Scalp Massage for Hair Regrowth (24 Week Experiment) 

You can see all my experiments and before/after pictures to date on my website 9to5strength.com/hair-growth-self-experiments/

My insecurities are destroying me but I am trying to fight it I am going bald too since 18 and I am now 22 years old but people are destroying my confidence by bullying me I hope here that I find the good people too me ,happy day❤

I like that you included scientific sources. A lot of RU-vidrs spout nonsense with nothing to back it up and folks believe the false info

Fingertip massage for 2 months using Black Seed Oil & Castor Oil, with essential oils Peppermint, Lemongrass, Oregano. Minimum 20 mins massage of this each night made my hair come back in thicker than it had been (I'm female)

I lost a horrendous amount of hair after severe covid, and it was at its worst about 6 months post infection. I didn't think it would come back, and after 1 year it was no better. I stumbled on scalp massage after looking at the usual drug treatments, which after reading the long term issues of these I didn't touch them. My experience with scalp massage after 1 year is yes it does work, but takes time to start working. I learned 1 important thing though, don't massage every day, as you want to do it so that you actually makes your scalp slightly sore the day after, this way you know that the deeper tissue in the scalp has been manipulated, sort of like a deep bruise, and not just the skin on top. This then needs time to heal before you do it again, just like bodybuilding. Between 5 and ten minutes should be fine, every three days or maybe do twice a week on set days. On the days when you don't massage your scalp, make sure you do neck and shoulder exercises to relieve muscle stress in those areas. This muscle stress affects blood flow to the scalp and head which can make hair loss worse. Also, massage around your brows and top of the jaw in front of your ears, this also relieves the muscles that surround the scalp. Hope this helps some of you. It's worked for me so far, and I'm slowly getting hair back. Interestingly, the areas on the top of my head which had the worst hair loss, is growing back darker than it was, whereas my sides are still greying like before. I'm 52 by the way, so don't give up, it's worth the effort. Thanks.

Best and most promising video I've seen on how to encourage hair growth. Having your hair short the entire time really helped to see the results. Thank you!

just want to say that you've got a good headshape so even if it won't grow back it looks good.l

I can actually tell there's a small difference. I think you should continue doing it.

Straight to the point and getting us the information we need. Thanks!

Correct way is pushing the scalp from sideways to upper side. Upper side and temple area have more stretching force and as a result more tension. So you have to reduce the tension by making the scalp muscle become relaxed not stretched. Also 1 or 1.5 mm dermaroller once a week. Papermint oil as it's proven in lab to regrow hair. Nothing would work if you're going through stress or anxiety. Reduce stress, only then you could see result as early as 3 weeks.

Sooooo full of great info!!!!! Thank you for this video and the pics of the progress. The details you provided helped me make my own little routine for hair growth 🏆🙌🏼

I had great success last year with hair density by exercising more and going for long walks on sunny days. Not sure if it was the sun, Vitamin D or exercising which was the trigger (or indeed all three) but I ended up with much thicker, more lustrous locks within a matter of three months. Oh and last year was the first year I ditched all fizzy soft drinks, so an improved diet helped as well.

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Nice man. I say keep at it and look forward to better results. Please keep us updated.

First time I see video on this topic without bs, appreciate it dude

Awesome video, very informative. One thing to consider is that even if growth in all areas wasn't huge, hair maintenance is a lot better than hair loss!

I definitely see a difference, no matter how you do these massages, keep doing them :D

I am glad you tried just using the massager alone but I think it is best if you apply a hair growth oil or liquid to your scalp and then use the massagers. Thanks for posting. I am losing my hair too and have been for many years.

It’s a good thing to incorporate into your shower routine. I would add that adding in a good shampoo that cleans the scalp (tea tree oil) is good too. A laser cap coupled with this works wonders, in my experience.

I was looking for this kind of content for a long time. Your are a hero sir

It’s quite noble of you to experiment with these therapies that probably won’t work rather than simply getting on the therapies that we know will work. For science!

