Trichopigmentation

Trichopigmentation is used for the aesthetic correction of androgenetic alopecia, alopecia areata and scarring forms of hair loss. Depending on the goal, there are three approaches:

• a density effect when hair is thinning;
• a shaved-head effect;
• scar camouflage, including after a hair transplant.

It is done on its own or in addition to a hair transplant and hair replacement systems. A required condition is visibly healthy scalp skin. The specialist chooses the technique at the consultation.

Yes. The density technique creates coverage even under long hair. Pigment is placed as microscopic dots between your own hairs, so less scalp shows through and the hair looks visibly fuller.

Trichopigmentation evens out the colour difference between scalp and hair and may free you from using camouflage fibres. The density effect also complements the result of a hair transplant. Whether this option suits you, the specialist will tell you after examining your scalp and hair.

It is a technique that fully recreates the look of a closely shaved scalp: pigment is placed as microscopic dots imitating freshly shaved hair. It allows the outline of the hair-bearing scalp to be reconstructed and defined, density to be increased visually and correct proportions to be restored.

This option is usually chosen by people who wear, or are ready to wear, a very short haircut, including with extensive hair loss. For alopecia areata the clinic uses exactly this shaved-hair technique. The outline and hairline are agreed with you before the session starts.

Yes, scar camouflage is one of the uses of trichopigmentation. It is used to disguise the linear scar after strip (STRIP) transplantation, the tiny scars after seamless FUE, scars after surgical operations and traumatic scars.

The aim is to make the scar less noticeable against the hair. This procedure is done only after a consultation at which the specialist assesses the scar and decides whether correction is possible. If hair itself can be restored in the scar area, you will also be told about transplantation into scar tissue.

Yes, alopecia areata is one of the indications. In such cases the shaved-hair technique is used: microscopic dots of pigment, placed under the control of the equipment, camouflage the bald patches.

The method is compatible with treatment of the underlying disease, and the pigment fades gradually, so the correction can be repeated or not depending on how the hair changes. A transplant is not done after alopecia areata, so trichopigmentation and hair replacement systems remain the options for aesthetic correction. The disease itself is treated by a trichologist in clinical trichology.

Yes, trichopigmentation can be a procedure on its own or an addition to a hair transplant and hair prosthetics. After a transplant it adds visual density and camouflages the strip scar or the tiny FUE scars in the donor area. With a hair replacement system it is used as an addition for a natural look.

At the clinic one team works on such plans: trichologists, transplant surgeons and trichopigmentation specialists, so the order of procedures is agreed in advance. When exactly to do pigmentation after surgery is decided by the doctor, depending on how the skin has healed.

The clinic performs trichopigmentation on original Italian Beauty Medical equipment and exclusively represents this signature method. The tricodermograph was designed specifically for the scalp. Needles 0.2 mm in diameter have porous walls to deliver a precise amount of pigment into the superficial layer of the dermis.

The pigments are medical pigments approved in Europe; they biodegrade and disappear without a trace over time. Work is done with single-use instruments, following the rules of asepsis and antisepsis under European safety standards.

At the consultation the specialist examines your scalp and hair, finds out what you want to achieve and suggests a technique: a density effect, a shaved-head effect or scar camouflage. If the cause of your hair loss has not yet been established, it is worth having a trichologist's diagnosis first.

The cost depends on the number of scalp zones, on whether a strip scar or another scar needs camouflage, and on whether you have had an FUE transplant before. See current prices in the esthetic trichology price list.

The procedure is done by a trichopigmentation specialist. At the clinic this field is covered by Katerina Beskorovainaya, an aesthetic trichologist and assistant to the transplant surgeon. In 2019 she trained in trichopigmentation using Milena Lardi's signature Beauty Medical method.

She also works with hair transplantation and replacement systems, so she sees the task as a whole: how pigmentation will combine with grafts, a surgical scar or a system. On complex cases trichopigmentation specialists work together with trichologists and transplant surgeons.

The temporary nature is deliberate: the pigment biodegrades, and the clinic considers this an advantage of the method. When the effect fades, the procedure is repeated if needed.

This lets you adjust the result over time: change the density or outline, take into account how your own hair has changed after treatment or a transplant, or stop pigmentation altogether if it is no longer needed. A repeat procedure is planned at a consultation after the scalp has been examined, and the technique and density are chosen anew for your situation at that time.

Yes. The density technique is designed to work under hair, including long hair. It visibly reduces how much scalp shows through in thinning areas, evens out the contrast between scalp and hair colour and may free you from camouflage fibres.

Before the procedure it is important to find the cause of thinning: hair loss in women has different causes, and some need treatment. That is why pigmentation is planned after a trichologist's consultation, while treatment takes place in our clinical trichology department; trichopigmentation is compatible with it.

Trichopigmentation does not create new hair; it imitates it visually, giving a density or shaved effect or camouflaging a scar. It needs no surgery, is compatible with treatment and fades gradually.

A transplant gives your own growing hair, but it needs a sufficient donor supply and is not done after alopecia areata. A hair replacement system covers even a large bald area without surgery, but needs a service visit every 3-4 weeks. These methods are often combined, and the plan is made after a trichologist's examination.