Top Scalp Micropigmentation Tips 2023

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Mark: Hey, guys, welcome back. In this upcoming video, we got two guys sharing their experiences of having SMP and how it’s been for them living with their new look. I’m asking the questions behind the camera, and I’m telling you, this is a really great watch. A really informative and interesting conversation, but it kept me entertained anyway. We have Priyesh who had his SMP treatment done with Sammy at Creative Scalps back in 2021, and we have Sammy talking about his own experience. Let’s get to the video and see what they’ve got to say. Stay tuned people, and come on, let me see those fingers. Let’s go. All right, here we are. Priyesh.

Priyesh: Hello.

Mark: All right. You have had your SMP done.

Priyesh: Yes.

Mark: Sammy, you’ve had your SMP done.

Sammy: I have. Yes.

Mark: How has SMP been for you after this last year?

Priyesh: Good. For me, having SMP done wasn’t ever about confidence, as you will remember. It was also just about framing my face so I’d be more inclined to want to take pictures and stuff like that. It’s been great. If I draw my experiences working with you two and Sky, everything was clear, the support was great, I knew what was happening. Sammy was brilliant in terms of ensuring that I was happy after every session, explaining what to expect, and then what to do afterwards. It’s been great. I’ve been really happy with how it’s healed, how it looks, and probably how authentic, a year on, it still looks now as well I think is what I’m probably most pleased with because there’s no blowout. Clearly, Sammy did the right job putting the needle in at the right depth. Absolutely delighted with how it’s been across this last year.

Mark: It looks brilliant.

Priyesh: Thank you.

Sammy: It’s gone well. Yes.

Mark: Sammy, about you? Yours was done three years ago.

Sammy: Three years ago, mine. Yes. Brilliant. I’m over the moon with it. I didn’t think it would affect me as much as it did. Obviously, I didn’t want to go bald naturally as a man, but once the treatment was done, it made a huge difference. Huge difference. It’s brilliant. Over the moon. I would recommend it to anyone in that category that wants to restore a little bit of confidence and frame their face, make themselves look a little bit younger and better, which we all want to do, right?

Priyesh: Yes. Agreed.

Sammy: Ideally.

Priyesh: I think as well, especially if you look on social media, there’s so many hair transplant companies, specifically in Turkey, offering their services and then so many horror stories off the back of that. I know a chap who had a hair transplant. He’s taken at the front. He’s taken virtually nothing at the crown. He said to me the other day, he’s now having SMP done, I did recommend you, Mark, he said, “I wish I hadn’t had the transplant done. I wish I’d just gone straight to SMP.” I think the level of the sector and how good the work is now, it’s such a really good alternative to hair transplants, which there’s no guarantee they’ll work.

Mark: It is, is it? SMP is a 100% solution, isn’t it?

Priyesh: Yes. Quite literally.

Mark: So long as it’s done correctly.

Priyesh: Yes. Exactly.

Mark: Onto the next one. Has anyone ever noticed you’ve had SMP?

Priyesh: Quite the opposite. Do you remember the first time I came to see you, I was going to the stag do?

Sammy: Yes. That’s right.

Priyesh: Then after my last session, I went to the wedding. I was talking to two or three people and they quite literally didn’t believe I’d had it done. Everyone was really drunk. They would get really close to me and say “Yes, it is,” because it looks so much like a shaved hair follicle. More people haven’t believed that it’s actually not a genuine shaved head.

Sammy: Have you been actively telling people you’ve had it done rather than them saying, “Have you had something done?”

Priyesh: Yes. Exactly. Now I’ve had it done, I can also notice it on people. People who’ve got really straight lines is probably more noticeable than those who haven’t. I’ve got a faded hairline like Sammy did for me. I notice it more. No one’s ever come up to me and said, “Oh, have you had SMP done?” People haven’t believed that is SMP when I’ve told them it’s effectively a tattoo and not a shaved head. Which is a great–

Sammy: Which is exactly what you want.

Priyesh: Right. Exactly.

Sammy: It’s exactly what anyone wants for SMP, isn’t it?

Priyesh: Yes. Completely.

Mark: Yes. You do find, once you get into the SMP world, you’ve had it done or you’re researching it, you start looking at everybody, anybody and everybody with a shaved head.