Dude don’t be discouraged by any thing,I wish that I had even half amount of the courage and positive spirit you have . Believe in god he has better things for you

You should look into the galea aponeurotica. The galea is hardened due to stress that constructed the blood flow and blocks the hair from growing. To relax the galea you should massage it that allows the blood flow and the hair growth happens

Finally makes a quality video about this

Today, I bought a silicone hair massage tool just to help with applying Rogaine as I didn’t like how much it sticks to the hair and irritates my hands. I never knew about these other benefits though so I’m looking forward to testing it out myself. Thank you very much for making this video x 😊

I have to say, bless you and thank you for doing these videos. Live is truly hard, and it's difficult to know if you are making a difference in this world. I want you to know that you are and that your are appreciated. Fortune eventually favors the kind.

just know youve done gods work making this video great job hope u have a lifetime of happiness

Excellent professional study.👍

Try also massaging the muscles on your forehead and all around the skull at that level. This releases the tendons in your scalp which helps hair growth promoting blood flow.

Try the scalp massage like on the channel “thick on top.” You pinch the scalp, push the skin back and forth and move your head muscles. It is supposed to improve blood flow.

this is really effected bro thanks for the information and providing us such a question in this matter

I do scalp massage every day and I have had 2 hair transplants . I wash my hair every day with shampoo and conditioner to lubricate my scalp. After I have washed of the residue I take a rough bath towel, soft is no good and rub my scalp from front to back to stimulate blood flow. I don’t rub to hard as I don’t want to take any skin off. Holding the towel place in both hands spread out and rub . Massage the whole scalp but pay more attention to the bald areas. To begin with some of your hair will come out but that will stop. I hardly lose any hair now. I massage for about 2 minutes but you can do more. When you’re rubbing with the towel you will feel your scalp getting hot as your blood is diverted to the surface. You will get results I guarantee but you have to give it time. During the day usually whilst watching tv I also give my scalp a normal massage starting from the temples kneeding and pressing. Again don’t break the skin. No need for any oiling the conditioner will lubricate your scalp. The intention is to make your scalp and crown as vascular as the hair at the back of your head. Give it 6 months you will see a difference I promise

I used to have a lot of dandruff in my scalp, easily visible amount of it… I was applying oil to my scalp regularly which only made it worse and itchy…. So I stopped using oil and started using a scalp massager similar to yours and also shampooed once a week…… I don’t know about hair regrowth but my dandruff has reduced significantly……!!!

Nutricap, everyone I have recommended this to said the results were amazing. My mom personally took it and at age 37 she saw it had a big impact, her hair started growing again and getting thicker. So I truly recommend that you try and it won’t hurt, you take 2 a day and it’ll take time but you’ll see results (it isn’t an instant miracle haha). Best of luck to you sir :)

Magnesium supplement to decalsify scalp,. Shower water filter I heard also. Thanks for the massage tips man, shoots!

I don't believe it helps regrow hair BUT it has helped stop or slow down my hair loss. I use the massager when washing my hair with shampoo every other day. The amount of dead skin that came off my head was astonishing.

Started doing scalp massage 2 times a day, 12 min per session, i don't really see any new hair growing or anything like this, but each session my hair would fall 29, and this have progressively getting lower, now I am at 7 hairs per sessions after 2 weeks. Also, my hair is super super soft now. One small side effect I had at the beginning was some skin peeling off form my head, but honestly I dont care

Damn thanks man. Great video BTW. Full of useful info. liked and subbed too. THANKS! :)

Thanks a lot man... it is really very frustrating that when you see your hair getting thinner. I will try it starting today.

First honest video thanks bro

These oils may be too much for you. But Jamaican black castor oil, peppermint oil, coconut oil & olive oil, applied topically ( massaging in). will do wonders ( apply at night or if working from home first thing in morning, & wash out later if need be. Bending your head down between legs while massaging increases blood flow expeditionally & hair growth. Hope this helps

I believe you must go much more vigorously about things. I have begun doing deep massaging, no it's not fun and nor is it easy. I had taken before photos only six weeks ago and now already my hair has thickened a bit and even many new ones have started coming to the surface across the totally bald areas of my widows peaks. I've also noticed MUCH less shedding, before many hairs would come out when running my hands through with a slight bit of pulling ... but, now, I can hardly pull one or two out when doing so! I'm excited and anxious to continue, I'd love to restore my hair as much as possible and retain it for my entire life!

So, I think you should pinch and do circular massage concentrating on the areas that feel tight on your scalp. The tight areas are areas of vasoconstriction that limit growth.

