Dayne

As I understand it taken into account the answers delievered, it all comes down to the following: Finding a SMP-practicioner with experience and skill. This will mitigate the risk of having the dots changing colour due to inappropriate choice of ink, too large dots, dots too close to each other, uneven distribution of dots etc. Being sensible in your choice of look and not go for a too dense pattern, or any unnatural hairlines. Hope your immune system won't stir up a ruckus over the years paving the way for your scalp to develop into something reminiscent of that of a swimming cap. So it's quite a gamble.

Great to hear about your positive experience! I’m not referring to any particular SMP artist or clinic. This was also not mentioned in the video I mentioned, but rather in the comments. In addition, there’s also a SMP-rival company bringing the issue in question to light (they can be considered biased, but the questions may be valid regardless): http://www.smpclinics.com/the-hair-tattoo/

About a month ago I made the decision to go through with a SMP. I had found a reputable clinic and a very skilled and experienced smp-artist and actually went as far as to book an appointment. Days later I saw a video on youtube about SMP and most comments to the video were favorable, but there were also a couple of comments that made me start revaluating my decision. It's funny considering I'd seen a load of videos in my research and never heard of the issue I'm about to mention. There seem to be some minor issues with having a SMP done, but most of those issues are rather trivial and can be avoided if you have your SMP done by someone experienced. However, there seem to be one issue not so easily disregarded and I'm asking if this issue is legitimate: The SMP will probably look good the first few years but with time the tiny dots will start to fade, lose their distinction and may resemble a light-grey smudge (dots "dissolving" and migrating togheter to produce blurry clusters). The dots will not fade completely, since it's permanent ink, so the indistinct dots will still linger many, many years after the SMP. When doing a touch-up the old dots may be hard to see and make it a daunting task to correctly apply the new dots over the old ones. This may in the future, after multiple touch-ups, leave a grey smudged, helmet-like, painted look. It's hard to verify this assumed side-effect since most of the pictures of done works are immediately after a SMP has been finished. Few seem to share their touch-up-journeys. Is it all about the skill of the artist or is this side-effect not so easily avoided?