matt iulo
SMP Specialist based in NY
Guys, below is a story/letter a recent client of mine wrote to me. I think it does a good job of unveiling some of the hardships and struggles men go through when they start to lose hair. It may seem a little "rah-rah" about scalp micro pigmentation at the end, but I can vouch that this is one of the happiest clients i have ever had. Photos attached_______________________
Part 1
Being a kid with a bald father was one thing, but being the bald guy not too soon after was another! As a young teenager I watched my not so old man struggle with his baldness. It ruined a promising singing career, it cost him relationships, it left him depressed and unemployed. As a very young kid you don t understand why the toughest guy in your life isnt what he should be. But under his hairpiece only he knew. It crippled him. I truly believe it helped cause his untimely death at age 45. Stress and depression is a leading killer of many, it breaks us down slowly until we give out. My fathers heart eventually did.
At only 16 years old I noticed the hair in the bathtub after a shower. When I mentioned it to my pop, he had a look on his face I can never describe. He looked like he wanted to apologize to me. To tell me I will be devestated, embarrassed, that this was going to break my heart and soul. Only one year later my best friend was gone and so was my hairline.
Being an older man with thinning hair is considered a sign of age, maturity and excepted. When you are 21 and starting a new career with 80 percent of your hair no longer on your head, welcome to the circus! My adventure started with spray on hair. My bathroom looked like a dust room. When I blew my nose it looked like I was snorting crap for fun. Forget sweating or rain. My hair felt like steel wool and my pillow looked like it hadn t been washed in two years.
When I finally transitioned over to the racoon (hair system) on my head I was 23. That first hour with it on I felt like the man! I walked through all the stares with pride. Then, the first friend who laid eyes on my new pet said the word every bald man fears, TOUPEE. Over the many years until age 43, I wore the TOUPEE. Many toupees, hair systems, hair replacements, glues, tapes and velcro. YES.. F..kin VELCRO!
I am an avid combat athlete. I lived under a bandana and cap. I wore hats everywhere. I would wear hats alone at home for fear of a person seeing in the window. With a woman & now wife, I would sleep with my bandana. I screwed with it too. That s right, my life was a prison. I had a completely bald head and a fringe of hair all around. I looked like an alien clown in the bald circus. I hated going anywhere, especially if I had to wear the hair hat. It itched, I would be in front of the mirror for hours, I constantly thought about it. Whenever I talked to someone and their gaze drifted upwards I wanted to shrink.
Part 2
At 43 I was slowly dying inside. A 43 year old man should not be wearing a baseball cap all the time. You are not a kid anymore and it looks ridiculous. I wasnt happy, I was depressed and my self esteem gone.
Then Scalp Micropigmentation came into my life.
A few years prior I had been following a new solution called scalp micropigmentation (SMP) online. I read the hair loss forums, studied pictures and listened to both doubters and believers in scalp micropigmentation as a viable solution.
I soon found Headstrong NY run by Matt Iulo and Chris McGinnis. I went in for a personal consultation and saw the results on their heads. Amazed! Could this really be the answer after 20 years of hair loss struggle? I immediately booked in with the hope that this treatment would at last give me some peace.
At 43 I feel like I have been given my life back. After 2 sessions I look like a handsome badass. No longer am I a prisoner in my own body. I even got my brother to do it, and his transformation is even almost more astonishing. I have never been more excited than I am now about the future and am so happy I made the decision to get this done!
Part 1
Being a kid with a bald father was one thing, but being the bald guy not too soon after was another! As a young teenager I watched my not so old man struggle with his baldness. It ruined a promising singing career, it cost him relationships, it left him depressed and unemployed. As a very young kid you don t understand why the toughest guy in your life isnt what he should be. But under his hairpiece only he knew. It crippled him. I truly believe it helped cause his untimely death at age 45. Stress and depression is a leading killer of many, it breaks us down slowly until we give out. My fathers heart eventually did.
At only 16 years old I noticed the hair in the bathtub after a shower. When I mentioned it to my pop, he had a look on his face I can never describe. He looked like he wanted to apologize to me. To tell me I will be devestated, embarrassed, that this was going to break my heart and soul. Only one year later my best friend was gone and so was my hairline.
Being an older man with thinning hair is considered a sign of age, maturity and excepted. When you are 21 and starting a new career with 80 percent of your hair no longer on your head, welcome to the circus! My adventure started with spray on hair. My bathroom looked like a dust room. When I blew my nose it looked like I was snorting crap for fun. Forget sweating or rain. My hair felt like steel wool and my pillow looked like it hadn t been washed in two years.
When I finally transitioned over to the racoon (hair system) on my head I was 23. That first hour with it on I felt like the man! I walked through all the stares with pride. Then, the first friend who laid eyes on my new pet said the word every bald man fears, TOUPEE. Over the many years until age 43, I wore the TOUPEE. Many toupees, hair systems, hair replacements, glues, tapes and velcro. YES.. F..kin VELCRO!
I am an avid combat athlete. I lived under a bandana and cap. I wore hats everywhere. I would wear hats alone at home for fear of a person seeing in the window. With a woman & now wife, I would sleep with my bandana. I screwed with it too. That s right, my life was a prison. I had a completely bald head and a fringe of hair all around. I looked like an alien clown in the bald circus. I hated going anywhere, especially if I had to wear the hair hat. It itched, I would be in front of the mirror for hours, I constantly thought about it. Whenever I talked to someone and their gaze drifted upwards I wanted to shrink.
Part 2
At 43 I was slowly dying inside. A 43 year old man should not be wearing a baseball cap all the time. You are not a kid anymore and it looks ridiculous. I wasnt happy, I was depressed and my self esteem gone.
Then Scalp Micropigmentation came into my life.
A few years prior I had been following a new solution called scalp micropigmentation (SMP) online. I read the hair loss forums, studied pictures and listened to both doubters and believers in scalp micropigmentation as a viable solution.
I soon found Headstrong NY run by Matt Iulo and Chris McGinnis. I went in for a personal consultation and saw the results on their heads. Amazed! Could this really be the answer after 20 years of hair loss struggle? I immediately booked in with the hope that this treatment would at last give me some peace.
At 43 I feel like I have been given my life back. After 2 sessions I look like a handsome badass. No longer am I a prisoner in my own body. I even got my brother to do it, and his transformation is even almost more astonishing. I have never been more excited than I am now about the future and am so happy I made the decision to get this done!
