Is SMP Just Dots or Shading?

Is SMP for longer hair a different technique when doing it on people who keep their hair short. I have had many hair transplants so I have good coverage but not enough density. If I had SMP but elected to keep my hair longer would SMP consist of dots or shading?
Thank you

This is a very important question. Scalp Micropigmentation (SMP), as we do it, mimics the shaved hair follicle as it emerges from the scalp, having no length. This is not a piece of art in the classic manner with shading and depth color. Some people want their scalp to become darker, so they use products like Toppik (a concealer) to darken the scalp and match their hair color. That is not what we do with SMP. For this reason, SMP has more limited application and it can not match the powders or concealers.

When used with longer hair, one can still see the scalp between the hair, and the tattoo impact from the SMP is not dramatic. For this reason, we want most people to get realistic expectations. We do not paint the scalp with tattoo dye — that is not SMP — but we do create a stippled appearance of the scalp skin between the existing hair follicles when we do it for people with longer hair.