Hi,
I've been using Revivogen since the 26th of August 2009 and it's now the 5th of November, so I've been on it for roughly 2 and a bit months. I did some research on what would help my hairloss (I've been on a downward spiral since I was 19, I'm now 21) and I chose Revivogen, although I was very tempted by Minoxidil (since it's much cheaper and there is a lot more evidence and cases on the internet) but I was wooed over by Revivogen's claim that Revivogen can be cut to 3 times a week once optimal results are achieved.
So, basically, the first few weeks I didn't notice much BUT I did notice that my hair did stop shedding like it use to. I use to have heavy shedding going on and I think it stopped the shedding, which is great since that was a good first sign. I say I think because I did a very unscientific test for it. I just basically ran my hands through my hair quickly over white paper to see if hair would fall out or not. Before using Revivogen, lots would fall out but after using it for 2-3 weeks, only a few hairs would fall out, I also noticed this when shampooing my hair (I didn't buy the Revivogen shampoo, I just used my own standard shampoo and conditioner). So I thought this was great and the shedding that was supposed to happen, as in the part that is supposed to shed the weak hairs and let new ones grow was not as bad as I thought it would be.
So, onto the first month, not much difference, though the shedding was still minimal compared to before. I also noticed that there were lots of small hairs growing in front of my hairline. I'm not sure if this was always there but I took this (actually, I hoped) as a good sign, that hair was actually growing.
About 2 months into it and I found that while I'm applying the Revivogen, I would find lots (well not really, about 5-10?) hairs on my fingers, though I'm not sure if this happened in the earlier months. I was a bit freaked out by this but I also noticed that most of these hairs were skinny hairs - as in, compared to my healthy hair, these looked a lot thinner. I'm hoping that these are the miniaturising hairs that are getting pushed out so that thicker, stronger hair can grow in its place.
Presently, the small hairs on my fingers while applying the Revivogen is still occurring and I would be freaked out by this BUT I've also noticed something else that calms me down a bit. I've noticed that hair is actually growing in front of my hairline, like not the small ones, well no the small ones are still there and are getting longer, but I'm getting lots of new growth. I can tell because the small hairs point in different directions to the longer hairs and they're pretty obviously new. I'm hoping that this continues and thickens up the rest of my hair and makes my hairline a bit better. I'm getting excited about this product again since at this point, it seems to be working, which is around the time that the website says it should start working! So fingers crossed!
Also, just a tip, the product does not stain your scalp, just make sure you give your hair a good wash when you wake up. Also, DO NOT put this on during the day and then go out, I am amazed at all the people that have done this (I'm talking about the "ask the doctor" section on the Revivogen website). It just does not look good when you put it on. Oh and it DOES stain the tips of your finger nails, the skin at the very tip of your finger is all orangey and it will wash off if you scrub really hard but it's quite annoying, however, since it seems to be working, I'm not complaining that much about it.
Mmmm... what else. Um, I guess I'm also quite surprised at how little "evidence" there is on the internet on this working. I would have thought a lot more people would have posted before and afters or just have blogs dedicated to week to week cases of whether this is working or not (some one should definitely do this). For me though, it seems to be working? I'm still quite early into it, not even 3 months yet, but hopefully by December or January I'll be able to tell. Anywho, I'm onto my second pack of Revivogen (as in my fourth bottle - oh the bottles do last but usually fall just short of the whole month so you'll probably be buying 5 or 6 packs of Revivogen a year instead of only 4 - or it might just be because I'm using it too quickly, I mean, I am using 2-3mls per night instead of the 1-2mls, but it's just noootttt enough using only 1-2mls, at least that's what I found).
Hope this helps everyone! I'll try to update if I remember to do so since I'll probably forget about this site , but hopefully I won't!