Month: January 2023

Yes, it can be both bloody and painful. I am amazed how many men do this, but it seems to work far better than medications alone.

I got a HT 2 years ago, wondering if I can dermaroll/stamp in the area hairs we’re transplanted to (temples). I am hoping to thicken up the area some more. I don’t want to damage the hairs. Also planning to roll/stamp my scar to reduce the appearance. I am on both fin and min (oral).

Hair transplants often kick the stem cells for the hair in that area into what I think is a non-recoverable state.

I have been on fin for 9 months and haven’t noticed any regrowth so I decided to add 1mm derma stamping about a month ago. Still haven’t seen anything. Are fin and micro-needling known to be successful together or is it just min and micro-needling that go well together? I really don’t want to start min cause I don’t want to have to apply it every day and I’m deathly scared of the initial shed. Any advice is appreciated!

The needles must go down at least 1 mm to get the stimulus from the microneedling as that is where the critical stem cells are located. They don’t have to go deeper than that. You should add minoxidil to the skin immediately before using microneedling. That, according to the literature I read, gives the best results. To deal with the pain, you can use a topical anesthetic from the pharmacy, leave it on for at least 15 minutes before using the microneedling and it should reduce the pain of the needles going through the skin.

I found this link on Reddit which is an excellent review of the entire microneedling process which I have been asked about often:

https://www.reddit.com/r/tressless/wiki/microneedling

Once a week to every ten days is the routine for microneedling. You just have to hold the pen against the skin and the instrument will take care of the depth as it cycles. The use of a Dr. Pen microneedling device at a depth of 1.5mm can produce considerable bleeding. You should probably reduce the needle depth to 1mm so that the bleeding will not be so great. There is another problem I see here, and that is the area you covered is the same area as your original juvenile hairline. The juvenile hairs in that old hairline are unlikely to come back. The area where you have receded, will more likely come back which reflects the transition to a mature hairline possibly with recession. That is within the area outlined by the blood. I would like to see a mature hairline drawn on your head and then see you microneedle that area. Read my article on hairlines that mature: https://newhair.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/phenotype-article-published.pdf

Amazing response in this young man using finasteride, minoxidil and microneedling in a 7 week time-frame.

This is a wonderful response to microneedling, finasteride and minoxidil over a 6 month time-frame

This is a good photo after microneedling that goes down to a depth of between 1 – 1.5mm. This is where the stem cells are targeted. There is going to be some pain but most men who do this once a week put up with the pain for the gain.

There is some good teaching in your photos. This is an outstanding regrowth of hair from microneedling and minoxidil. I want to call your attention to the corner area which received microneeding beyond (below) the natural adult mature hairline, which did not bring back the hair to the full extent of the microneddling. It is important to note that microneeding in areas where your juvenile hairline is lost, microneedling this area will not bring your juvenile hairline back. For those who are microneedling, please limit it to the mature hairline you want to return to.

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