The Scalp Solutions Podcast

With four years combined experience in the industry, Thomas Bermudez the co-owner and Master Artist Is a serial entrepreneur and crypto investor that has been Barbering for three years. He started off with his very successful Lunar SMP clinic in Orlando and then created a partnership with Richard Boogie Ramirez a 30 year celebrity barber veteran. Together they have created Orlando SMP, one of Orla...

Marc Allen founded Creative Scalps in 2016 after 23 years as a celebrity barber touring with some of the UK’s biggest stars. Marc developed his own SMP techniques and shades mixing guide to achieve crisper cleaner impressions and created the Faded Hairline back in 2018. A multiple award winning artist, most recently awarded International Artist of the year 2021 and a Bishop SMP ambassador, his pop...

Clayton Rush is the owner of Ohio SMP Studio and has been in the hair industry for over twenty-four years. It all started in 1998 when he opened his first barber shop. He continued to grow and now owns three successful barber shops, a salon and a scalp micropigmentation studio. After discovering Scalp Micropigmentation in 2019 he knew it was the next step he needed to take in his career. As a mult...

Jeff Villenas is the CEO and founder of Picasso Scalp Micropigmentation and has been in the hair industry for more than 8 years. He is an Aveda Institute Beacon Winner (2013), hosted the first ever Scalp Micropigmentation training at Toni & Guy academy course, and is an internationally trainer and award-winning Scalp Micropigmentation expert. Jeff started as a barber, launching the popular Chi...

Fadi Shamma, Founder & CEO of Referred Here, is a passionate innovator who’s on a mission to help as many people succeed. He has a Doctorate in Pharmacy and proud owner of the Hair Cliniq, the only Doctor Owned & Operated SMP Clinic, located in Tampa, Florida. He will be taking his previous success in his tech companies to help Referred Here grow and help as many small businesses as possib...

Katie has an extensive background in both the cosmetics industry as well as coaching and teaching others. After playing division 1 hockey & graduating university with a business degree, she excelled in the cosmetics industry. She has a passion for giving others the ability to look and feel their best. In 2018 Katie was given the opportunity to learn SMP. Since then, she has opened a Franchise...

WILL QUAYE exploded on the smp scene in 2019 where he quickly became recognised by his peers for his hunger and passion to his craft. Will first found himself stepping into the industry due to his mother battling hair-loss, keen to find a solution he came across smp whilst his partner Claire was at one of the UK’s leading Micropigmentation conferences ‘MPUK 19’ Claire believed Will had the qualiti...

Damien Porter , an entrepreneur and business consultant based in the North of England. Damien has owned successful businesses in multiple industries from publishing and consultancy to retail and ecommerce. Specialising in start-ups, his expertise is diverse with a unique combination of skills including strategic planning, search engine marketing, design, sales and distribution. Damien has been hea...

Tony Abbagnato is the CEO and Founder of Tricomedica SMP in Italy. He is the eldest of the three brothers behind his brand. He underwent his SMP treatment back in 2013, for this reason, he is able to understand the psychological dynamics and any discomforts that clients experiencing hair loss deal with daily. Tony has a long international career as an SMP artist and trainer. He has completed thous...

Jesse Lima is the owner and operator of 6emp, Tampa Florida. Jesse is a master barber with 22 years of experience and a Master SMP practitioner with 5 years in the industry. His artistic background played an instrumental role in his abilities to produce some of the dopest designs on clients heads. Eventually he transitioned to performing scalp micropigmentation full time and having performed SMP o...

Francisco Ahumada, Owner of @azscalpdoctor has been an SMP artist for 2 years. He was born and raised in Los Angeles, California where he spent most of his summers at his moms hair salon. Over the years, he began to teach himself how to cut hair and eventually was known as the highschools “barber” giving hundred of haircuts to students and even a few of his teachers. After high school Francisco at...

Amaury Fernandez is from Central New Jersey, and the lead Scalp Micropigmentation Artist of Scalp Micro NJ . Amaury began to investigate the industry when he saw that a lot of close friends were losing their hair. He wanted to find the best possible solution for this problem. Having been a Master Barber for over 14 years helped him to reach the level where he believed in his knowledge to judge wha...

