Hair Follicle Replication Technique Tatoo?

[IMSLY]

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[Mikekoz13]

Welcome to the Forum JM! I'm not sure I undertsand you rational but to each his own.
Personally I recommend being comfortable with who and what you are as a man..... everything else..... well you get the idea.......

[Hook'Em]

gotta be a joke or spam

[marty22]

he's got to be kiding, no?

[BReady]

So, I have a tattoo that I got in Jacksonville, NC fresh out of boot camp.  This was about 13 years ago and it is already fading.  Cheap/bad tattoo?  Yeah perhaps, however, what do you think the "follicles" would look like in 13 years?  I would wait around to see if it winds up being an issue w/ tatooed follicles.  Would rather be bald than have green hair, ya know?

[Tyler]

Again, this is just another short term fix to a a confidence problem.  Down the road you are going to see fading and people are going to be able to tell that it's not a real shadow.  Especially during a head rub.    In the long run, a person will be disappointed with the results, just like a hair transplant and other "solutions."

[Paul]

Welcome jidcman.   As Mike says to each his own, but adding something artificial would seem to defeat the whole purpose of being sly, and that is being confident and comfortable with who you are.

[IMSLY]

Thank you all for your prompt replies, i think i set myself up for this one, i saw it coming... i'll get back with you guys tomorrow, i have to get up really early so i better go to sleep.

[benmcd]

Welcome !
Each to their own, and I get the feeling this is very much the way this forum sees things, but I would never go down the road of getting a shadow tattoo engraved on my head. My concerns would be that you would be heading to the laser clinic in a few years to have the thing burnt off. Some go to endless trouble not to have a shadow, shadow is one thing, but keep it natural.

[D.A.L.U.I.]

To each their own, but since you're newly sly, I think you need to think about what Jimmy Buffett sang, a tattoo is a permanent reminder of a temporary state of mind.  I think as you become familiar w/ the new guy in the mirror, this urge will go away.  Not to rush, until you've enjoyed the Sly Side for a while is my thought, but it is your head and dome.

[chgobuzzbald]

In looking at the various pics on their site I an see some are a bit too artificial looking. There are a couiple where they did the temples that are a bit strange. But there are one or two that seem almost undetectable. The best use for this I did see was on a guy who had done punch graft transplants years before and so had little dots on the back where no hair grew. These were filled in just on the back of his head very nicely by the tatoo process. So as a remedy for those that had transplants in the past and see the folly of there decision, this is  a great process to allow at least a clipper shave or super small stubble look without the obvious donor area exposed for everyone to laugh at.
In our US culture I can actually see this makig money as odd as it sounds. I thought the pics where the ink used was much lighter in color were better than the dark black ink. Some hairlines were too perfect and too far forward but the others that were more subdued would not be obvious as ink from what I saw. As one ages and the remaining hair turns white I can see guys going in for more to have a darker shadow even in very old age...perhaps shaving off the white/grey in favor of the inked on hair stubble. Starnger things have sold.

[Hook'Em]

i'd rank this up there with a facial tattoo.  To each his own i guess.

[thomas54]

Hey guys,
This is my first posting so, first off all i want to thank you all for giving me the courage to go sly bald, I'm 31 years old and have been suffering hair loss since my early 20's and it got noticeable by age 25 which is when i started minoxidil 5% and used it for about four years, then i got kind of an allergic reaction, then tried Finasteride 1% for exactly 9 months (i stared right after my wife got pregnant and baby girl is now 3 weeks old) so baby was born wed. and i shaved it all two days later, "new baby, new me!!!".
I've looked for Hair Follicle Replication Technique Tattoo in the forums but the closest forum i could find was shaved head implants, therefore i saw the need to start a new topic.
I feel a lot better now that I'm sly bald, i got nothing to hide and i can now enjoy the outdoors  without worrying about my head getting so sweaty that the little bit of hair that i had in the top of my head was getting a disappearing effect from being wet.
However, i think i would prefer to see a shadow in the top of my head and not only on the sides, that's when i got across a website that is offering a Hair Follicle Replication Technique Tattoo, is a British company based in Birmingham, AL, they have been using medical tattooing to simulate the appearance of a closely shaved head. supposedly they are coming to the US by the end of this month, First to California and then to Florida.

I know that most of you guys want to get rid of the shade, but I'm pretty sure there's some like me that would like to have a naturally looking shadow, so please let me know if you guys think this is a really bad idea or if it could be an affordable and more importantly somewhat natural way to accomplish that.
Before you guys jump to say, how about when you start getting gray hair? i thought of that, so i went to their website FAQ and supposedly they can match Grey hair when that happens, they have pics of some men whit gray hair so i know they've done it.
some of their costumers pics look really good and others not so much, so i guess it all depends on the style that you pick, i would keep some receding lines to make it look as natural as possible, unlike most of the pics you'll see.

Thank you all in advance.

I'm not posting the website because I'm not sure if that's against the rules, but if you Google "head tattoo hair loss" you'll find it.

Hi.  I saw that site, too. But actually I found a better one in Florida that also does this.  And their photos look better, too.  It's not such a large company just looking to make a buck, it a small veteran owned company.  I'm not sure about posting the website either, but check out Artistry Concepts Hair Replication, I think it's a name something like that.  I am going to look again myself.  I'm with you, I would do this if and when I find someone reputable.

[xnewyawka]

I'd rank this up there as ridiculously trying in vain. What a shame that they can't find the confidence from within. Why can't guys just be comfortable with themselves?!     

[Razorman08]

This is extra vain and a shadow kinda (not completly) fades out after a while no need for a tat to add shadow. But to each his own