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SMP combination with HT : Prohairclinic

Prohairclinic

Prohairclinic

Prohairclinic FUE and SMP
This patient from Italy came to us 1 year after having SMP done.
He is a NW type 6 patient with limited resources.
Since the SMP (scalp micro pigmentation) only give a 2D effect he opted to get a hair transplant in order to get a dual result from both the SMP and HT.

It was decided to place a low density hair transplant over a large area (with existing smp).

Here are his before, after and 10 days after the treatment pictures.


Before FUE hair transplant, 1 year after SMP
 

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Prohairclinic

Prohairclinic

Prohairclinic FUE and SMP
After transplanting 3500 FUE grafts over 2 days. Please note that in this case we used coverage over density, implantation was done at 35 gr cm2.
Please note we use manual extractions and manual implantation by forceps.
 

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Prohairclinic

Prohairclinic

Prohairclinic FUE and SMP
This picture was taken 10 days after his FUE hair transplant at Prohairclinic.
 

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Prohairclinic

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Prohairclinic FUE and SMP
I believe in this case the combination SMP and HT gives a much better result than just only 1 type of treatment.
 
topccat29

topccat29

29 year HT veteran
This result looks very good can your patient post a photo before SMP.

I €™m still wondering about the safety of SMP. Where do the iron and titanium oxides go, how exactly does the body remove them from the system or do they accumulate. Some metals have a tendency to build up in the body and are known to cause extensive heath problems such as aluminum, iron and mercury. There are many natural chelators one can consume through natural foods but maybe the amount here is too much for even that to be of benefit.
 
bullitnut

bullitnut

4 awesome repairs with SMG
Looks very nice, was the SMP used temporary or permenant in this case?
 
Dr. A s Clinic

Dr. A s Clinic

Valued member
I am curious to know what will happen when his hair turn grey but the pigment remains.

Also topccat29 has good questions. Wouldn't it be better to have something topical and non absorbable (dermatch for example) rather than the patient committing himself irreversibly.
I know in this case it was the patient's choice as he came to you after having pigmentation done already. Not your fault.

But we would rather not recommend this option till their is more scientific data. Right now I haven't been able to find any. If you know of some, please post a link.
 
H

HairHunter

Valued member
Great Case Study PHC.

I actually think his SMP wont benefit him unless he cuts his hair to a grade 0 or .5 its very light and not really noticeable in his 10day pics.

I think the 35grafts/cm2 looks great buzzed down in his 10day pic and would be good enough as a standalone approach.

Great approach for High NW's! Work looks great!

Regards
HH
 
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SMP

Member
Bverotti, I too would like to know if this was temporary SMP. It looks very good at this present time while the ink holds it colour. Did the patient say if he would be acquiring top up treatments?
 
Prohairclinic

Prohairclinic

Prohairclinic FUE and SMP
Yes, I believe all the smp comming from beauty medical is temporary.
Let me get back to you on this one after finished our Smp training in november.

Bart
 
bullitnut

bullitnut

4 awesome repairs with SMG
Bverotti wrote:
Let me get back to you on this one after finished our Smp training in november.

Bart
Hi Bart could you please elaborate more regarding your training as it sounds very interesting.
 
Prohairclinic

Prohairclinic

Prohairclinic FUE and SMP
Hi Bn,
At current are preparing to offer SMP.
Most of our efforts now are getting geared up and trained propperly.
Since we only want to offer the best we have decided to get trained by beauty medical in Italy. From what we learned they offer good training and have special modified techniques for SMP. We recently treated one patient that had SMP done by Beauty medical and it really looks fantastic I must say. SMP will open many doors for some that have run out of options.

Colour seems to be a key factor when doing SMP. Luckely we have some color specialists in house doing high end make up. We can combine this with our experience of hair transplant and hairline design to give the best of 2 worlds.

We will start offering officially as of January 2013.
 
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