Man, am I glad to finally see some good progress.
Luckily, I am too poor to move anywhere else. So nearly all of my pictures are from the same house, same bathroom, and with the same lighting. And it is under those super bright lights that you can truly judge whether you had made anything meaningful in terms of progress. Except for this one, which is in my car. But I tried to get the brightest lighting I could get.
You guys remember the phase where I decided to try taking Finasteride orally instead of as using it as a topical treatment? I ended up flip flopping again after seeing progress start to stall out, so I think around the end of December, I switched back to my original routine.
But you can see a difference in the density of the hair, especially the front portion where it was very bald. The only new thing I tried was stabbing myself with a dermastamp daily. And this time, I made sure to stay consistent. I have to admit, it really made a difference in the speed and quality of my results.
So my routine change from using the Minoxidil and Finasteride mix once a day to basically twice a day, but with my green liquid for the second application. Then dermastamping twice a day as well before my liquid treatment, but since I am doing it twice a day, the sessions are extremely short at around 30 seconds just to quickly cover my scalp in some holes. I feel like going nuts with 5 minute sessions or longer and with that frequency would probably not be good for my skin.
I finally have enough hair to style and have a need for styling products. You truly don't appreciate those little things in life until you cannot do them anymore, even a cosmetic thing as basic as hair. For a long time, I really missed being able to style my hair. And I wished I could have truly appreciated having it when I was younger, I remember being so obsessed with those stupid little details. Being too afraid to experiment with my style and just sticking to what everyone else was doing. If I could go back to my early 20's, I'd for sure take preventative actions way sooner, I would also be rocking the styles I've always thought was cool but was too afraid to do. Slicked back mafia boss? Hell yeah! Asian mullet? Hell yeah! The perfect crew cut? Hell yeah!