From non responder to responder

Backstory:

I used minox when I was around 21 and began with quite literally nothing. Maybe 12 hairs on my chin and 16 on the sides of the stache. Nothing on the sides except for maybe 3 whiskers on each. I applied 2x a day for 3 months and was able to grow what you see in the last 3 photos. I started getting an unbearable rash on the neck and lip and was forced to stop. I was happy with enough with the results

New journey begins:

at 29 (Nov. 2023) I decided to start again but decided to only use 1x daily for convenience. Initial results were decent but began to stagnate after 3 months. At 7 months I started to dermaroll but still (middle 3 pictures) I didn’t exactly see the results I wanted and felt disheartened; but persevered.

The change:

I read that tretenoin turned non responders to responder so at the start of Sept. 2024 I decided to go on tret .05%. The results were almost immediate. I started getting a lot of fuzz on the sides and was actually able to line up a peach fuzz beard for the first time in my life!

Now: (1 year on minox)

I read a post a couple weeks back about the ultimate routine and decided to pull out the heavy artillery.

2x daily minox applications 1x Stemoxydine morning application 1x tret nightly application (3x week) 1x azaleic nightly acid application (3x a week)

Alternating nights with the tret and azaleic acid.

I just started this new routine about a month ago and definitely see a bump in new hairs just in the one month.

I will also be dermastamping 1-2x a week when it comes in.

TLDR; if you aren’t seeing results, try getting on tret as that alone gave me massive results and… DON’T lose hope!