I like how this video is a laypersons's experiment. I've seen a few where someone put something in their hair once. I think I will try this.

I found your channel really helpful ❤️👍 God bless

I grew my hair back. 5% minoxodol twice a day. Dutasteride 0.5 every other day. Micropen 1.5mm every Sunday . . But the first two or three months it falls out be prepared for that. Then it comes back. I'm very happy. I will start massage now to bring back hair colour

Gold content! Thank you!

Great results! I’m doing to buy the silicone tip hair massager.

Also he women of some Arabian tribes use basil water to wash their hair, it keeps it thick and from greying. Just boil B organic basil until it turn a deep colour, let it cool and wash it in and let it dry.

I thank you so much for your honesty.

You look great with short hair!

I recommend more plates more dates! He has a few videos on hair growth ❤️

Thanks for taking the trouble. I have thinning hair at the front and I'm a woman. I've just bought a head massager with silicone tips in the hope that it will help. If it's any consolation, you have a very nice face and would look fine with or without hair. I'm not sure the same could be said for me! 😊

Does baldness affect you whole scalp and nor just the top?

I believe the purpose is trying to push blood upwards i dont see how either of those would do that. Start from areas on side where you have hair upwards to get blood to the top.

Bro, the AGA is because of DHT problem which miniaturize the hair from the root. Lycopene which from tomatoes is the key to regularize the excessive DHT. You can try out Lycopene suplement with certain mg base for 24 weeks and check out whether it improves hair growth or not. Hope to see this video in future.

The downside of the metal one that you point out is easily remedied by changing the angle you use it. I go from the back of my head to get the top massaged.

Hmm yeah pretty much like the study I've only noticed around 8+% improvement...but I think like most hair regrowth stuff it's better if you combine various things together to really maximize the effectiveness. Thanks for making the video :)

minoxidil works very well for me aswell as green tea mixed in with a watery diluted natural shampoo I make, im at the very early stages of hairloss and thinning however, also concerning head massage I find doing the massage where you press on your temples and stretch up and down gently pushing the skin on the scalp up and down helps, including the head massage tool that compresses and stretches up and down with two bands across your head, hair volume can increase quite quickly for me, but if you don't keep it up, it thins very quickly aswell.

Many years ago I worked in Singapore as an expat. I was young and experiencing hair loss. There was a hair treatment business that uses herbals and scalp massage for about 10~15 minutes. The overall duration of treatment would last for about 30~45 minutes, 2x a week.

thank you sm for the information I realy apperciate you hope you success at the end✌

Hi, you may need to use peppermint, eucalyptus, and cayenne oils-these are natural stimuli improves peripheral blood circulation and nourishes the scalp. pumpkin seed coats hair, not penetrated hair shaft or scalp for stimuli. research, but I am one who has grown my hair significantly from 2017 to now. please research, I would never steer you wrong

I was totally bald on top so i have been using regain, a head massager and micro needling for the past two years and now i do have hair on top, it is not a thick head of hair yet but it is getting better each month.

Thank You for informing us and efforts

Thanks for the video and your experiment. Gonna try this! Btw, I think you'd look good bald!

just letting you know that you don't need to regrow hair. this look with very small hair looks great.

Hi! This videos is 2 years old Hope you've grown your hair now. I would suggest avoid stress, get enough sleep and manifest that your hairline will grow.

You need to drink lots of water and get the sunlight light energy, doing hand stands or hanging upside down to get the blood to the head better. Try this for 6 months and do a video, it really all depends on your diet, plenty of water and sunlight just like plants etc it's from the inside out the growth, it works better in the summer 👍

You should do experiment with comb. It's bit rough but it sure shot work

Would I be able to do this once per day for 20 mins and derma stamp once a week and still get results?

Thank you so much

Have u tried Rosemary and candlenut oil? It works on my mom hairloss journey

Head massage really work sir

I've been using Nioxin system 2 (shampoo, conditioner and treatment) - that worked for me and took a few months to start seeing big results, but need to keep using it every day (which is fine as you don't need much for it to work). I'm trying to use the scalp massager to see if I can fix the hairline :) Nioxin thickened all of my existing hair and slowly regrowing some of the lost hair after a year. Hope massaging my head will speed up the process.

