Recent content by longtimelurker

I will continue to daily needle and hide any evidence of my red scalp with hats. Other than when RU temporarily restored my density this is the only time in five years that I've felt optimistic

I'm not sure if it's having an effect or not... I also took note of the recent increase in its popularity and figured it couldn't hurt to add it. At this point I'm fully committed to the kitchen sink approach.

My scalp is yellow for the first couple of weeks after I make a batch but for whatever reason ZIX (in my case) slowly loses it's dark yellow appearance. I shake the bottle before each application.

I settled on 5ml as I kept shitting my brains out on higher doses.

I am taking a Kirkland's men's multivitamin and I drink 5 ml of cold-pressed castor oil daily. I chase the castor oil with Ginger Ale... terrible stuff.

I feel my crown has improved ever so slightly. When I view my hair in certain angles I notice more hair contrasting with my scalp. Unfortunately my temples (the left one is where I initially saw improvement in May) went back to baseline after a sudden burst of growth just weeks into daily...

I guess there's no difference then. I didn't state there was any improvement in my post.

August on the left, today on the right. Regimen- 1× daily dermapen at .75mm. 10 minutes of scalp massage. 1x daily application of Zix and 1x daily application of 5% minoxidil. Finasteride .25 EOD. I previously needled at a depth of 1.5mm 1x a week for 9 months and noticed no change

One thing I noticed about needling (dermapen AND rolling) is that it cuts a lot of the hair on my head to where it makes my scalp more diffuse than it actually is. I just needled and I have zix on my scalp (yellow globs) but here are a few pictures that show this. Nearly half of the hairs on my...

@ToLGuy We both have been using finasteride and minoxidil consistently for the same span of time and we both tried weekly needling with no results for at least 6 months. I also switched to daily needling (mild with the same roller length) starting in August and I am definitely seeing some...

For roughly three years now I've had an issue with yellow bumps on the back of my scalp. My donor zone has been heavily hit as a result of permanent hair loss in spots where the bumps are. I can't let my hair grow out though as the only way to hide my diffuse hair loss is to keep it at the...

@ToLGuy I unfortunately slacked off a bit on the daily rolling of my right temple (my control experiment that produced rapid results) but your post gave me motivation. I cut my hair down to a .5mm guard and as of a two weeks ago I am rolling 1x a day until my scalp is slightly red. Last month I...

We still don't know the how many rolling sessions the researchers performed in those six months. Hopefully someone can shed light on that part...

Someone please reach out to one of the researchers for clarification. I would but I'm lazy.