Dermarolling Community Trial

[Tracy C]

I finally received my dermaroller and started my effort to reproduce the pilot study. Dang this hurts!!! I am not applying any pressure at all. Just the weight of the roller, which can't be very much.

I did find that using plastic wrap to keep long hair from getting tangled in the roller does in fact work - and it works really well.

[DesperateOne]

I finally received my dermaroller and started my effort to reproduce the pilot study. Dang this hurts!!! I am not applying any pressure at all. Just the weight of the roller, which can't be very much.

I did find that using plastic wrap to keep long hair from getting tangled in the roller does in fact work - and it works really well.

Yes, it hurts like hell, even though women have higher pain thresholds. Some on the other forum suggested using Japanese mint oil, they say it works wonders. I might have to order it if the 2.5mm is nothing but blinding pain.

[MackJames]

After rolling I go over my scalp with a alcohol wipe. Cleans the blood off and evaporates quickly. I'm going to start taking pics. I'm on my fifth week today and my hair is very short. I'm not sure whether I've been rolling hard enough so I'm basically starting from scratch.

[Stocione]

I finally received my dermaroller and started my effort to reproduce the pilot study. Dang this hurts!!! I am not applying any pressure at all. Just the weight of the roller, which can't be very much.

I did find that using plastic wrap to keep long hair from getting tangled in the roller does in fact work - and it works really well.

It's definitely not comfortable but the harder and more vigorously you roll the more adrenaline you get pumping. It hurts significantly less after a few good hard rolls.

On a side note, I missed the explanation for why you are using plastic wrap. But if you are rolling with as much vigor as those reporting results (and what the study researcher I spoke to suggested) then I would expect you to tear through the plastic wrap. I would also be concerned about how sanitary the plastic wrap is (as pieces could be deposited into your scalp), unless you are soaking it in alcohol before or something.

Anyway, just a thought.

[brunobald]

I was thinking these dermapens may be a way of reducing pain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WczUjxn6x4

[Stocione]

I was thinking these dermapens may be a way of reducing pain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WczUjxn6x4

If I can replicate the results using a dermarolling, my next step would be to combine a dermaroller with a dermapen. Apparently they might have separate wounding effects, with the dermapen going deeper but the roller hitting a larger surface area.

[brunobald]

The dermapen is an in out motion stabbing while the roller is pivoting out and in of the skin. The roller inflicts more damage especially on the surface but the pen can get deeper without causing as much truma and potentially less pain. The ladies having dermapen work on their faces appear to be in way less pain than the roller in fact some say it is quite soothing?

First we need to replicate results and then start honing the technique from there but it looks promising especially for guys who just want to wound small areas.

Follica are years ahead of us on this and they are talking of much larger wounds?

[hellouser]

Hmm... I cut my hands trying to pry open an external hard drive (enclosure's controller died). I'm now left with some small scabs. I wonder if I should have tried applying minoxidil and seeing if I'd get hair growth.

[horte]

This might seem weird but every time I roll I sneeze a lot... Just wondering does this happen to anyone else?

[hellouser]

This might seem weird but every time I roll I sneeze a lot... Just wondering does this happen to anyone else?

I have urges, yes.