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When the needles are dull, it's time to get a new one. Maybe it's about three months if it is used daily - maybe a lot longer if it's used weekly. I am betting the three months is based on daily use since Dr. Roller's instructions are to use it daily.
I bought a generic one from Amazon.com. It was somewhere around $10.00 (US) with shipping give or take a few bucks.
Don't blame you there. I would not risk buying a used one either.
It is inexpensive and readily available anywhere and everywhere bandages and other first aid supplies are sold.Comment
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I have relatively long hair with loss at the temples. I plan to target my temples, but was wondering if it would be beneficial to roll over my existing hair for future maintenance/added thickness? Basically, can you roll over scalp that isn't bald? Thanks guys and good luck!Comment
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I've been reading more about the dermarolling method in regards to the wounding theory from follica, I think theres a lot more to explore but I think it NEEDS to be pointed out that we're very, VERY close to finally cracking it. We just need to keep pushing experimentation with wounding of all sorts of devices. Dermarolling with some wounding with 1.5mm microneedles most likely wont get us anywhere near NW0 but it should help. I think we need to wound more. One member on another forum pointed out this:
Which is more or less what mitosis is: cell splitting, but not actually splitting cells in half, but the cells actually replicate themselves. If you cut yourself, cells in your skin should multiply to cover up the damaged area. But here's the problem: we're not doing enough of that at the follicle level!! All we're doing is making small little pricks. I've got a feeling that we need to TRICK our body into making it think it needs to create skin *AND* follicles. Those follicles will probably only replicate where existing terminal hairs are, going back to my observation that hair regrowth always happens in areas closer to existing follicles as those follicles that produce terminal hairs can emit split cells that can replicate their own hair. Which perhaps its why a bald spot is NEVER filled in completely on any treatment, but only tightened up.For Follica style wounding you need a wound that is deep enough to remove the epidermis and reach the dermis. It has to large enough so that it can't close on itself. The skin faces a decision, "Do I become a follicle or do I become skin?". By promoting the correct molecular signals, the idea is that we can push the intrafollicular epithelial stem cells (Not HF bulge cells btw). Two are known to upregulate this process - Wnt and FGF9.
I'm sure whatever growth factors we throw at the wounded area will help this, for example the growth factors lilpauly has mentioned from Kane, but safety is key. I'm going to watch *very closely* what happens with the guys trialing this... this could be some SERIOUS SHIT finally.
This is kind of, KIND OF more exciting than Aderans news before they got their funding pulled.Comment
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That's what I plan to do and I'm a girl so I have long hair. I was concerned about my hair tangling up in the roller but I think I have a solution. I can't try it out till my roller arrives though.
Look up how wigs are made on Youtube. See how the wig maker puts plastic wrap on her head. That should work to keep hair from getting tangled up in the roller.
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So from what other just completed my first roll, it is very uncomfortable, especially at the temples, but I don't care about that.
From what I've been reading it sounds as though we do need to roll firmly to wound deep enough so the cells can repair. This must mean no blood is not good enough.Comment
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Just a reminder that the methodology in the pilot study was to roll firm enough to achieve mild erythema. Erythema is defined as abnormal redness of the skin due to capillary congestion. It does not mean to break through the skin enough to cause bleeding. Just say'in...Comment
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