ProHeadStrong
SMP Guru
So, there are a lot of vocal and uneducated forum members who are very vocal and loyal to their anti-SMP crusade. The problem is, reading these threads, I find that a preconceived bias, without being presented with factual information will not change someone s opinion. You cannot sit here and type, and claim to write a book, or be any sort of expert, just because you had a hair transplant, sit in a chair 24 hours a day, and view less then stellar SMP results.
I would like to also touch on the comment about marketing, too fast too soon is a red flag. Clearly, a double standard exists. Most every type of hair loss remedy, right, wrong, or indifferent is going to market themselves, that is the American way. Hair loss has become a business, like it or not and I think that Hair Transplant Doctor s are far more notorious for their marketing tactics and snafu s then any other remedy out there, from hair pieces to concealers, to medications, things are aggressively marketed.
To say that Scalp Micropigmentation is the least desirable, is based solely on ignorance and opinion. First off, there are no age demographics when it comes to receiving this treatment. Clients range from various age groups, ethnicities, and medical conditions such as Alopecia, burn victims, and finally, hair transplant failures. Hair transplantation might help some gain their confidence back, that is what the industry is all about, unfortunately there are good results and bad results in every aspect of treating hair loss.
Crucifying Scalp Micropigmentation as primitive and relatively new is just plain ignorant, in fact it has been around for over a decade, and honed and had evolved. Yes, there are some terrible results, due to certain factors such as human error, lack of experience, client expectation, and other reasons. But SMP is not painting your head or just tattoing dots on your head, there is an artistry and methodical technique behind it that has helped many men and women get their confidence back.
One persons pleasure might be someone else s poison, but most of the anti-smp brigade s information is inaccurate or simple baseless bias conjecture. SMP is not for everyone, just like a toupee is not for everyone. And about being dangerous, lets take a little look to the alternatives to hair loss.
Medication. Well, I am no rocket scientist but Finasteride, Rogaine, Propecia and whatever else I missed may grow some hair back in only one area of the head, sometimes sparse, but the side effects which have been well documented include: decreased libido (losing your hair isn t enough? So you losing your mojo on top of that would certainly not be worth growing sparse hair in my opinion, see I said opinion because I am no expert, I rely on factual information), this drug also can cause infertility, and as a man who wants to have children, I find the con s certainly outweigh the pro s, swelling in hands and feet, dizziness, weakness, feeling like you are going to have a syncopal episode, headache, rashes, and most alarming, a high risk of getting prostate cancer. So before all the honest theorists chastise SMP about the ink they use and what is made of, a properly done SMP procedure with the appropriate ink sometimes customized has not been linked to any sort of cancer, again conjecture and ignorance being spread.
Hair concealers - Toppik, one of the most common products used for men with diffuse thinning who want to conceal their baldness. Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Toppik, which is very similar to Nanongen are tiny keratin fibers that are shaken onto the scalp, however a good number of people use a Fiberhold Spray to keep it in place. Toppik hair fibers contain a nasty ingredient ammonium chloride, a very hazardous chemical that has side effects such as: contact to the eyes that can cause damage, even permanent, inhalation can cause difficulty breathing, muscle spasms, tachycardia/bradychardia (fast or slow heart beat). So yes, as you sprinkle this on your head and add the toxic spray, you might want to think twice about doing so and throwing conjecture about the dangers of SMP which I will get too in a few.
While wearing a wig or toupee might be efficient at concealing hair loss, you are either wearing synthetic hair, or someone elses hair, high end hair systems are highly priced and how it is applied to your head is very disconcerting. It is either stapled, applied with tape, applied with polymer, or just simply put on. If the look of a hair system makes someone happy, then go for it, but many times it can be spotted from a mile away. Applying the polymer to the scalp is not healthy, as is wearing a permanent hair piece as it does not let the scalp breath. I would think using a strong adhesive or glue would not be too healthy either if one decides to utilize this option.
And last but not least Hair Transplantation. The most invasive, surgical procedure that can either yield results or be a complete failure. A complete failure can be the hallmark of all hair loss remedies, so it is not relegated to Hair Transplantation. Sure, Hair Transplants have come along way, from the plugs to FUE to the strip surgeries, now they have robots working instead of Doctors to harvest the donor area. What are the actual health risk of surgeries ? I would think the answer is quite obvious: infection, pain, stitches, death of the actual hair follicles, scarring, and excessive bleeding. Now, I am not going to be familiar with age demographic of Hair Transplant patients, but I think you would need to be awfully desperate to risk that type treatment at the behest of mediocre results, but again, having seen many a failed Hair Transplant, the scars, and the infamous client line they promised me a full head of hair . This not to dissuade anyone from getting a hair transplant, because technology has advanced! But before you throw stones in glass houses about SMP, I think you need to look at the history of hair transplantation before casting bias on a cosmetic procedure that most have never seen in person, or rely on pictures of bad results to further market their bias for SMP.
The fact remains is that what you do to your head is a personal choice, some want a full head of hair, some want the appearance of having hair, and some want to take medication to grow hair. To say that one is more dangerous than the other comes down to factual information. At the end of the day, if someone has their confidence back, that is all that matters, as long as it is safe, and SMP, done properly by a trained professional is a cosmetic procedure that is safe. There are clinics out there, especially one in Thailand who actually use a tattoo gun and gauge needle along with tattoo ink, which makes the SMP industry professionals look bad, just like the Doctors who is notorious for promising but delivering zero, it gives the Hair Transplant industry a bad name. There should not be a double standard.
