I am looking into SMP to cover my FUE scars. They are fairly visible under a #2 cut and I want to go shorter. My main concerns with SMP- Is SMP for scar repair only the dark dots that resemble hair, or is there also skin tone pigment being added to the scar? If there is scin pigment, is that faded into the surrounding skin? I tan easily and skin tone flunctuates throughout the year, is this going to cause problems?
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December 13, 2017
Answer: Scalp MicroPigmentation results vary from patient to patient. Tanning and UV exposure may accelerate the fading just as
Scar tissue reacts differently to the scalp pigmentation compared to virgin skin. It takes time for a strip scar to relax and settle down. Most strip doctors will not want to touch an existing strip scar if it less than 12 months old and fully relaxed externally and internally. Pigment can...
My experience is that pigments seem to fade faster in patients with LPP and even faster if patients are using alot of topicals (like topical steroids). I don’t generally find that the primary disease itself flares very often after a person has had SMP. Test sessions on small areas are always a...
It depends on the types of ink the provider uses. Some semi permanent colors will have different coloring recommendations. Typically a permanent coloring with different dilutions of black ink is used and the dilution about depends on the patients skin tone, etc. If...
