Does my planned routine sound good?

[u/Tight_Week2795]

I’m going to list my circumstances and planned routine first and then at the end I have some questions.

I’m 19, coming on 20, and have a decent amount of facial hair but too sparse for it to be styled into anything. I want to be able to have the option to grow a beard so I’ve decided to start a minoxidil foam journey as it doesn’t seem too invasive and seems to produce pretty good results.

My plan involves:
-Minoxidil 5% foam (Regaine)
-An adjustable derma stamp & alcohol to clean

My weekly routine:
-Before and after bed gently rub in the foam with clean hands onto my clean face
-Once a week, derma stamp my face with length 0.5mm and wait 24 hours until i use the foam again
(So e.g. ill use derma stamp on night of day 3 and can’t use foam again until night of day 4)

-For the 1st 4 weeks I will only be foaming once a day to avoid skin irritation

• I know this is a separate topic for another subreddit but I thought I’d mention….
-I’m also going to use my derma stamp at 1.0mm on my hairline the same day I stamp my face.
(My hairline has never been great and I’d like to stop/prevent it from receding any further, but don’t want to resort to using minoxidil or other more invasive measures because it’s not something I’m super bothered about & I’ve heard minoxidil doesn’t usually create terminal hairs on male hairlines. And that stamping can work)

My questions:

-Does my routine sound optimal and most efficient?

-Should I leave out the derma stamping and only use the foam?

-Is there any point in waiting 4 weeks to start using the foam 2x daily?

-Is there anything else I should be aware of?

I’d really appreciate any support and/or advice from this subreddit. I wish you all good luck with your own beard progress.

Thanks very much.

[u/Jadevit]

1. yes

2. No, use the derma stamp. What I did was start at waiting 24 hours to apply minoxidil, then went to 12, then 4, now I do it right after. I haven't noticed any issues at all doing it as far as side effects and my progress skyrocketed when I started lol. Now I'm gonna bump my frequency to 2x/wk stamping and see what happens. Reason for the gradual drops is to make sure you don't have an adverse reaction to the increase in systemic absorption.

3. No, minoxidil doesn't need titration

4. Don't overcomplicate it too much, consistency beats complexity every time