Workington · Cumbria
A free, unhurried consultation for alopecia and medical hair loss: what scalp micropigmentation can realistically do for your pattern of loss, and an honest answer when the timing is not right.
A private, no-pressure conversation. No treatment is booked on the day and nothing is sold to you.
2+ years' hands-on experience
Every session carried out personally by Brett McMullen, the clinic's sole practitioner.
Trained at North West Scalp Clinic
Certified scalp micropigmentation training in Bolton, with the certificate on display in the clinic.
Licensed and fully insured
Local authority licensed, with public liability and professional indemnity cover in place.
Free consultation, no obligation
An honest assessment before any money changes hands, including being told when a treatment is not right for you.
The treatment
Medical hair loss is not the same as pattern baldness, and it should not be assessed as though it were. Alopecia areata comes and goes in patches; totalis and universalis are complete and stable; treatment-related loss may recover. Each of those calls for a different conversation about whether, and when, scalp micropigmentation is appropriate. This appointment exists to have that conversation properly, at no cost and with no obligation.
Patchy, often unpredictable loss. Whether SMP suits it depends on how active and how stable the pattern currently is.
Complete and stable loss. SMP can recreate a full shaved-head appearance including a designed hairline.
Loss following medical treatment may recover. The advice is usually to wait and reassess rather than treat early.
Assessed individually, since scarred follicles behave differently and the surrounding density dictates what is achievable.
What waiting costs you
People living with alopecia are a soft target for anyone selling a cure. The cost of bad advice here is not just money; it is treating an unstable scalp, or being told something will work when it will not.
If patches are still appearing and regrowing, pigment placed today may sit against completely different hair in six months.
Scalp micropigmentation is a cosmetic treatment. It does not regrow hair and nobody should tell you otherwise.
A conversation about medical hair loss should not happen across a salon floor with other clients listening.
The process
Private, unhurried and free. You leave with information, not an invoice.
Start with the free consultationRing or send an enquiry. Appointments are one client at a time in a private treatment room, including evenings until 8pm.
Type and pattern of loss, how long it has been present, how stable it is, and any medical treatment you are having.
Skin condition, remaining density, any scarring and how your scalp is likely to hold pigment.
What SMP could realistically achieve, what it cannot, and whether waiting is the better call for now.
You go away and think about it. Nothing is booked under pressure and no deposit is taken during the consultation.
The benefits
Cost
No consultation fee, no deposit and no obligation to book anything afterwards.
Privacy
A private treatment room in Workington rather than a chair on a salon floor.
Clarity
Including 'not yet' or 'not this' when that is the correct advice for your pattern of loss.
Time
The consultation takes as long as it takes. There is no next client waiting on the same slot.
Expertise
Brett has worked with clients across the range of alopecia presentations, not just pattern baldness.
Choice
Nothing is booked on the day. You take the information away and decide in your own time.
Recent work
In detail
Areata produces defined patches of loss that can regrow and recur unpredictably. Where the pattern is active, treating it means pigmenting areas that may grow back.
Where the pattern has been stable for a long period, SMP can be used to reduce the contrast between patches and surrounding hair, which is often what clients actually want.
Complete, stable loss is in many ways the most predictable presentation for SMP, because nothing is going to change underneath the work.
A full shaved-head appearance can be recreated, including a designed, age-appropriate hairline and natural temple recession.
Hair loss during or after medical treatment frequently recovers. The usual advice is to wait until the picture is clear rather than treat early.
If loss proves permanent and stable, the consultation can be revisited at any point; there is no charge for coming back.
Scarring alopecia destroys follicles, so the affected skin behaves like scar tissue and holds pigment less predictably. A test patch is usually recommended.
Traction loss from long-term tension is assessed on remaining density and whether the cause has been removed.
It is not a diagnosis. Brett is a scalp micropigmentation practitioner, not a clinician, and will say so plainly.
If you do not have a diagnosis or your loss is changing rapidly, the right first conversation is with your GP or a dermatologist, and you will be told that.
Clients attend from Workington, Whitehaven, Maryport, Cockermouth, Carlisle, Penrith, Keswick and Wigton, with parking directly on site.
Evening appointments run to 8pm Monday to Friday, with Saturday mornings available, so the appointment need not be taken out of work time.
Free
Alopecia consultation
No fee, no deposit, no obligation.
£1,200
Full SMP treatment
Only if and when you decide to proceed.
On enquiry
Partial or patch treatment
Quoted after assessment where only areas are treated.
The consultation itself is always free. Ring 07426 938460 or send an enquiry to arrange a private appointment.
Questions
Anything not covered here, ask Brett directly on 07426 938460.
It can, depending on the type and stability of your loss. Totalis and universalis are the most predictable; active areata is usually best left until the pattern settles.
No. It is a cosmetic treatment that replicates the appearance of closely shaved hair. Anyone claiming a cosmetic treatment regrows hair is misleading you.
Usually it is better to wait. If patches are still appearing and regrowing, pigment placed now may sit against a very different scalp in a few months.
Yes. No fee, no deposit, and nothing is booked on the day. You take the information away and decide in your own time.
No. Brett is an SMP practitioner, not a clinician. Where a diagnosis is unclear or loss is changing quickly, you will be advised to see your GP or a dermatologist first.
Sometimes. Scarred skin holds pigment less predictably, so a test patch is normally recommended before committing to a full session.
Yes. One client at a time in a private treatment room, not a chair on an open salon floor.
It often recovers, so the usual advice is to wait until the picture is settled. You are welcome to come back for a second free consultation at any point.
Yes. Female presentations are assessed the same way, with density work applied softly where hair remains.
Ring 07426 938460 or send the enquiry form. Appointments are available Monday to Friday until 8pm and Saturday mornings.
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Book your free consultation
No fee, no deposit and no decision on the day. Brett will tell you what scalp micropigmentation could realistically do for your pattern of hair loss, including when the honest answer is to wait.
Consultations are free and with no obligation. Prefer to talk it through? Call 07426 938460.
