Using just a Dermaroller. What can i expect?

[Notcoolanymore]

The before and after pics above suck. It is really difficult to tell of a person actually grew more hair if the after pic is showing the person with longer hair.

[hellouser]

The before and after pics above suck. It is really difficult to tell of a person actually grew more hair if the after pic is showing the person with longer hair.

You need to see an optometrist.

[Notcoolanymore]

You need to see an optometrist.

I'll look into it. Come on dude patient 2 had his head buzzed in the first pic and has it grown in on the second pic.

[hellouser]

I'll look into it. Come on dude patient 2 had his head buzzed in the first pic and has it grown in on the second pic.

His vertex should be much thinner, as its clear he's got thin hair in that area before the trial.

1st patient showes wild results, hard to dispute that unless the results are somehow doctored.

[Notcoolanymore]

His vertex should be much thinner, as its clear he's got thin hair in that are before the trial.

1st patient showes wild results, hard to dispute that unless the results are somehow doctored.

You are right about patient one. His results look pretty good. I am not saying the dermaroller is not effective. I use it. Hopefully I will get good results with it. Have you tried it?

[hellouser]

You are right about patient one. His results look pretty good. I am not saying the dermaroller is not effective. I use it. Hopefully I will get good results with it. Have you tried it?

You need to read my dermarolling thread. There's 30+ pages (and counting) of useful information on dermarolling:

http://www.baldtruthtalk.com/showthread.php?t=13420

Yes, I've been dermarolling. Today was my second session, I made sure to be harsh on my scalp though since last week I didn't see much redness and did not notice much bleeding either (a good indication of actual wounding) though the study showed mild erythema was enough (basically until the scalp was red). You do need to apply minox twice a day though, and wait 24 hours after dermarolling. Applying minoxidil on a bleeding scalp could give a very high heart rate, so its advised you DONT apply it immediately. Healing of the scalp doesnt occur until (i think) days later anyway so immediately applying minoxidil probably wouldn't make a world of a difference anyway.

Read the thread though!

[Axel]

I am not saying the dermaroller is not effective. I use it.

You use it 3-4 times a week and apply minox immediately after rolling... you basically have been over-dosing minox into your bloodtream. That can't be good.

Also, you must use a 1.5mm roller. Read the study, it is quite interesting.

[PatientlyWaiting]

Patient 2 is a bit tricky to analyze though, because the before picture has flash ad the after picture does not. If you take a picture with no flash, your hair will appear thicker than it is, because of the lack of light, it will look dull, therefore darker=thicker. But with that said, it is obvious that the after picture is much better, his hair is in much better shape in the after picture. But then it's also appears to be longer.