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Originally Posted by amunt
Any Update?
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I looked into that myself (reposting from HIS forum):
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The cost of SMP treatment is $2000+ or so, plus the expense and inconvenience of travel.
However, I noticed that one can buy SMP equipment for 1/4 of that (which includes everything, plus tutorials) Machines used to do semi-permanent makeup on eyebrows are even cheaper ($50 including needles, but no ink).
From what I can tell, these machines are basically identical: they push a disposable needle out many times per second, but perhaps the thickness of the needle is different -- I don't know (For eyebrows, they sometimes use many needles arranged into a line that they call a "microblade", but I think a single needle is also an option)
Granted, a practitioner might have a heck of a lot of experience, but what one lacks in experience he can make up in caution -- start with a single dot to test for allergies and dot thickness and stretch out the process over many more sessions. Has anyone here looked into that?
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I'm on the fence about SMP: My hair is visible only when it's long enough to be easily felt, so I'm probably not a good candidate.
But if I were to do it, I'd do it super-carefully:
1. buy ink with known non-cancerogenic ingredients (or make it myself) and try different dilution levels.
2. practice on some inanimate objects
3. put a single dot on my knee-cap
4. wait X weeks, see if I'm happy. Otherwise go back to #3 and try different needles or technique
5. put a single dot on my scalp and wait X weeks.
6. put 10 dots (all far apart) and wait X weeks
7. put 100 dots (all far apart) and wait X weeks
8. put 1000 dots (all far apart) and wait X weeks
9. put 1000 dots (all far apart) and wait X weeks
10. put 1000 dots (all far apart)
The overall process would take 6X weeks (X should probably be 2-4) and a few hours of my own labor.
I have about 5 square inches of recession (3000 mm^2). This would cover it at 1 dot per mm^2, which is my natural density where I still have hair.
I also have diffuse thinning on top, in addition to the recession, but it doesn't seem to be noticeable, when my hair is trimmed at #1 or below yet, so I would wait on addressing that.
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