No, and any provider who says otherwise isn’t being straight with you.

SMP is a cosmetic pigmentation treatment that creates the appearance of tiny hair follicles across the scalp — it replicates the look of a closely shaved head or adds visual density to thinning areas.

It doesn’t stimulate growth or stop hair loss.

What it does extremely well is restore a hairline, disguise thinning, and make the whole head read as fuller.

Two to four sessions, usually spaced ten to fourteen days apart.

The layering is deliberate: each pass adds a little more density, and the gaps let Adriana see how your skin healed and how the pigment settled before adding more.

Building it up gradually is what makes the result look like real follicles rather than a flat, solid block of colour.

Rushing it is exactly how SMP goes wrong.

Yes. For clients with thinning hair rather than baldness, SMP fills the scalp showing through between existing hairs, which dramatically reduces the contrast that makes thinning obvious.

It’s particularly effective on the crown and along a widening part.

You do need enough hair length and coverage for the pigment to sit convincingly underneath, so it’s assessed case by case at consultation.

Four to six years before a refresh is typically needed, though it varies with sun exposure, skin type and how closely the pigment was matched.

Rather than vanishing, it fades gradually and evenly — most clients book a top-up session every few years to bring the density back.

Consistent sunscreen or a hat on the scalp is the single biggest factor in making it last.

Ink camouflage deposits colour-matched pigment to blend a scar or stretch mark into the skin around it — it’s concealment.

Inkless works differently: micro-channels plus targeted serums prompt your own skin to rebuild collagen and even out tone and texture over time, with no pigment involved.

Inkless carries no colour-match risk and suits all skin tones, which makes it the safer choice for deeper complexions.

Adriana will recommend based on your skin and the marks themselves.

Not yet. Scars need to be fully mature before any camouflage work — that means at least twelve months old, flat, pale, and no longer changing colour or texture.

Raised, keloid or actively healing scars aren’t suitable and can be made worse by the trauma of needling. If your scar is still red, pink or purple, it’s still remodelling.

Come in for a consultation anyway and Adriana will tell you when to come back.

No — and be cautious of anyone promising that.

The realistic outcome is significant improvement: marks become far less visible, blending closely enough with the surrounding skin that they stop drawing the eye.

How much improvement depends on the age, colour, depth and texture of the marks, plus your skin tone and how well you heal.

Most clients need three to six sessions.

Adriana will show you comparable before-and-afters at consultation.

Two reasons.

First, it checks for any sensitivity to the pigment or serums, which is rare but worth ruling out.

Second — and more important — it shows how your particular skin holds and heals pigment in that specific area, since scarred and striated tissue behaves differently to normal skin.

The patch is placed somewhere discreet and assessed after four to six weeks. It’s the step that separates a good result from a guess.