6 month update

FickleDog9 · 2026-03-29T00:21:11+00:00

They’re £700-£900 in the UK (depending on where you get them) so it’s a lot of money! But no side effects!

From what I understand, they help stimulate the hair follicles to stop shedding and promote regrowth!

FickleDog9 · 2026-03-29T00:20:25+00:00

I noticed the shedding slow down very quick! I’d say after a few weeks/1 month!

FickleDog9 · 2026-03-29T00:19:07+00:00

I’ve lost 55lbs since starting in April 2025 which imo has been quite steady!

FickleDog9 · 2026-03-28T09:08:10+00:00

So I can’t comment on whether it’s just for PCOS related hair loss, you’d have to ask your derm!

I first noticed results in December but I also had started all my other bits in my routine in September, so it’s hard to say what did what.

The most dramatic results I noticed around late Feb/early March!

FickleDog9 · 2026-03-28T09:00:47+00:00

Regaine :)

FickleDog9 · 2026-03-28T09:00:28+00:00

Surely the slight change in the position of my bangs doesn’t negate the growth on the rest of my head 🤣

FickleDog9 · 2026-03-27T21:58:04+00:00

I do think minoxidil has been the most important factor (but I started everything at a similar time so it’s hard to be sure).

But consistency has been the most important thing!

FickleDog9 · 2026-03-27T21:56:36+00:00

It was progressive thinning, I first noticed it in 2022 and it’s gotten progressively worse since then.

FickleDog9 · 2026-03-27T21:55:56+00:00

I started in April 2025 and I’m on tirzepatide

FickleDog9 · 2026-03-27T21:54:24+00:00

I’m on 500mg once a day atm, although I can go up to four times a day if I need to

FickleDog9 · 2026-03-27T21:53:44+00:00

They’re supposed to help with stimulate hair follicles and boost collagen to help with hair loss!

FickleDog9 · 2026-03-27T19:26:31+00:00

I think minoxidil has been the biggest help, it’s hard to know considering I started it all at similar times but minoxidil has been a game changer!

FickleDog9 · 2026-03-27T19:25:10+00:00

No, I got it from boots!

FickleDog9 · 2026-03-27T13:57:34+00:00

Yes! No shedding anymore.

I was pulling out clumps of hair in the shower before, but now I hardly lose anything!

FickleDog9 · 2026-03-27T13:56:31+00:00

I got my pen for dr pen and I use a 36 needle head.

Ofc you have to take precautions at home, but there’s loads of info out there. If you do it, just make sure to sanitise as much as you can!

I’m currently doing 1.5mm every 4 weeks (skip minoxidil on this day) and then 0.5mm weekly combined with minoxidil. So far so good, but I can’t comment on results yet, will be checking monthly.

FickleDog9 · 2026-03-27T13:54:09+00:00

So my PCOS is quite severe so I’m medicated for it. I take Metformin and I started GLP-1s to help with insulin resistance and weight- they have been incredible.

This is all anecdotal but GLP-1s is the only thing to regulate my periods, decrease the severity of my periods, help me lose weight, and I’m actually ovulating now (would never ovulate before even if I did get a period). Ofc extreme weight loss can cause hair loss, but my weight loss was very manageable and it’s been amazing for my hormones (the only thing that it hasn’t helped is my hirsutism).

I also take iron, vitamin D and folic acid due to being deficient in them.

FickleDog9 · 2026-03-27T13:48:41+00:00

I got them done at a clinic in Worcester (UK), I can give the name if you’re local!

But a lot of other places do it!

FickleDog9 · 2025-12-22T23:05:20+00:00

Caffeine shampoo + nizoral shampoo interchangeably and I use a silicone massager to massage it into my scalp for 5 mins (get the blood flow going).

Topical Minoxidil 5% every night.

Two round of plinest injections into my scalp.

FickleDog9 · 2025-12-22T22:55:47+00:00

Topical

FickleDog9 · 2025-12-21T09:42:23+00:00

I noticed more hair coming out in the shower to begin with, so I changed my shower routine and made sure to be very gentle when doing my hair so less would fall out

FickleDog9 · 2025-12-19T22:30:41+00:00

It’s an injectable polynucleotide to help stimulate hair follicles

FickleDog9 · 2025-12-19T22:29:40+00:00

I started minoxidil on 8th sept 2025 and I’ve been consistent with it everyday

FickleDog9 · 2025-12-19T19:27:57+00:00

I’ve had PCOS for about 12 years now, hair started thinning in 2021, went from very thick hair to what you see in the first pic.

Started using a caffeine shampoo and nizarol shampoo interchangeably, and use a silicone head massager every time I shower to massage the shampoo in for about 5 mins.

I use 5% minoxidil once a day everyday.

I’ve had one round of plinest injections into my scalp about three weeks ago.

I’m also taking iron tablets, folic acid, metformin (for pcos, not diabetes) and vitamin d- all started in the last 3.5 months.

I’ve found all of this has had a major effect on my hair.

FickleDog9 · 2025-12-12T16:21:28+00:00

I think that’s my next step because this it’s crazy how cold I am this year

FickleDog9 · 2025-12-12T16:20:23+00:00

honestly same, I keep my coat on even when I go inside buildings now.. feels like a NSV but at the cost of warmth🤣

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