There is a risk of allergies to the pigments, which contain metal oxides. While generally rare, the most common allergy is to these metals. All patients are skin tested to the dyes prior to starting the full process, but this only covers short term detectable allergies. According to BMEzine: “It should be noted that allergies […]
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Why would you bother with body hair transplants (BHT) when you can use your scalp hair? Body hair tends to be texturally different. If you truly want a stubble look with real hair, using Scalp MicroPigmentation (SMP) with scalp hair extracted with FUE is a good way to accomplish this. On the flip side, patients […]
There’s no way to completely eliminate all donor scarring. You can’t undo a transplant. You might be able to have a scar revision, but even then there will still be visible scarring to some degree. There is a way to camouflage the scar, as long as you didn’t mind keeping a very closely-cropped hairstyle. At […]
I wanted to show you some interview videos we took of patients that have had SMP done, so you can hear what they have to say about their hair loss journey. Happy Friday!
For men, I might recommend scalp micro-pigmentation (SMP), as this can give the appearance of a closely cropped traditionally male hairstyle… but for women, unless this type of style is an option for you, I wouldn’t recommend it. There is unfortunately nothing available (aside from wigs) today. You couldn’t get a hair transplant, as you […]
I am pleased that you are pleased with Dr. Pak’s work! The Class 5A pattern does not evolve into a Class 6 or 7 pattern. The original chart by Dr. O’Tar Norwood showed that the patterns defined in the diagrams are the end stage, particularly the “A” series. I like to work on the “A” […]
This is a typical patient with a series of scars, some from a hair transplant (the large smiley scar). This man elected to cut his hair very short and get pigmentation into the scar. Although an additional session would be a good idea to camouflage the scar better, he stopped at what you see below […]
Thank you for your insightful questions. I will answer them as best I can below: The pigmentation ‘dots’ are very small and for a person with hair that is not black (light brown for example) the pigment color can mimic the hair around the fringe, almost a dark gray which will not be a problem […]
I received a few emails asking for more views of the Scalp Micro-Pigmentation (SMP) patient we featured last week. One specific request was to see what the scalp looked like immediately following a session. Here we go… Going from left to right (click the photos to enlarge): First photo is his transplanted hair (before SMP). […]
This is a hair transplant patient who wanted his hair thicker, but had depleted his donor supply so that more transplants would not be productive. Many doctors would try still another procedure, but this was not my approach. Instead, I put pigment into the areas where he wanted more thickness. He loved the results of […]
New Hair Institute is pleased to introduce a new service we’re offering — Scalp Micro-Pigmentation (SMP) Like any tattoo process, the technique involves placing a special pigment into the skin of the scalp to mimic ‘hair follicles’ almost to the size of a closely cropped head of hair. Think 5 o’clock shadow or stubble. We […]
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