David Hoffer has been in the scalp micropigmentation industry since 2013 and has had over 3000 clients so far (and counting). He has received multiple awards and accolades as one of the BEST SMP artists in the world as recognized by his professional peers. David has also worked with charitable organizations dealing with children with Alopecia and Alopecia Awareness. His passion for helping others,...

Elissa Atchley is an Artistic Educator for Hairclub. The world of Hair Restoration has become a true passion of Elissa, with 15 years of experience she is a certified Trichologist, her work has been published in media and print and she was invited to represent Hairclub in Tokyo at a worldwide hair restoration competition and was awarded 1st place. At the age of 10 she knew she wanted to do hair. S...

Wade Menendez, known around the world as, “Wade the Barber,” is a master barber who has been in the barber field for over 13 years. With an impressive celebrity clientele, Wade is notoriously known for his impressive cuts that exemplify his distinct attention to detail to help his clients achieve their desired look. Wade received his license in 2004 from Avara’s Academy of Hair Design in Baltimore...

Candice Piroli is an international permanent makeup artist, tattoo removal, scalp micropigmentation, and fibroblast skin tightening artist and trainer.  She is the owner of Estetique Solutions and the co-founder of Estetique International and UNDO Non Laser Tattoo Removal, along with Seif Sidky. Candice prides herself on maintaining the highest standards of care for each and every client and...

Chris Herrera has been in the hair care industry for over 17 years now. Chris has a Master Barber background that has helped him become one of the few distinguished and highly recognized scalp practitioners in the world. Throughout the years Chris has been in business, the popularity of Scalp Micropigmentation has grown and has now become THE reputable hair loss center for many people worldwide. S...

Carlos Gil is the author of  The End of Marketing: Humanizing Your Brand in the Age of Social Media and AI ,  international keynote speaker, and award-winning digital storyteller with over a decade of experience leading social media strategy for global brands including LinkedIn, Winn-Dixie, Save-A-Lot and BMC Software. A first-generation Latino, Gil’s work has been featured by CNNMoney,&...

Minela Mudjza is the Founder and CEO of MM Seattle SMP, a Scalp Micropigmentation clinic based out of Seattle, Washington. She is a certified Scalp Microppigmentation Master and certified trainer. Having been introduced to the scalp micropigmentation industry by her sister, a permanent cosmetics artist herself, Minela knew SMP would be the next chapter in her life and took the bold step of leaving...

Carlos Montes : Trained in Toronto and New York City, Carlos has risen through the SMP hall of fame to become one of the world’s most respected, recommended and requested scalp micropigmentation specialists. Often referred to as ‘the artist for SMP artists’, Carlos is often the practitioner chosen by leading technicians for their own procedures. Although many SMP specialists regularly produce exce...

Dr. Alan J. Bauman is a full-time board-certified hair restoration physician who has treated over 30,000 patients and performed over 9,000 hair transplant procedures since starting his medical hair loss practice, Bauman Medical in 1997. Bauman Medical is a 12,000 square foot, state-of-the-art “Hair Hospital” located in Boca Raton, Florida. Dr. Bauman is one of approximately only 200 physicians wor...

Master barber John Cotton has over 20 years in the hair industry and is highly acclaimed for his unique and insightful approach to hair styling. John has elevated the definition of an innovative and contemporary hair stylist. John began cutting hair while in high school and after graduating, he enrolled in Michigan Barber School and upon completion, at the age of 19, he opened Cotton Studios. Afte...

Meg Conkling is the owner and founder of Curly Hair Alchemist Studio. She serves a very specific clientele and offers a unique experience most of her patrons have never experienced. Meg is a curly hair professional based in Dobbs Ferry, NY. Because there’s curly hair all over the world Meg created an online classroom Curls Hold Magic Blueprint for those in need of understanding how to care and sho...

Matthew Iulo began his journey after losing his hair in college and flying overseas to get scalp micropigmentation (SMP) done himself. Seeing the amazing transformation first hand, he immediately began training in SMP with some of the early innovators in the field. Matthew Iulo was instrumental in bringing scalp micropigmentation to the United States, opening up the first clinic in New York City....

Erika with a k, the Putnam County Hair Stylist, has over 14 years of experience in the beauty industry. In 2005 Erika became a certified makeup artist and in 2007 became a licensed cosmetologist. With a portfolio of celebrities and TV personalities, Erika's work has been featured on the cover of WAG Magazine, on billboards, off Broadway shows and on print wo...