Regrow your hair with the Ferox-Method

thanks for the update misty, have you seen better improvements after brushing, if so how long?

any guys with mpb that are brushing have any input?

I am still brushing. I really think one area is starting to grow in. I see so many vellus hairs, but it's mostly on one side. I'm continuing to brush. My hair is always clean now...I have to remind myself to shampoo because my hair is now always dandruff and odor free. It's quite nice. It also feels amazing. I purchased some inexpensive scalp massagers from Sally Beauty Supply that I feel can get closer to the scalp. The boar brush feels good but is kinda annoying in that it can't really penetrate down to the scalp. I bought a military boar bristle brush (2 bucks at Sally) that has a harder bristle but still doesn't work as well as the cheap plastic scalp massagers. ANyway, I think this really works. It's very, very slow though. I was really hoping that the hairs would just pop up and start growing! I'm brushing at least a half an hour a day mindlessly when I'm on the computer or watching tv. I must have been doing this at least a month now.

tl;dr I'm still brushing, now using plastic scalp massagers. I think it's working, but not as fast as I'd like but I'm not going to stop brushing

I was really hoping that the hairs would just pop up and start growing!

this is the hope of every balding individual since time immemorial.

Been following this post and I've been brushing daily for approx 3 months now and I believe there is merit in this method as I am starting to see results.

I have been using a military brush, initially once a day but have now increased this to morning and evening. I press as hard as I can and concentrate on the thinner areas and sometimes bend over to hang my head upside down when I brush. There is definitely a blood flow to my scalp after doing it as I can see the veins in my temples popping out of my head. I usually do at least 100 strokes, sometimes more if I have time. My scalp doesn't go as red as it does with the towell method though using this brush but I prefer brushing to the towel for the convenience of it.

I seem to be getting some regrowth in the area of my receding hair line as well as a thickening overall but it is very slow going as others have commented.

I should also say that I am taking the EC (once a day only due to costs, but would love to take twice a day!), Krill oil (as directed) and Decalcify (2x per day) all from this site. I'm also taking Curcumin 95, Resveratrol and Jarrows Probiotic once a day each. I've been taking this concoction since the start of the year and I believe it has helped with inflammation massively. I used to have an extremely itchy scalp, Nizoral helped, which I still use once per week but since taking this mix the itch has disappeared completely and the loss seems to have stopped, particularly now in the last 3 months having started the brush method as well. I've also started randomly massaging and pinching the scalp whenever I get time!

Keep the faith people, I will be giving this at least 12 months before coming to a verdict but so far so good

Decided to try this regimen.

I am trying to make an account at Amazon.de and order the same brush as you, but it doesn't let me make a new user (zipcode issues). Is this brush available on amazon.com too?

Which gravity boots you use? Send a link please

Been doing this for a couple of months now and haven't seen any progress. I'm not that strict (miss maybe one or two nights a week) but I brush for around 10 minutes a day when I do (morning and night) with a focus around the temples.

Some people type about seeing vellus hairs coming through, well I don't see any. Nor have I seen a decreased amount of hair being shed, there's actually been an increase! My right temple has always been the most receded, but since brushing it appears that the left has caught up.

Anyway, just thought I'd put my two cents in. If anyone wants to see photos let me know.

inconsistent is no good. You're trying to stimulate the capillary network to reform, missing days is not a good idea. Also what else are you doing? how's the diet? Hormone levels? Taking anything? Getting exercise?
IMO if your body isn't running in prime condition this method isn't likely to work very well.

Two months is also WAY too short a time to really see anything. Most hair cycles are a minimum 3 months. Shedding hairs can be good and I definitely had an increase at the start of this method.
I don't know how you're doing the brushing or if you're doing headstands and massage too? oils? Any of that?

On that note..... I continue to progress nicely. Slow as ever. New hairs that have gone terminal is easily over 30 and my hariline is starting to change shape/lower. I was in danger of developing "the island" at the front as my thinning was progressing at the front and now that doesn't seem likely to happen at all. It has been about 5 months.

It's been around 3 - 4 months. I'll definitely be more strict with it.

I do head massages whenever I have some downtime (work, in front of the TV etc).

What supplements do you recommend and why?

