How Microneedling Helps with Hair Loss

How Microneedling Helps with Hair Loss
Key Points
- Talk to a dermatologist to find out why you're losing hair and if microneedling is right for you.

- Get the best results by following your dermatologist’s plan and getting treatments on time.

- Don’t try microneedling at home without first talking to your healthcare provider.
They can help you get the best results without any problems.

Microneedling for hair loss is a treatment that makes tiny holes in the scalp to help hair grow.
It works well for many people with male-pattern and female-pattern hair loss.

Can Microneedling Grow My Hair Back?

Microneedling can help hair grow, but your results depend on things like the cause of your hair loss and whether you use it with other treatments like medicines or platelet-rich plasma (PRP).


How Microneedling Works
Microneedling, also called collagen induction therapy, uses small, clean needles on a tool like a dermaroller, dermastamp, or dermapen to create tiny holes in the skin.


There are two main ways microneedling helps hair grow:
1.
It helps the body heal: Making small wounds starts the body’s natural healing process. This leads to the release of growth factors that help the skin and hair regrow. It also activates stem cells in the hair follicles that can start new hair growth. Microneedling also makes more collagen and elastin, which are important for strong, healthy skin.
2.
It helps medicine get deeper: Microneedling makes small openings in the skin, which let medicines go deeper into the skin and reach the hair follicles. Using medicine or PRP before or after microneedling can help hair grow better than using them alone. Microneedling can be helpful for people who don’t respond to regular treatments.

What Types of Hair Loss Work with Microneedling?

Microneedling can improve the health of your scalp, but it doesn’t work for all types of hair loss.
Hair loss can be caused by:
- Stress (physical or emotional)
- Scalp infections
- Scalp psoriasis
- Thyroid issues
- Hormone imbalances
- Cancer treatments
- Certain medications
- Autoimmune diseases (like alopecia areata)
- Hairstyles that pull on the hair (like tight braids or ponytails, which can cause traction alopecia)

If your hair loss is due to any of these, your hair might grow back once your healthcare provider treats the underlying condition.
Microneedling might help with bald patches that don’t grow hair after treatment.

Microneedling can help with androgenetic hair loss.


Androgenetic Alopecia
Androgenetic alopecia is a genetic condition that makes hair follicles too sensitive to the hormone DHT.
DHT affects hair follicles, causing them to shrink over time, and eventually stop making hair.

This type of hair loss leads to a receding hairline in men and overall thinning in women.
Male and female-pattern baldness are the most common types of hair loss, and microneedling is often used to help with them.