Do I Need To Keep My Hair Short Or Cut It All Off?

Prior to beginning their treatments, we tell our clients to make a list of questions they have for us. We often hear this example “I know I’m losing my hair but I do not want to have to cut it short to have the Scalp Micropigmentation procedure. Do I need to keep my hair short or cut it off completely and have a buzz cut look?” This is one of the most common questions we get from someone contemplating the procedure. There is not a rule that says you have to keep a shaved look for Scalp Micropigmentation. Everyone has their own style when it comes to what they think looks good / suits them. It is your hair and you can style it the way that you prefer. It depends on your current hairstyle, your level of hair loss, and your treatment goals There’s no question that a shaved head is a clean and natural look for most men. Maintaining a shaved look after SMP also requires little work. When do I not need a shaved look after scalp micropigmentation? You have hair thinning only on the sides. If you have a good hairline and decent volume on the top of your head, you do not need a shaved look. If you only have hair thinning on the side of your head, you can get scalp micropigmentation to fill in the thinning areas. Scalp Micropigmentation will add density to the sides. Defined hairline with some hair thinning on the top. You do not need to shave your head if you only have a specific area that’s thinning on top. Scalp micropigmentation can be used to conceal the thinning areas and create a look of thicker hair. Adding more density into these areas is all you really need to have fuller looking hair. Medium to long hairstyle with some hair thinning on the top. If you have medium to long hair and only have some areas thinning on the top, you don’t need to shave your head. Scalp micropigmentation can help add fullness to the areas thinning on top. It will also create a blended look so that the hair looks consistent with the rest of your hairstyle. While you do not have to shave your head, just adding density to thinning hair, a balding spot /areas etc. creates a different issue, which we discuss with our clients prior to the beginning of their treatments. When this specific SMP procedure is performed, the technician is just covering the areas that the clients is suffering from hair loss at that point. If they continue to lose hair in the future, they will require an additional treatment session or two. At Ultra Scalp Ink, we discuss this with our clients during their consultation. We also require our clients sign a waiver acknowledging they were made of this prior to their treatments, they are aware they may require future treatments and they agree to this as they move forward with the Scalp Micropigmentation procedure.