If the root cause of the hair loss isnt addressed, ( which varies with everyone) couldn't brushing as much as 10mins etc just further aggravate the already sick hairs to just fall out sooner... Even if this is beneficial for most people, there probably still is a point of diminishing returns, and a point of actually doing damage to already weak hair...Something to consider.

i think that brushing is without a doubt going to have an effect on the "weak" hairs and as a matter of fact every major brushing member has stated they experienced a shed. in the fine details they mention that brushing did not affect the truly terminal hairs. i can also confirm that despite the fact that my shed is bad, I've only shed where my hair was thinning the most. unfortunately for me, that meant most of the top of my head. the shed, from what i gather, is absolutely necessary for stronger hair shafts to develop... every form of hair loss medication causes a shed someway or the other in order for the product to work, one should research this beyond the top 3 google results.

so "increased" blood supply to the scalp should always be beneficial since the main theory behind manual methods is that the "root cause" of hair loss is lack of oxygen/nutrient/blood supply to the papilla.

i have observed that the back of my head is experiencing relatively faster/better regrowth than the top/front, which has no regrowth at this point. i assume the back of the head has a stronger capillary network to tap into for nutrition for the hair. this is my personal take on it.. "you can do whatever the fck you wana do" (hodgetwins voice)

dudebro wrote:i think that brushing is without a doubt going to have an effect on the "weak" hairs and as a matter of fact every major brushing member has stated they experienced a shed. in the fine details they mention that brushing did not affect the truly terminal hairs.

I second this.

Though I'm primarily towelling, I've only shed and/or experienced breakage where my hair is thinning and weak. Everywhere else the hair is fine and doesn't get affected no matter how hard or vigorous I apply the method.

yeah, brushing is not affecting the "strong" terminal hair. It just makes to come out the weak hair so that new and stronger hair can grow. By the way: I brushed my left temple while i was sweating and i realized that a lot of breakage occured! be careful guys! my left temple has now a lot of hair which are only the half size of the rest... it looks very strange... never brush your hair if they are wet!

And one more thing what I realized is that the skin around my temples gets much faster pink/red when I am brushing than the skin on the top of the head. My conclusion about that is that this is a proof that the capillary network on the top of the head is much weaker than the the capillary network on the temple-/forheadarea. Did anybody make the same observation?

dudebro wrote:i think that brushing is without a doubt going to have an effect on the "weak" hairs and as a matter of fact every major brushing member has stated they experienced a shed. in the fine details they mention that brushing did not affect the truly terminal hairs. i can also confirm that despite the fact that my shed is bad, I've only shed where my hair was thinning the most. unfortunately for me, that meant most of the top of my head. the shed, from what i gather, is absolutely necessary for stronger hair shafts to develop... every form of hair loss medication causes a shed someway or the other in order for the product to work, one should research this beyond the top 3 google results.

so "increased" blood supply to the scalp should always be beneficial since the main theory behind manual methods is that the "root cause" of hair loss is lack of oxygen/nutrient/blood supply to the papilla.

i have observed that the back of my head is experiencing relatively faster/better regrowth than the top/front, which has no regrowth at this point. i assume the back of the head has a stronger capillary network to tap into for nutrition for the hair. this is my personal take on it.. "you can do whatever the fck you wana do" (hodgetwins voice)

Maybe there's some merit to that, but I only ever shed when I was doing worse. Something that works for me never has caused me to shed, so I cant stand behind that theory entirely. And remember reduced blood flow may not be the cause of everyones hair loss, so for people where it isn't, they may not find the results they are looking for with doing this, it certainly could be a healthy processed for exfoliation and stimulation reasons, but I just think one should not proceed to do this in excess to where their hair is falling worse. Also if the source of the inflammation isn't addressed this could essentially be equivalent as to fanning a stove flame with the burner still on.

I just want to chime in and let you guys know that the only hairs that have fallen out have been the weak ones. The terminal hairs have all stayed and probably have been brushed thousands of times and are still there. I work at home so I have a lot more opportunities to brush throughout the day - if it was going to rip out terminal hairs, it would've happened to me.

I agree with J987 about finding root causes and stopping inflammation. I'm getting awesome results (better than I ever did on fin/minox which I was on for years and saw good results from, but it was slow and peaked about 2 years in) But I did a lot of stuff to sort out my body as best I could for a good year before hand. I had tingling inflammation, dandruff that would come and go sebum that would build up out of nowhere and I was tired/irritable or manically active. All this is resolved now and even if I could massage/brush I'm really happy to have all that taken care of. Not only does it bode well for my hair, but who knows what kind of health problem it may have manifested in down the road.
I continue to do so as well. If you saw my thread about discolored eyes, now I'm checking on my liver. Milk Thistle seems to be helping, my eyes seem clearer already and this is great because I did drink like a fish for a few years there so it makes sense.

I think it's good to explore other options as well, though I admit that the brushing itself seems to be the catalyst is bringing it all together, at least for me.