Have you tried castor oil? There are various methods of using it but the one I followed was to mix 1 tablespoon of castor oil with 3 to 4 tablespoons of coconut/sesame oil depending upon the hair length. Apply this mixture twice a week at night before sleeping, then wash hair next day. In a few weeks I could notice lots of baby hair that had grown big enough to be noticed. Castor oil is very sticky so using too much directly without diluting might clog the pores.

If possible do headstand before your head message for minnimum 2 minutes it will increase the blood flow and in turn help your hair growth.

We need part 2

Do you use it while shampoong your hair or when your hair dry? Also should you shave first your hair to see better results? Thanks mate

I am not losing hair at all but I am lookin to get a scalp massage.. I sometimes like to make my body fell like its getting touched by someone else I play around with a paper on my lips and eyes, and it feels good. I feel a scalp massage thingy will make me feel those feelings but for my head... just as if someone caressed me... I want that feeling.. Hope I can achieve it with that metal thingy..

dont understand. at 1:45 the massage group did not experience any hair density increase, am i missing something?

I have thich hair on my head.. I want to do head massage to prevent hair loss and get better sleep. Is it essential to trim your hair, can we do it with long hair..

There's also mirco needling.

Great video. I grew back 80% of my hair in two years with Micro needling 2mm/Topical minoxidil 15%(10 min 3X a week.)I just turned 50 years old.Paying it Forward.

Add a little hair growth oil or even just a bit of castor oil and continue with the gentle scalp massage. I believe you will see some growth. Good video!

Hi did you try argon oil and biotin?

Back rolls can help too (curl up in ball and roll back and forth) as it can help blood flow to your head. But having said all this, genetic predisposition plays the biggest role and stressors that trigger the predisposition faster/sooner than expected. Basically, it will happen whether you like it or not and stressors along with foods you consume, and pollutants all trigger an increase in the rate of hair loss. Everyone has a set number of hair follicles and nothing can suddenly make more hair follicles appear on your scalp. What really happens in hair loss is not that you are losing hair, because humans always lose hair everyday all the time. It's when hair follicles are not regrowing the hair. So basically everyone is losing hair all the time, but baldness is when your hair follicles stop growing hair while other people's follicles keep growing it after it falls out.

Have you done with Minoxidil and dermarolling?

In any way this buzzcut looks really good on you.

Have you tried Castrol oil

Dude must be Physics researcher, the way he is bringing the problem, talking about previous experiments, his own experiment, conclusion, more more like he is defending his thesis. Hehe joking, it was an awesome video 💗👍

What you have done was slow down your MPB it’s very hard to grow back hair that has been fully miniaturized already unless you are a good responder on minoxidil . Continue massaging and at least you’ll keep what you have for a while trust me I’m big on hair I know what I’m talking about I also have a full head of hair

have you tried rosemary oil (15%) in carrier oil? with massage?

Great! keep it continues,you will gate 100% result after 50 years 😂😂

massage on dry scalp seems tough. I started doing it with the silicone massagers from aliexpress and sesame oil-rosmarine mix every three days and minoxy every day.

How did the hair experiments go

Is this good for telogan effluvium?

Since you already are essentially bald you should shave your head down completely and then try cupping therapy like they use at an acupuncture place that would be the best way to draw a significant amount of blood into the area and then you can pull on the cups which will create a reverse myofascial release. I would be willing to bet this works way better than any other of the massage therapy but I don't want to try it because I don't want to shave my head

Do an experiment of 'Prostration effect on Hair growth' please. You gonna attract tonszz of religious subscribers, specially Muslims, despite the result. It did increase my root strength and thicken hair shaft, however sadly there still no apparent new hair follicles, YET!. The routine that I do is 1 minute prostration, 1 minute rest for 5 reps, once a day, right before sleep. I also increase my diet on eggs, I'm focusing on biotin. Eggs are cheap and natural, just to avoid artificial supplement. Natural supplement are way better absorb and excrete. 4 whole eggs per day. My routine been going on since February this year, 2021. I never did hair massage, glad that I visit your video.

Try garlic and olive or coconut oil with the massages

@9to5Strength Thanks for the video! What about "scalp tension" and head muscles relaxation? Any thoughts?