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I would like to also touch on the comment about marketing, too fast too soon is a red flag. Clearly, a double standard exists. Most every type of hair loss remedy, right, wrong, or indifferent is going to market themselves, that is the American way. Hair loss has become a business, like it or not and I think that Hair Transplant Doctor s are far more notorious for their marketing tactics and snafu s then any other remedy out there, from hair pieces to concealers, to medications, things are aggressively marketed.
To say that Scalp Micropigmentation is the least desirable, is based solely on ignorance and opinion. First off, there are no age demographics when it comes to receiving this treatment. Clients range from various age groups, ethnicities, and medical conditions such as Alopecia, burn victims, and finally, hair transplant failures. Hair transplantation might help some gain their confidence back, that is what the industry is all about, unfortunately there are good results and bad results in every aspect of treating hair loss.
Crucifying Scalp Micropigmentation as primitive and relatively new is just plain ignorant, in fact it has been around for over a decade, and honed and had evolved. Yes, there are some terrible results, due to certain factors such as human error, lack of experience, client expectation, and other reasons. But SMP is not painting your head or just tattoing dots on your head, there is an artistry and methodical technique behind it that has helped many men and women get their confidence back.
One persons pleasure might be someone else s poison, but most of the anti-smp brigade s information is inaccurate or simple baseless bias conjecture. SMP is not for everyone, just like a toupee is not for everyone. And about being dangerous, lets take a little look to the alternatives to hair loss.
Medication. Well, I am no rocket scientist but Finasteride, Rogaine, Propecia and whatever else I missed may grow some hair back in only one area of the head, sometimes sparse, but the side effects which have been well documented include: decreased libido (losing your hair isn t enough? So you losing your mojo on top of that would certainly not be worth growing sparse hair in my opinion, see I said opinion because I am no expert, I rely on factual information), this drug also can cause infertility, and as a man who wants to have children, I find the con s certainly outweigh the pro s, swelling in hands and feet, dizziness, weakness, feeling like you are going to have a syncopal episode, headache, rashes, and most alarming, a high risk of getting prostate cancer. So before all the honest theorists chastise SMP about the ink they use and what is made of, a properly done SMP procedure with the appropriate ink sometimes customized has not been linked to any sort of cancer, again conjecture and ignorance being spread.
Hair concealers - Toppik, one of the most common products used for men with diffuse thinning who want to conceal their baldness. Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Toppik, which is very similar to Nanongen are tiny keratin fibers that are shaken onto the scalp, however a good number of people use a Fiberhold Spray to keep it in place. Toppik hair fibers contain a nasty ingredient ammonium chloride, a very hazardous chemical that has side effects such as: contact to the eyes that can cause damage, even permanent, inhalation can cause difficulty breathing, muscle spasms, tachycardia/bradychardia (fast or slow heart beat). So yes, as you sprinkle this on your head and add the toxic spray, you might want to think twice about doing so and throwing conjecture about the dangers of SMP which I will get too in a few.
While wearing a wig or toupee might be efficient at concealing hair loss, you are either wearing synthetic hair, or someone elses hair, high end hair systems are highly priced and how it is applied to your head is very disconcerting. It is either stapled, applied with tape, applied with polymer, or just simply put on. If the look of a hair system makes someone happy, then go for it, but many times it can be spotted from a mile away. Applying the polymer to the scalp is not healthy, as is wearing a permanent hair piece as it does not let the scalp breath. I would think using a strong adhesive or glue would not be too healthy either if one decides to utilize this option.
And last but not least Hair Transplantation. The most invasive, surgical procedure that can either yield results or be a complete failure. A complete failure can be the hallmark of all hair loss remedies, so it is not relegated to Hair Transplantation. Sure, Hair Transplants have come along way, from the plugs to FUE to the strip surgeries, now they have robots working instead of Doctors to harvest the donor area. What are the actual health risk of surgeries ? I would think the answer is quite obvious: infection, pain, stitches, death of the actual hair follicles, scarring, and excessive bleeding. Now, I am not going to be familiar with age demographic of Hair Transplant patients, but I think you would need to be awfully desperate to risk that type treatment at the behest of mediocre results, but again, having seen many a failed Hair Transplant, the scars, and the infamous client line they promised me a full head of hair . This not to dissuade anyone from getting a hair transplant, because technology has advanced! But before you throw stones in glass houses about SMP, I think you need to look at the history of hair transplantation before casting bias on a cosmetic procedure that most have never seen in person, or rely on pictures of bad results to further market their bias for SMP.
The fact remains is that what you do to your head is a personal choice, some want a full head of hair, some want the appearance of having hair, and some want to take medication to grow hair. To say that one is more dangerous than the other comes down to factual information. At the end of the day, if someone has their confidence back, that is all that matters, as long as it is safe, and SMP, done properly by a trained professional is a cosmetic procedure that is safe. There are clinics out there, especially one in Thailand who actually use a tattoo gun and gauge needle along with tattoo ink, which makes the SMP industry professionals look bad, just like the Doctors who is notorious for promising but delivering zero, it gives the Hair Transplant industry a bad name. There should not be a double standard.
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