Precision · Confidence · Results
★★★★★ 5.0 · 321 reviews on Booksy 4621 West Napoleon Ave, Suite 201 · Metairie, LA 70001
SMPBarberingTattoos

Scalp Micropigmentation
in Metairie & New Orleans

Shaun Fade cutting a freehand tribal design into a client's scalp

About

Shaun Fade

Thirteen years cutting hair turned into something more specific: a hand trained to draw a hairline freehand, on skin, that reads as real.

Barbering came first — thirteen years of it. Tattooing sharpened the needle work. Scalp micropigmentation is where the two meet, and it's now the core of the practice, working out of Metairie for clients across Greater New Orleans.

Most SMP artists come from a beauty or tattoo background alone. Shaun reads a head like a barber and places the pigment like a tattooist — which is exactly why the hairlines look real.

Precision · Confidence · Results

Thirteen years of blade work is exactly why the hairlines look real.

SMP isn't a stamp. It's freehand line work — the same hand that's cut fades for over a decade, the same precision as a tattoo machine, placed one follicle at a time. That's the difference between a hairline that reads natural and one that doesn't.

What Shaun Does

Four disciplines,
one steady hand.

13+
Years behind the chair
5.0
Rating · 321 reviews
3–5
Years SMP lasts
Free
SMP consultation

The Work

Results, not renders.

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SMP result — front hairline
SMP session in progress
SMP density result, top down
Freehand hair art design
SMP result on mature client
Custom back tattoo
Hairline mapped and marked before SMP
Finished SMP result
★★★★★

“Excellent service! I am pleased, and will be back again.”

— Derrick · via Booksy
★★★★★

“Shaun is very patient with kids. Definitely 10/10 recommend.”

— Akilah · via Booksy
★★★★★

“Highly recommend! Shaun did a fantastic job.”

— Kayla · via Booksy
SMP · in session
In the chair
The work, up close

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Every SMP starts with a consultation — no booking form, no deposit to talk. Shaun will tell you honestly what's possible and what it costs.

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