The Scalp Solutions Podcast

When Jonathan Gerow was a small kid in his hometown of Rochester NY, he developed a strong passion for art and music. He followed in his parents footsteps as they were both lovers of the arts and music. When he was a teenager Jonathan, self-taught, he learned how to play the guitar and became an accomplished artist at his school. As Jonathan matured and moved into his early twenties he decided to...

Wilson Murillo es un artista y educador Colombiano de SMP. Con poco más de nueve años de experiencia en la industria de la Micropigmentación Capilar (SMP) y cientos de procedimientos, pionero en Sudamérica, nominado y premiado durante varios años como mejor artista SMP de Latinoamérica y múltiples reconocimiento por su trabajo. Educador de SMP por cinco años, viajando por todo el mundo para enseña...

Ana James (AJ) is the owner of Inkd SMP, one of the leading Scalp Micropigmentation studios in Melbourne Australia. In 2019 she started off as a solo artist at her business INKD by AJ and quickly grew a reputation for her ultra realistic technique, professionalism and fun loving personality. AJ is known for her light hearted laughs and both unapologetic yet relatable social media content. She know...

Mav Rico is considered to be one of the finest and notable SMP artists in Asia. He is the man behind PROSCALP, located in the Philippines. He is well-known for producing hyper-realistic looking and very detailed SMP work. His extreme versatility in the craft is also what he is recognized for—May it be creating beautiful feathered and soft hairline or edge-up with shaved line effect. Demanding and...

Craig Bottomley-High has worked within the micropigmentation industry for over 10 years, specialising in scalp for over 4 years. I am a fully qualified, accredited and insured practitioner. A number of years ago Craig began researching companies who were offering hair tattoo procedures. It was still a relatively new service and he could see that some of the pigments being used had no retention, ba...

Having started his SMP career in 2013 Ollie Hughes has become renowned as one of the most experienced practitioners in the world. As one of the innovators of the natural hairline; Ollie decided to name his company “Appear Natural” in homage to his work ethic. The detail and realism in Ollie’s work demonstrates an undoubted passion for his craft. He has a number of high profile clients to his name...

Brycen Veals started off working at a national law firm being head of sales and client retention, in 2019 his two business partners approached him about starting a digital marketing agency. At that time they had already had 10 years of marketing experience and needed Brycen’s help because they were introverted and knew he was very outgoing and loved talking to people. They proposed he become a par...

In the fall of 2018, Rick Mac was diagnosed with stage 2, large B-Cell Lymphoma. Cancers (like Lymphoma) require chemotherapy, bone marrow medication, and radiation therapy to overcome this deadly disease. Although Rick was strong enough to stare cancer in the face & defeat it, the harsh drugs & constant chemotherapy caused hair loss & balding as a side effect. Rick was determined to f...

Kate Dawes IAT, qualified Hairdresser, Trichologist and Scalp Micropigmentation Artist, is the founding company Director of both Medical Hair Restoration Australia (MHRA) and Foli Sim. MHRA is a company that provides hair loss solutions via Trichology consultation, diagnosis and treatment plans. Kate Dawes is a qualified Trichologist with the International Association of Trichologists and provides...

Benaiah Poindexter is the founder of Scalp Prodigy, a permanent makeup powerhouse located in Nevada, California, and Maryland. She has consistently delivered as one of the top natural Scalp Micropigmentation artists of color on the West Coast. After completing her Masters degree in Business Administration she completed another year of school to graduate with her esthetics and body art license. She...

Juan Collado, a banker by trade, began his Scalp Micropigmentation journey in Toronto, Canada in 2016. Later that year, he took additional training courses in NYC, before opening up his own practice, ‘Ink Barbers’, in Queens, NY. The first ever in the borough. After a year in business, he decided to join forces with the world’s most recognized and established studio, ‘Gerow Hair Ink’. Initially st...

Michelle N. Daly, Esq. has developed an independent law practice by taking on cases from several legal areas; cases include estate planning, drafting contracts, negotiating contract disputes, probate, trusts, wills, advanced directives, and guardianships among others. Michelle Daly graduated from the University of Miami School of Law and is a member of the NY State Bar. Prior to law school, she st...

Dennis Romero is a multi SMP award nominee. His work has been recognized for excellence among industry peers, and he has come to be known for the execution of some of the most natural SMP treatments in the industry. Rising to the occasion as an apprentice under one of the industries most decorated masters, Dennis has evolved into one of the industry’s most highly respected and stand-out artists in...

