Most regrets fall into a few patterns. Naming them clearly helps decide what to do next:

• Shape: Hairline too low, too straight, or wrong for your age and face.
• Colour: Work looks too dark, too cool, or has shifted toward blue/green.
• Density: Dots packed too tight so it looks like a helmet or marker fill.
• Dot quality: Dots are big, blurry, or obviously “tattoo” up close.

Your plan will usually focus on whichever of these is driving your stress the most when you look in the mirror or see yourself on camera.

Not every bad SMP case needs to be erased to zero. Sometimes we just need to turn the volume down and shift the tone.

• Lightening sessions: Certain techniques can gently fade overly dark work so it sits better with your skin.
• Colour correction: In select cases, new dots can be layered in a better tone to balance what’s there.
• Soft blending: We can use softer dots around the worst areas to help them recede visually.

This approach can work when the base is too strong but not destroyed — for example, dark but still dot-based rather than one solid block.

Hairlines are where most people’s eye goes first. If yours feels wrong, that alone can make you regret the whole treatment.

• Selective removal: Laser can lift just the lowest or sharpest part of a hairline.
• Rebuilding softer edges: Once that area is lightened, we can rebuild with micro-irregular, broken edges.
• Age-appropriate framing: The new shape is drawn to fit your face, age, and natural recession pattern.

The goal is a hairline that disappears as “done” work and just reads as “your” hairline again — especially in day-to-day lighting and candid photos.

Some SMP jobs are so deep, dark, or solid that trying to “fix” them only adds more noise. In those cases, laser is your friend.

• Solid blocks of colour: If there’s no dot pattern left, lightening or full removal is often step one.
• Severe colour shift: Strong blue/green tones may need laser to clear enough space for better work.
• Wrong canvas: If the shape, depth, and colour are all wrong, rebuilding on a cleaner base is safer.

Laser is still a process — it can take multiple sessions. But it can turn a “I hate this” situation into a clean slate where a proper SMP plan is finally possible.

Every correction has a ceiling. It’s better to know that early than chase a “perfect” that isn’t possible.

• Skin history: Scarring, keloid tendencies, or past infections narrow what’s safe to do next.
• Ink depth: Very deep work can leave shadows even after laser or lightening.
• Time horizon: Some improvements are gradual — you won’t go from “hate it” to “perfect” overnight.

A good correction plan focuses on getting you from “I notice it constantly” to “I barely think about it” in normal life, not on chasing microscopic perfection.

Regretting SMP is heavy. It touches how you see yourself in the mirror, at work, in relationships, and on social media. That stress can push people toward rushed decisions.

• Slow the timeline: In most cases you have time — you don’t need to fix everything in a week.
• Separate issues: We break your concerns into shape, colour, and density so each has its own plan.
• One step at a time: Often the first move is small — a test patch, a little laser, or a softening session.

The aim is to give you a clear, step-by-step path out of regret, not just another impulsive change you’re unsure about later.