More on the science of Microneedling

If I have a more painful microneedling session, I seem to get quite a bit of baby hair growth pretty quick. I’ve even switched to doing a session every other week instead of weekly so I can go the extra mile. I use 1.5mm needle on Dr.Pen.  Have you seen this? I was previously dermarolling but wasn’t seeing much. After going 1.5mm on the dermapen, the results picked up pace. I put Minox right after.  

The science suggests that weekly is the best approach. Microneedling creates a wound, which starts a healing cascade; first comes the platelets, then the macrophages and other cells, and then, on the third day, the stem cells start activating. The stem cells we want to hit are located at the top of the hair follicle and maybe those that control hair cycling. That would explain why microneedling works. We are still determining if the hair will last the entire hair cycle (usually 2-3 years for a man in his 20s). If some maintenance program is not continued (like once a month), these hairs may go away as their predecessors did. This microneedling has arisen because young men are looking for solutions, and the medication profession hasn’t gotten the message yet. Since I speak with men almost everyone, I find that I learn more from my patients than I often teach them.