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Almost all scalp hair loss is caused by inflammation of the follicle bulbs in the scalp. The inflammation causes micro-scarring (fibrosis), leaving the hair follicles irreversibly damaged.
Needling works by replacing the scarred tissue with fresh new tissue, by forcing the skin to generate completely new tissue.
You can use the skin’s natural healing mechanism to grow new tissue: and in the new tissue, new hair follicles will form.
Needling alone will not really cause new hair follicles to generate.
You also need to increase specific ‘growth factors’ in the scalp tissue. These are like chemical messengers which tell the newly forming tissue to generate new hair follicles, instead of just skin. This is called ‘hair follicle neogenesis’.
It’s very important that you use the right growth factors. Some growth factors make your hair stop growing and some make it grow.
One of those Growth-Factors is Minoxidil, which increase hair growth by increasing the growth factor VEGF, which helps maintain the blood vessels that connect to the hair follicles
But there will be a new Contestor in the future which should also be good for the skin:
SM04554, a WnT Pathway modulator
Once the growth factors are in the healing tissue they send intra-cellular chemical messages, telling the cells which type of new tissue to form. By using the right growth factors you can encourage hair follicles to form.
The WnT Pathway is also the main contributor to hair growth and the power-house of the Anagen-Phase in the hair-cycle
I can understand that many of you do not want to use Minoxidil, but atleast start with the Needling
There are already several success stories with needling, also on Lookism
This is the new hope for most, after Stemcells failed
Finasteride also acts on multiple Pathways, like WnT, but I do not really know how.
Needling works by replacing the scarred tissue with fresh new tissue, by forcing the skin to generate completely new tissue.
You can use the skin’s natural healing mechanism to grow new tissue: and in the new tissue, new hair follicles will form.
Needling alone will not really cause new hair follicles to generate.
You also need to increase specific ‘growth factors’ in the scalp tissue. These are like chemical messengers which tell the newly forming tissue to generate new hair follicles, instead of just skin. This is called ‘hair follicle neogenesis’.
It’s very important that you use the right growth factors. Some growth factors make your hair stop growing and some make it grow.
One of those Growth-Factors is Minoxidil, which increase hair growth by increasing the growth factor VEGF, which helps maintain the blood vessels that connect to the hair follicles
But there will be a new Contestor in the future which should also be good for the skin:
SM04554, a WnT Pathway modulator
Once the growth factors are in the healing tissue they send intra-cellular chemical messages, telling the cells which type of new tissue to form. By using the right growth factors you can encourage hair follicles to form.
The WnT Pathway is also the main contributor to hair growth and the power-house of the Anagen-Phase in the hair-cycle
I can understand that many of you do not want to use Minoxidil, but atleast start with the Needling
There are already several success stories with needling, also on Lookism
Baldingcels: Microneedling is incredibly effective for regrowth (and I was very skeptical)
I’ve been on Finasteride since Feb 2015 at age 19 (NW2 or so) and it hasn’t done anything for regrowing my hairline. I’ve tried Minoxidil in the past, but it gave me horrific dark circles so I never stuck with it. Throughout 2018-2019 I felt like my hairline was getting worse. The temples...
lookism.net
This is the new hope for most, after Stemcells failed
Finasteride also acts on multiple Pathways, like WnT, but I do not really know how.
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