Victor Ibarra started losing his hair at the age of 19 and with it, his self-esteem. Having tried many different hair products, remedies, and hair styles to cover up his receding hairline with no success. Since then, Victor was able to progress in his career in the barbering industry and through continuing education on advanced barber methods he learned about this innovative hair loss solution, Sc...

We are Yvette and Trevor Greenall from Whitby Ontario, Canada (just outside Toronto).  Perhaps, we are more well known as Ink2scalp SMP Studios to most. Our SMP career has changed our lives both personally and professionally. Through our initial years we were learning and growing, with many typical ups and downs in relation to this unique industry. We have been blessed to have many SMP mentor...

Billy DeCola was born and raised in sunny St. Petersburg, Florida and he later moved to Miami where he attended college while working as a bartender in some of the most popular Miami Beach nightclubs. After living in Miami for several years, Billy moved to Japan where he worked in video production while studying Japanese at the prestigious “Naganuma – The Tokyo School of Japanese Language.” Billy...

Erik Roberto es el primer peluquero en trabajar en la técnica de la Micropigmentación capilar. El ha estado al frente de la escena de la barbería de Nueva York durante un cuarto de siglo. Después de 25 años en el negocio, 14 como propietario de una de las mejores y más solicitadas peluquerías de Nueva York, Erik sabe un par de cosas sobre el cabello. Erik fue el primer peluquero del mundo en hacer...

Paul Clark entered the world of Scalp Micropigmentation (SMP) in 2010 becoming the world’s first ever full-time practitioner. Paul studied Art at college before training to become a tattoo artist In one of the best studios in Birmingham Uk. His qualifications, personality and interest in art led him directly to his desire to help others via the medium of SMP. Having studied the business, he quickl...

Taylor Perry, a Miami native who grew up in East Hollywood began his journey cutting hair for his neighborhood in the 7th grade. From cuts, to fades, to edge work Perry quickly fell in love with his art and the neighborhood fell in love with Taylor. At the early age of 15, Taylor was offered a full time position as a Barber in his local Barber Shop. Several years later a regular client of Taylor's...

At the time of this interview Mike and Scott were still operating under Hairline Ink, they have since rebranded themselves as Magic Ink SMP. With 13 years of combined experience in the industry, Mike “Magic” Muszynski and Scott “Ruger” Ryan have embarked on their next venture. Mike started in the industry 10 years ago when he experienced the benefits of SMP for himself. Mike was trained by world r...

Michael Keenan , an entrepreneur and marketing expert from Scotland, UK, is founder of Fill Your Clinic. Having dropped out of university at 17 years old to focus on building Fill Your Clinic, Michael and his team of (now) 10 specialise in growing Scalp Micropigmentation clinics. With more than 100 Scalp Micropigmentation clinics they have worked with, Michael and his team have a wealth of experie...

Ivan Alvarado @ivan.smp Is Co-founder of Mili’s Beauty Studio @milisbeautystudio in Austin, TX , Pro artist at Picasso Scalp Micropigmentation @picassojeff , Master Trainer for Leaders SMP Academy @ldrsmp , brand ambassador for @ghostpigment , he is one of the organizers for the @smpexpo and creator of the first SMP Photo Mock-up Course. Through his many years of working in sales, customer service...

Mark Smith is a multi award winning scalp micropigmentation artist from Northern Ireland, UK. Mark made his entry into the hair loss domain via the hair transplant industry. Having had a hair transplant himself back in 2011 after suffering many years with hereditary hair loss, Mark then began his new career working with an international hair restoration company, using his graphic design, branding...

Lana Miller has the attitude of an East Coaster, born and raised in Kelowna, and has lived most of her life in Vancouver Canada. Lana’s background was in the hospitality corporate and luxury retail world while mincing around in 4” heels and ruining stockings daily. She saw SMP on Instagram one day, deep dove down the internet rabbit hole, and within a few days she was looking for a comprehensive c...

There’s a new player in the SMP game, FIXER is the most advanced full automatic SMP device. Both sliding and dotting modes are enabled and able to perform micro nanodot operation for the best result. FIXER is US FCC approved with most safe and efficient technologies. FIXER is created and developed by leading SMP artists, and currently sold over thousands of units worldwide. This most innovated and...