Follicular Revival in Androgenic Alopecia: Evaluating Use of Micro-needling

Follicular Revival in Treatment-resistant Alopecia Areata: Evaluating Use of Micro-needling

The intent of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of microneedling through use of a professional tattoo machine in hair regrowth in patients with androgenic alopecia (AGA) over up to 6 treatments (6 months).

Proposed is an open label trial of tattoo machine microneedling in ten patients with androgenic alopecia. Ten healthy male patients older than 18 years will undergo 6 microneedling sessions. Over the course of six months, subjects will undergo up to six treatment sessions (one session every 30 day). Patients will be evaluated at 8 visits over 8 months with the first visit for screening purposes.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Symmetric hair loss from AGA
• Hamilton-Norwood IIIa, III, III vertex, IV, Iva, V with low density hair coverage over majority of alopecic areas
• No or minimal scalp hair regrowth on oral and/or topical minoxidil

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any male with hair loss for other reasons
• Unilateral or asymmetric hair loss
• Hamilton-Norwood I, II, IIa, Va, IV, VII x
• Patients without hair
• Patients with the following who would make poor candidates for microneedling such as skin conditions, diabetes, or history of keloid formation
• Anything additional existing comorbidities that in the opinion of the investigator may cause unnecessary risk for the patient to participate