Priyesh: I think also as well as with everything, it has to be done right. I guess there has to be an element of good counsel from the SMP artist as well as the person who’s having it done trying to go for the right style. I’ve seen older gentlemen, much older than me, with perfect hairlines. Whilst it looks nice, you can almost tell it’s not a natural hairline. Does that make sense? Because they’ve gone for a perfect chiselled line that someone probably in their 20s might have, as an example. I think the important thing is making sure that you listen to your artist and getting something that’s encompassing with your age.

Sammy: It’s got to be age relevant.

Priyesh: Right. Exactly, because it lasts as well. You wouldn’t want to have a perfect line in your 60s, if that makes sense. Whereas this, for example, probably would work into my 50s and possibly even my 60s, if that makes sense.

Mark: I see. You’ve always got to keep them edges soft, then it’ll last a lifetime.

Sammy: As natural as possible. That’s the goal.

Priyesh: Agreed.

Sammy: The ultimate goal is for it to look as natural as possible.

Mark: The same with you, Sammy, has anyone ever noticed that you’ve got SMP?

Sammy: No. No one’s ever noticed. Obviously, I had bits and pieces of hair before but–

Mark: No, you didn’t.[laughter]

Sammy: Not on my head.

Mark: It was gone, mate.

Sammy: Bits and pieces, but no. No one ever– You often get comments like, “You look really well.” “You look young.” “You look healthy,” and et cetera, but they can very rarely put their finger on exactly what it is you’ve had done. It’s not till you say to them, if you choose to, “I’ve had this thing done, SMP.” Then they go, “That’s amazing.” Then they’re up close looking and inspecting it. No. The same. No one’s ever come out and said “You’ve had SMP done.”

Mark: It’s kind of that strange thing, isn’t it? You’d want people not to notice, but you also want them to notice. If you get it done well, you can be proud of what you’ve got and actually put your head into someone’s face and say, “Look, I’ve had a tattoo on my head.”

Priyesh: The nice thing as well is a few people– I’ve been going through getting my passport redone, a new passport issue. When I’ve shown a few people my old passport, it was 10 years old, and I had a lot more hair than I’d had even before shaving it a year ago, but I think two or three people said I look far better now with the shaved head look. I think that for me the SMP was so important. The quality of the work done validated the fact that it looks natural. If it hadn’t been done properly, I probably wouldn’t have looked a little bit younger than I did look when my hair was thinning. Actually, that’s an observation as well. People have just said, “You look so much better.” Actually, no one believes I’m 41, which is nice.

Mark: You don’t.

Priyesh: Don’t talk , Sammy. You and I are both all right?

Sammy: Yes. Tea for two.

Priyesh: Yes, that’s it.

Mark: Obviously, on the back of that question of whether anyone’s noticed you’ve had SMP, the reaction that you have got is that people haven’t noticed, which means you have got a quality treatment carrying about. Do you feel good about that and that decision that you made to come to a premium provider like Creative Scalps?

Priyesh: 100%. As you know, you’re not the cheapest, but having done my research and obviously having subscribed to what, Mark, you were doing online via Instagram, and reading some of the comments, as with anything, it’s always cheaper elsewhere, but that doesn’t guarantee better quality. Yes, I paid a premium to be here and for the work that Sammy’s done.
I couldn’t be any happier because, like I’ve said, there’s someone I knew who also had it done over at Harley Street, unbelievably, four or five years ago. His blowout was mad. I’m completely, completely happy with what I spent to get this quality done, which is probably validated by the fact that no one realizes that it’s a tattoo. They all think it’s just your natural hair shaved down.

Sammy: I’m a firm believer you get what you pay for.

Priyesh: Yes. 100%.

Mark: Well, you got yours for free, Sammy.

Sammy: Yes. In truth, though.

Mark: Well, actually, technically, you was doing an apprenticeship so you was invested into the business, and part of that was you was able to get your treatment. It actually gave you a lot of experience by getting it done.

Sammy: As an artist, to have it done on yourself I think is crucial. Then you can relay that to the client through the stages.

Priyesh: Yes. “I’ve gone through it myself. Here’s what to expect”

Sammy: I’ve gone through it myself. This is what to expect after each session, during the session. I think that’s really important as an artist to guide them through it. It helps for the client massively because, more often than not, people are nervous. Of course, they’re going to be. It’s a big step. If you can try and relax them during the process, it’s going to make it much easier.

