Dermarolling Community Trial

[35YrsAfter]

We had a patient in yesterday who told me he saw a dramatic difference in the quality of his hair from dermarolling minoxidil.

I think this thread is over 180 pages, so this has probably been posted here before... Research that lead to the formation of "Follica" supports the following:

Wnt is involved in the healing of wounds and can be used to produce new hair follicles. The experiment showed that follicles can develop when a wound heals, and that the process can be manipulated to greatly increase the number of follicles. In the study, scientists removed small sections of skin from mice. This spurred stem cell activity in places where the skin was removed. However, when the scientists blocked the Wnt gene, follicles didn't grow. When Wnt was stimulated, the skin healed without scarring and eventually had all the same characteristics -- hair follicles, glands, appearance -- of normal skin. These new follicles also behaved normally, producing hair in the same way as other follicles.

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[Conpecia]

Con, what's your current Norwood, out of curiosity?

i'd say i'm nw3 vertex or just under that. but the problem is i'm still receding even though i do see the vellus hairs. i'm on dut but it hasn't kicked in yet, still shedding way more than i was on fin years ago. nothing to do but ride it out.

[Pentarou]

Thanks for the reply, and best of luck with the Dut, I'm sure that you'll recover from the shed before too long! Hope the vellus hair turns terminal as well.

[MackJames]

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Pic 4. Sorry for the multiple posts. I wasn't able to put the pics all on one post. I'm getting small hairs mostly in the mid-scalp.

[LevonHelms]

Pic 4. Sorry for the multiple posts. I wasn't able to put the pics all on one post. I'm getting small hairs mostly in the mid-scalp.

That's great Mack! How many weeks and what size you using?

[MackJames]

That's great Mack! How many weeks and what size you using?

I've been rolling once a week for 11wks. I use a 1.5 mm roller I bought from amazon. I had my hair buzzed down to a one and I had to let my hair grow out before I could take pics. I have noticed stubble on the mid-anterior of my scalp and some around my left temple.

[MackJames]

For fun I decided to use some light brown dermmatch I had lying around. I have sliver grey but it looks to blue.

[clandestine]

Mack; you need before pictures, really.

[broseph]

So I decided to try dermarolling back in august, around the same time I started minox (actually nanox). Below is my regimen and results, which I think aren't bad!

Dermarolling for 10-1 week sessions. The after pics were taken 1 week after my 10th session. From here on out, I'm switching to a bi-weekly routine. Each session was about 15 minutes. Bled, but not quite as much as some other people on here.

Regimen: Pretty much all DS Lab products. No this isn't a promotion for DS Labs, I simply just have a belief that their products are meant to be used together. I've used the shampoo and conditioner for about 2 years and think they work great for strength.

Instead of minox, I use the DS nanox. Its suppose to be similar to minox but lighter molecular weight. I started the nanox about 2 weeks before rolling.

I use DS shampoo in morning and the conditioner when I took a quick shower after the gym in the evening. Nanox is applied morning/night, except I waited the 24 hours after rolling.

Results: I would say regarding the front, nothing at all yet, at least noticeable. Regarding the back, very, very good regrowth. Whats nice is that my hair isn't quite as long in the afters, and it still looks better.

[Conpecia]

so you'd never taken minox prior to then? bummer. congrats on regrowth though, but i don't think we can attribute it to dermarolling as easily as someone who has been on minox for a long time

[broseph]

I took minox up until about Jan, for about 1 year or so, then decided to quit just to save money and to essentially give up and not worry about my hair. When this trial started up I figured it wouldn't hurt to try, so I started back up in August. The one problem I had and I PLEAD other people to do is always take before pics when starting a regimen. Unfortunately, I didnt have the foresight during my previous regimens so I never could fully see the effects. The eyeball test just simply isn't enough.

I'd have to say for just 3 months, I'm happy with these results.

[MackJames]

Mack; you need before pictures, really.

Im going through photos of the last time I had my hair grown out. Here is one from April