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If my hair loss is not significant, but just thinning at this point, will using a dermaroller help prevent further hairloss?
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You mean while also using minoxidil?
If not, keep in mind that MPB is a gene. You can't just roll little needles on your head and it will stop the hairloss. I'm pretty sure the whole point of a dermaroller is for more minoxidil absorption.Comment
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I use the dermaroller and have had some success. I am also treating my hairloss with other meds also so who knows if the dermaroller is actually doing anything. I do remember seeing a thread around here were they posted some promising information on the use of the dermaroller so I would not totally rule it out as being an affective treatment.Comment
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Do any of you guys use dermaroller more than 1nce a week?Comment
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I use it about 3 or 4 days a week. I usually wash my hair, then while in the shower i use the dermaroller all over the top of my head. After, I shampoo with regenepure dr. After showering I apply minox.Comment
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Is the dermaroller proven to do anything, or are you guys running some spikes over your head, drawing blood, just in hope?Comment
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Hey Guys
Check out the Derma Rolling Thread, lots of details here along with 100 person peer reviewed 3 month pilot study
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No. It has nothing to do with absorption. It's all about wound healing. Wound healing triggers an embryonic state in the skin which makes it receptive to receiving instructions from wnt proteins. It is important not to use the roller every day, as this requires the healing cycle to be completed before it is triggered again.Comment
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No, it is everything to do with absorption, micro-needling is said to massively increase absorption of any topical you put on your skin, thats why women are using it along with vitamin creams for good skin.
Your right that it does cause the skin to heal with is supposed to increase collagen levels but for hairloss the main principle is to increase expsoure to minoxil.
I'm no docter and neither are you but I really think once a day might be too much.
I would recomend using it just after the shower, the skin is softer then and it's less painful.Comment
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It is neither "nothing to do with absorption" nor "everything to do with absorption", I believe it is somewhere in between.
Yes, it is said that microneedling aids with absorption of topicals such as Minoxidil, but in this more recent study the focus is on the wounding and regeneration process. Minoxidil is not used until 24 hours after the wounding session, so increasing absorption is not the purpose of this experiment in this case.Comment
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Well then I stand corrected. Don't know much about this Dermaroller thing but I highly doubt that rolling a $20 dollar object on your head will be a good treatment for MPB.Comment
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