Very Impressive Dermarolling And Minxodil Results - From Tressless

[Me Vs DiffuseThinning]

Im assuming from your username you had diffuse thinning, i have diffuse thinning on my crown area and even using 0.5mg dutasteride, 10mg oral min and 10ml oral castor oil i still don't have as much density as i would like tbh

I had diffuse thinning with a fully bald crown area. My crown was the first area to bald and the most stubborn to regrow.

 

[baldlygoing]

Gotcha. I'm taking a break from needling myself. Just finished a once a week, 6 week trial of needling with a 36 hour fast. I did notice that it seemed to heal much faster than normal, although that could be all in my head.

 

[mooreu]

I'm ordering a Derma Pen M8 soon. I'm unsure if I should order the 16 or 36 pin needles?

 

[cloudsanrain]

I'm ordering a Derma Pen M8 soon. I'm unsure if I should order the 16 or 36 pin needles?

I have been using the 16 pin but I may try the 36 pin . It should help with time .

 

[Intrigued77777777]

Have a few questions:

1) How long do people spend rolling? I spend 3 minutes rolling my scalp and that draws blood. Is this enough time?
2) Does anyone roll their frontal hairline? How do you conceal the marks, wear a hat for 4 days??
3) Can someone expand upon "Dermapen"? Is it actually better or people just find it easier?
4) If Dermapen is better can someone recommend a product to buy in UK?

 

[Einstein]

I have found that I have bled less and less as time has gone by and this is even with my increasing needle gauges to 2.5mm.

Holy Moly 2.5

 

[Einstein]

Always hear about the magical 2 year benefit of minoxidil but I've seen enough people who were able to maintain results for more than 5 years with minoxidil alone.

I’ve always known minoxidil to continue to work for up to 2 yrs and then it maintains thereafter. I know of many who’ve been maintaining well on minoxidil since the 90’s

 

[hairloss_user]

Been on Minoxidil for over 10 years and still have hair with slight diffuse thinning. I dont know if the slightly worse thinning i experience now is because of seasonal shedding or me starting zinc /copper supplements (for anti greying purposes) or dropping 10 000mcg biotin (gave outbreaks) the last few months that I feel it has gotten slightly worse so im cutting down on supplementing to every other day. But i remember before i started taking minoxidil was losing hair quite badly and my hair just felt like sh*t. When i look at some photos from like 6-7 years ago. Honestly my hair looked worse then so it seems it has even improved over time. It could be because i use lipogaine too so. So minoxidil is working for me for sure. And needling makes my hair feel stronger and more alive. So i think if you start early with minoxidil or whatever treatmnt it could work . It could work even better if you are a diffuse thinner. But if you start you are in it for life. So remember that and decide how important your hair is to you.

 

[Einstein]

I ordered the Derminator 2 and it’s taking forever to receive (no fault of the sender, shipping is just generally slow for the time being)

Until I receive it, what other microneedle / dermaroller product is readily available that works well, a bonus would be if it’s sold on Amazon

Edit: Never mind. Had to go to US Amazon and ordered the Dermapen M8 with the 22 cartridges package.

 

[Einstein]

Crazy new result from minoxidil/needling (also took fina and nizoral):

https://www.reddit.com/r/HairlossProgressPics/comments/n4hzzj

Hands down the best regrowth I’ve seen from treatments. Better than many hair transplants. Went from a few strands to fullblown chia-pet sprout. If it wasn’t for the second last picture I would have said he used concealers.

 

[hairloss_user]

Skin looks good and and shiny. some lines in my forehead but not too deep, probably because of aging anyway. I work out and try to eat healthy (often rice chicken beef and veggies). Also take collagen powder, pomegrenade juice, fish oil, coconut water daily. Dont smoke either. Also important not to sleep just after youve applied minoxidil so that you dont get it on your pillow and eventually in your face. Ideally you could take a shower before you go to bed so you dont have anything on.

 

[Einstein]

That’s insane regrowth in only 60 days. Even the length regrown in 60 days is crazy

 

[Einstein]

I have seen this like 4792837 times they lose the gains in the next shed and never recover

That’s a first time I’m hearing it. As long as they continue their treatment I don’t see any reason why they’d lose gains like you described

 

[Capone]

Wish I could use minoxidil.. it definitely works but makes me look like a gremlin.

 

[spooon]

my biggest regret with minoxidil was growing insane amounts of hair when I first took it 10 years ago then stopping thinking I could just take a break, lose some hair, then get back on it again. do not make this mistake.

 

[KNemo]

Thats the stupid sh*t i ever heard.

google “minoxidil graph” and see the decline while using minoxidil .

every treatment we have lose it effect overtime.

the genral time frame is 2 years .

I didn't find something convincing? Minoxidil without DHT reduction would of course get worse over time that's well known and understood as minoxidil doesn't stop the balding process just stalls it by increasing overall hairgrowth.

Some link(s) would be appreciated.

 

[hairDespair]

I found switching to a roller so much easier/quicker to do compared to a pen. Strangely, the pain was a lot less, even when pressing harder. Also don't bleed near as much

 

[kiwi666]

I’m thinking this doesn’t work with Oral Min. It bloody doesn’t with me.

Foam in the crown it might need to be!!!

 

[kiwi666]

I’m thinking this doesn’t work with Oral Min. It bloody doesn’t with me.

Foam in the crown it might need to be!!!

Most of the success stories of which there are plenty are usually topical + finasteride + rolling. I’m not doing finasteride again. Ever.

 

[Einstein]

I found switching to a roller so much easier/quicker to do compared to a pen. Strangely, the pain was a lot less, even when pressing harder. Also don't bleed near as much

Maybe the fact that you barely felt any pain on the roller and do not bleed on the roller as much as you did with the pen means the pen was doing it's job better than the roller.