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- Hey, guys, and welcome back to the channel.
Today, I'm gonna be checking in
with my three-month update
of using a derma roller
to try and thicken up my patchy facial hair.
If you're brand new here and you've ever wondered
if these beard roller thingies actually work,
you've come to the right place
because three months ago,
I wondered exactly the same thing.
And from there, out of my sheer curiosity,
I decided to explore the science behind these.
And based on my findings,
I was actually very intrigued
and decided to test it out
over a six-month period,
just to see what happens.
So, you are joining halfway through the party,
and if you wanna go back
and get the full scoop on
everything I found out about these things,
episode one will be linked
in the description box for you.
And also, just before I forget,
I'd love you to smash that love button today
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because that means that my content
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Anyway, today's video is really
going to be covering my honest thoughts
about using this thing over the last three months
because there is a lot of thoughts that I've had.
And then later on,
I'm gonna be covering the results
that I've noticed in the last three months.
So buckle in.
Picking up from where we left off,
over these last three months,
I've tried to be as diligent as possible
with using this thing.
The commitment I made initially
was to perform two derma roller sessions
per week on my facial hair.
And what actually ended up happening
was Wednesdays and Sundays
seemed to the days that work best
and sometimes Thursdays as well,
because let's be real,
a lot of the time, I just forgot.
It's a new thing that you've gotta add
into your routine and personally,
I don't love fussing around in the bathroom
for any longer than I have to.
I'm an in-and-out kinda guy.
Mm, In-N-Out Burger.
No, but really, one derma roller session
ended up taking me anywhere from 15 to 20 minutes.
And that's just my facial hair.
If you did watch episode one,
you'll know that I originally was keen
on testing this derma rolling sequence
out on my whole face just to see
if I could get a better glow
in my skin as a bonus.
But if I had of stuck to that,
I would've been stuck in the mirror
for well over an hour
every time I did a derma roller session,
and spending an hour in the mirror
is just completely against my values.
So it didn't end up happening, okay?
The facial hair is as far
as I'm gonna go with this.
So if we're talking about my honest opinion,
the first thing I now think
when I look at these is like,
"Wow, that's 20 minutes
I'm never gonna get back."
And that might be because I am a lazy groomer,
I don't know, but that's how I feel about it.
The other thing I found a little frustrating
about my experience with this
was the aftercare process.
So after a derma roller session,
you're meant to whack your beard serum on
to help boost the growth cycle.
And then you shouldn't wash your face
for about four hours afterwards
so the skin has time to calm down
and it kind of prevents further irritation,
from what I've read.
But the thing is, in my normal routine,
cleaning my face is usually
the last thing that I do before I go to bed,
and I feel weird if I go to bed
without a freshly-washed faced.
I don't know if I'm just a weirdo,
but I'm really weird about it, hey.
So on the nights when I use the derma roller,
I've kind of gotta swap around my whole routine
because you have to have a clean face
before you actually do the derma roller session,
and you can't wash for four hours
after the session.
So if I'm doing that just before bed,
it really kinda fucks with my rhythm.
And yeah, okay, I could just
make the time in the morning
after washing my face
to do my derma roller session,
but the mornings for me,
they're like, go, go, go, man.
There's no extra time
in the morning to fluff around.
So doing something like this
really works for me better at nighttime,
when I can take my time with things,
I can really do things properly,
because when you gotta spend
a lot of time on something,
I just hate rushing,
it's something that I'm not a fan of.
So that's one thing that really kind of
(derma roller rattling)
pissed me off.
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As I was saying earlier,
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I could probably do it with my eyes shut.
Although, I probably wouldn't recommend that.
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But for now, let's get back
to my thoughts on derma rolling.
So other than the process being a little bit
more time consuming than I'd like
and that it's messing with
my routine a little bit,
I must say, the pain of using one of these
isn't as hectic as I thought.
After my first session in episode one,
I described the feeling as
a sun-burnt feeling the following day.
But the more I've been using this,
the less irritated my skin
is becoming the next day.
Now, that is kind of a double edged sword too,
because if we look at the science
behind how these things work,
initially, what we come across
is this thing is supposed to
purposefully make injury sites,
micro injury sites on our skin,
which then causes the body
to start the healing process
as well as the hair growth cycle.
So technically, my thought was,
if my skin's getting used to this,
does that mean it's becoming less effective?
I just wasn't sure.
So I guess it's another point
that I need to go and research
a little bit more on.
And I want you to leave that one with me
'cause I'll get back to you in the next episode about that.
Anyway, so that's kind of what my experience
with using one of these things has been like
in the last three months.
But the real question is, is it working
and have I noticed any differences?
Well, the short answer is yes,
I have noticed a difference,
but not in the way that I typically hoped.
Let me explain.
So my original goal with this whole thing
was just to see if I could increase the density
of my hair in the patchy areas, like down here.
And what I understood
from all my research prior was,
by doing the derma roller session,
we were gonna wake up any dormant hair follicles
that could possibly be sitting underneath here
to help bring more hair out.
And in all honesty, there doesn't appear
to be a blatant difference
in the density of the hair here.
However, there is significantly more hair
starting to appear higher on my cheeks.
Now, I've always shaved my cheek line
to remove any stray hairs
that would sit above here.
I used to have have six or seven
that would sit above the line that I would shave.
And that's the reason I used to get rid of them
because they looked kind of outta place.
What I'm noticing now is,
on these cheek areas that I'm talking about,
it is starting to feel stubbly,
it's not six or seven hairs anymore,
and I'll be very interested to see
what it looks like in another three months.
It did also cross my mind
that I might be noticing better results up here
rather than down here
because the derma roller has direct
needle-to-skin contact in this area.
Whereas the needles, when I use it on this area,
kind of have to go through a layer of hair
which could have made it less effective.
Again, I'm not sure,
and I may even shave my face completely bare
for this next stint so the needles have
an even distribution on the skin.
I don't know, we'll just have to wait and see,
but in review, I'm still keen on continuing this
and that, I shall.
Thank you so much for watching
this far in the video.
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And yeah, this is my last video
for 2021, by the way.
How scary is that?
2022 is just around the corner.
I really do feel like
next year is gonna be a great year.
And I guess that's another thing,
we're just gonna have to wait and see.
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and I'll see you next time.
Catch you later.
Oh, am I sweaty?
I think I'm sweaty.
Bye.
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