New hair loss clinic opening in Stockport town centre
By Alasdair Perry
11th Oct 2024 | Local News
A new hair loss clinic is opening in Stockport town centre.
SMP Clinic, based at Aurora Studios (22 Deanery Way), is hosting an open day today (Friday 11 October) from 6.30pm to showcase the new clinic.
The clinic offers hair replacement services for men and women.
The company already has a popular branch in Macclesfield, which has attracted clients from as far as Plymouth who have travelled up for skin micro pigmentation services.
Macclesfield Nub News, our sister newspaper, met with the pair behind the business to find out what SMP Clinic is all about.
"I run the clinic side of the business where Matt does the training academy", said technician Elita Aleinikova.
"SMP stands for scalp micro pigmentation," said Matheu Slusar, who himself has skin micro pigmentation done by Elita.
"It is a treatment for hairloss. Ell has perfected a technique which we call the 'au natural' technique, where you place pigments of ink in the soap to replicate hair follicles, and it gives the illusion you have got hair with a shaved head.
"It is a great feeling. We call our mirror the confidence mirror, as by our third session with our clients the difference you see in how they are feeling is amazing.
"You take a guy in his 50s who looks in the mirror and looks like he has shaved ten years off his life.
"We get lots of customers who are getting married and want to have it done. To people who have been bald all their life, or people who are just starting to lose their hair and their confidence with it as their hair is thinning. But what we can do is bring that confidence back.
"We also do ladies as well, with what we call a density fill. It's where you part the hair, and fill it with ink - not like a tattoo, but carefully placed particles where the hair follicles are or were to give the illusion of a thicker and fuller head of hair.
"For women it is a massive thing, as generally men are used to losing their hair but women not so much."
Believe it or not, many enquiries start with wives and partners finding out about the treatment on social media and then sending it to their husband.
"We've been doing this for almost four years", added Matheu.
"But this [Macclesfield] clinic opened around two years ago.
"We can also camouflage scars from botched hair transplants to make it look like hair.
"The process is spread out across multiple appointments which take a few hours each.
"After the ink has been deposited, you need to take it easy for a three days, you can still work just don't sweat or shower.
"After that, we give you a nice oil to keep the scalp nice and supple, and then see you again ten days later to make sure the ink has settled."
Hygiene and getting to know the customer are top priorities for the small independent business.
Ell listed her favourite parts of the job: "I just love the end result when they look in the mirror and say 'oh my gosh, I can't believe this'.
"I love changing lives and giving people their confidence back."
"Ell is the best at her job," added Matheu.
"The technique she has mastered uses three different needles, and some of the dots she uses looks like actual lines to replicate hair follicles.
"I used to work in medical sales. My hair loss journey began ten years ago and has led to us going into business together and starting this. Ell was doing this before, but now we can work for ourselves and train others through our training academy."
Find out more about SMP Clinic and their open day HERE.
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