I have been talking to a company based in Spain offering this service. In fact they dont call it a tattoo.. they use organic pigent which is inserted much shallower into the skn than a traditiona tattoo. It means I would need a touch up after 3 years or so but the photo's I have seen are really impressive, it leaves you with a crewcut. I have an appointment booked with one of their people who has had the treatment himself. They claim a 100% record for successful treatments in terms of negative reactions (starting out by taking care of people who had surgical scars requiring coverage). Comparing it directly with alternate therapies it is significantly cheaper than transplantation... for which I am unsuited anyway as I have hair only below my ears in a stripe across the back of my head. It also provides full coverage whereas I have always had the concern that using potions might simply return me to the worst place of all... where I look like I am "going bald"... so much worse than "being bald".
Is there anyone out there who has had the treatment and can offer me some good questions to ask?

I have been seeing this on a number of forums, at first glance it appears to look pretty good, not sure how good if it was in person. Personally I would not do it, seems weird to me. It's your head.

This is interesting....I had considered this last year, but I remember Spex posting up a patient who had had this done, but it turned purple after a few years. The guy then went for a transplant with Dr Feller.

This seems like a decent option, but the question is whether it looks natural or not. You would have to shave your remaining hair like twice a week for it to look right. The other thing you have to think about is will a shaved head look suit you when you are 50?

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I would like to see pictures if you can post PatrickH. Ty.

Never heard of this. Sounds interesting though. I would like to see photos as well!

I've seen impressive results with micro-pigmentation when it's used to mask donor scars. I don't know about trying to create the illusion of having stubble over the entire scalp though...

Check this out: http://www.headstyl.com/gallery.html

Some of them look pretty good, but some of the hairlines/temple points are way too straight. That poor black guy's work is disastrous looking in the pictures, IMO. I suspect even the more impressive "after" results may look strange in the flesh like JohnS suggested. There is no undoing this shit, either.

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Actually, some of the results might look worse if they used full-face shots.

Look at their model in the banner at the top of the page. The "afters" look strange.

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I think it looks weird and false on the hairline but may work well in hiding your liner scar after a transplant.

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Looks kinds weird, but may be good for the scar area.

Part of me thinks this looks kind of good and part of me thinks it looks kind of weird.

I think anyone considering this needs to see it in person. What about in direct sunlight, will it be easily noticeable? How well does it blend with the patients remaining hair? These can only be answered by seeing it in person.

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