Priyesh: One of the reasons, Mark, when I had my first video call with Sammy, was do you remember? You showed me. I said, “What to expect?” I was a little bit apprehensive, as you would be finally just ripping off that band-aid and shaving my head and whatnot. Sammy just showed me. He said, “I’ve had it done.” The good job that– Just seeing it and Sammy bringing it to life for me probably helped me on my journey as well.
Linking back to one of the first questions you asked about what was so good about the process was just that, “Here, look, I’ve had it done by Mark. The person who I’ve learned from, this is his work, so this is what I’m basing my work on,” and all that entire closing the loop on from starting it to finishing it was brilliant from start to finish in terms of just understanding what to expect and what it would look like.

Sammy: Good.

Mark: Brilliant. The last and final question that people want to know is do you have any regrets about getting SMP?

Priyesh: No. Absolutely not. Someone said to me, I think my sister might’ve asked me, she goes, “Now you’ve had this done, do you wish you’d just gone for a hair transplant?” I’m like, “No, not at all.” If anything, getting this done has made me realize how happy or how sure I was on my decision not to get a hair transplant. My life hasn’t changed. I still have to worry about my gas bills, like everyone else does.
I guess I’m a bit more confident in certain scenarios. I can’t validate which ones they are, but I guess I am. It’s just nice to, not to labor the point, but just to have your face framed was such a big, big thing. I said this to you many times, didn’t I, last year, Sammy? It was probably the biggest factor above anything else. I literally couldn’t be happier. Absolutely no regrets whatsoever.

Mark: Brilliant. What we see is or I seen it, when people come here, they have this look in their eyes, whether it’s a lack of confidence or inner self-belief because of their hair loss. Also, there’s a bit of fear about getting this done, but then we see at the end of it, like we look at you now, you’re bright-eyed. You look healthy. There’s a glow to your skin. That outward confidence. I can tell a person like you probably always had that outward confidence, but that inner confidence that just comes with it, we’ve all felt that freedom that SMP’s given us.

Priyesh: That’s probably the most important thing, Mark, because men with hair will never know what it’s like for a man to lose his hair. Now, some of them are completely fine with it. They really are. “I’m bald. It is what it is.

Sammy: Yes. Of course.

Priyesh: Other men, irrespective of what veneer they put out in society about being confident, it’s always there. You think about it every day. It’s a game changer for people, whether you’re confident or not confident, getting something like this, whether it’s to restore your hairline, whether it’s to make you more confident when you’re going out with friends or having a picture or talking to women or talking to men, whatever you want to do. I think it’s one of those things that you just can’t legislate for. Once you’ve had it done well, as you guys do, it makes a massive, massive difference. It’s a very, very viable, long-term sustainable solution and alternative to hair transplants.

Mark: Brilliant. All right. I reckon that’s about it. Good little chat. Thanks, guys.

Sammy: Nice. Nice chat.

Priyesh: Nice chat.

Mark: Anything else you’d like to say to the people of the world?

Sammy: I don’t think so. Getting back to the confidence really, I think in some cases it’s more of a subconscious thing even without realizing it. I was always quite a confident guy before.

Priyesh: Likewise. Yes.

Sammy: Going bald, I’d rather not be going bald.

Priyesh: Of course not.

Sammy: Who does? Like I said at the start, I didn’t think it would affect me as much as it did after looking in the mirror at yourself, which we do every day.

Priyesh: Yes. Of course, we do.

Sammy: I was like, actually, it does make a big difference and it does subconsciously make me feel better-

Priyesh: Yes. I know. 100%.

Sammy: -and more confident. That’s all through getting SMP. It’s all through having it done. It’s a great solution for people that are in that bracket. Check us out.

Mark: Brilliant. All right. Well, I hope everyone watching this video has got something from there. Nice bit of truth and honesty from a couple of guys that have had SMP. We shall see you again. Say goodbye. Give me some of that [clicks tongue].

Sammy: [clicks tongue]

Priyesh: I’m not doing that.[laughter]

Priyesh: Absolutely not. I’m not doing that.

Mark: Get out of the shoot.