small fine hair growing from Minoxidil turn into real thick hair?

It won't

 

[LowHairLine]

When will the small fine hair growing from Minoxidil turn into real thick hair?

After HRT.

 

[Ramsey A.]

Which shampoo is the best shampoo to use ?while on minoxidil+micro needling regimen ..

 

[Pixie]

When will the small fine hair growing from Minoxidil turn into real thick hair?

It takes months but l've seen some of my vellus hairs go terminal.

 

[baldlygoing]

Which shampoo is the best shampoo to use ?while on minoxidil+micro needling regimen ..

Not sure if it's the "best" but I use PURA D'OR Gold Label Anti-Thinning Biotin shampoo. Kinda pricey for shampoo but I only use it the day of and a couple days after needling so it lasts me a while.

 

[drakl]

Hi, I would like to start microneedling as soon as possible. I bought a Dr. Pen A6 and Minoxidil but I really don’t know which regimen to try.

I’ve seen many different versions of the procedure: daily, weekly, biweekly, 1.5mm depth, 0.8mm depth, etc.

I would like to try a microneedling regimen that has proven to be somewhat effective to at least some people and also not having to be too careful with the sun hitting my scalp (where I live, the sun is really harsh during the summer).

Thanks in advance.

 

[Throwaway94]

Hi, I would like to start microneedling as soon as possible. I bought a Dr. Pen A6 and Minoxidil but I really don’t know which regimen to try.

I’ve seen many different versions of the procedure: daily, weekly, biweekly, 1.5mm depth, 0.8mm depth, etc.

I would like to try a microneedling regimen that has proven to be somewhat effective to at least some people and also not having to be too careful with the sun hitting my scalp (where I live, the sun is really harsh during the summer).

Thanks in advance.

Wear a hat during summer...

 

[Liquidbanana]

Greetings again.

Here's a link to my original post in this thread back on page 525.

Very Impressive Dermarolling And Minxodil Results - From Tressless

I wish I was here to proclaim that I have conquered hairloss...alas, I am not. I messed up. Messed up BIG TIME.

The company I worked for for nearly 7 years, had a total layoff mid February and 500 people lost their jobs, including yours' truly. My fiancé and I had to move back in with my mum, and then of course, COVID hit the States and I was stuck in quarantine for over two months. Suffice to say, I was in a very bad place. Still am, I suppose.

While dealing with all this, I basically did nothing but smoke pot, play video games and sulk. Of course my micro-needling and minoxidil regime fell to the wayside. And of course, my NINE months of agonizing, bloody progress was washed away like a pebble in a raging river.

Am I back to where I was at baseline? No, but I'm not far off.

But I restarted back on June 25th. There's little point posting any progress as it's only been 2.5 weeks. But if all my attempts from before are any indication, I'll be seeing some decent results around the 2 or 3 month mark. So I'll be back then with, hopefully, similar good news and photo comparisons that I had brought last year.

I leave you with a bit of advice. IF you have results, no matter how small, for the love of god...DO NOT STOP. Take a break for 2 or 3 weeks, but that's it, no longer than that. I washed away 9 months of progress in the span of 2 or 3 months and have been kicking myself in the *** since.