The Future of Beauty: Steven Greitzer of Sculpted Studios On How Their Technological Innovation Will Shake Up The Beauty Industry
An Interview With Candice Georgiadis
Be comfortable with yourself. Know who you are and what your identity is. The more comfortable you are with yourself, the more beautiful you will feel.
As a part of our series about how technology will be changing the beauty industry over the next five years, I had the pleasure of interviewing Steven Greitzer of Sculpted Studios.
Scalp Micropigmentation Artist, Trainer and Innovator — Steven’s collective knowledge from nearly 10 years in the field allows a unique perspective in knowing how procedures age over time. He uses various techniques and treatment plans to create the most realistic results. He has worked with the industry’s top brands developing and testing products to push the industry forward. His teaching style and exercises have become a standard for new artists all over the globe — helping them soak up knowledge and understand varying techniques.
Thank you so much for doing this with us! Before we dive in, our readers would love to learn a bit more about you. Can you tell us a story about what brought you to this specific career path?
I was running a medical aesthetic center when I first learned about Scalp Pigmentation. I took a training class that was an absolute mess, but it opened up my eyes to what the possibilities of this application could be.
Can you share the most interesting story that happened to you since you began your career?
I had a client who had gone through 7 surgeries and almost $250,00 in treatments to get his hair back, they never worked. He wore a Yankees hat for over 20 years and had tons of them. He never went anywhere he couldn’t wear a hat — it was heartbreaking. When we finished the procedures his wife came with all of his hats and we went downstairs, put them in the dumpster and lit them on fire. It was incredible to see the total shift and transformation for him, I’ll never forget it!
Are you able to identify a “tipping point” in your career when you started to see success? Did you start doing anything different? Are there takeaways or lessons that others can learn from that?
Absolutely, and it sounds cliche but it was the day I decided that I love doing this. It made me happy, I was great at it and I was able to help people. Before this I basically just chased money , I did ok but felt soulless. That old phrase comes to mind “Love what you do, never work a day…” I can’t believe I am actually saying that out loud but it is absolutely true. The day I followed the passion over everything else was my tipping point.
None of us are able to achieve success without some help along the way. Is there a particular person to whom you are grateful who helped get you to where you are? Can you share a story about that?
The most influential person in my life met me when I was in a phase in my life where I felt lost . They taught me to be me, not everyone else’s version of me. This person helped me realize my own power, got me focused and showed me I can accomplish anything.
Ok super. Let’s now shift to the main part of our discussion. The beauty industry today has access to technology that was inconceivable only a short time ago. Can you tell us about the “cutting edge” technologies that you are working with or introducing? How do you think that will help people?
I have always been an innovator in this space. I was the first to design a machine specifically designed for scalp pigmentation. This enabled artists to enhance their work using proper tools, as well as prolong their career by utilizing proper ergonomics.
I have also created needle shapes that have allowed our industry to achieve incredibly realistic results that were unattainable before. My new pigment set is a complete revolution. I have solved some of the major issues in the color of healed results and retention.
Keeping “Black Mirror” and the “Law of Unintended Consequences” in mind, can you see any potential drawbacks about this technology that people should think more deeply about?
No, but what it has done is pushed competition in the space, led to revolutionary innovations and got artists in the industry thinking about how we can further improve.
Can you share 3 things that most excite you about the “beauty-tech” industry?
Things that excite me most about the Permanent Makeup/Scalp Micropigmentation industry are the life changing results of my clients, the start of a new future for my students and creating better products and results
In the beauty-tech industry it would have to be the tools that are created which open the gateway to new attainable results, as well as the newest products and treatments available.
Can you share 3 things that most concern you about the industry? If you had the ability to implement 3 ways to reform or improve the industry, what would you suggest?
Poor results are my biggest fear. Someone who has had bad aesthetic results and/or bad experiences can really have an exponentially bad effect. We need stronger regulation for people to get into this space. Lack thereof leads to poor training, which is a problem as we need to have standardizations and protocols in place to make sure new artists are well trained. The watering down of prices and the discount mindset is another concern. This is a luxury service which demands years of training and serious expertise for proper results. This is your head and face, and treatments are permanent. It has to be perfect and a well trained artist can definitely make that happen.
You are an expert about beauty. Can you share 5 ideas that anyone can use “to feel beautiful”? (Please share a story or example for each.)
1.Be comfortable with yourself. Know who you are and what your identity is. The more comfortable you are with yourself, the more beautiful you will feel.
2. Make your own style. Wear what makes you happy! This will boost your confidence.
3. Take care of yourself! Grooming, showers, nails! Spend time on yourself!
4. Smile a lot — good energy is always beautiful.
5. Being kind to people is the most beautiful thing you can do!
You are a person of great influence. If you could inspire a movement that would bring the most amount of good to the most amount of people, what would that be? You never know what your idea can trigger. 🙂
I would inspire a new community for our industry. This would be a space where we would share knowledge about our experiences in the industry to help each other grow. A community where opinions can be given, one can be heard and credibility is ensured by fact checking. I would inspire an industry of ethical growth and achieving the best possible results by helping one another.
Can you please give us your favorite “Life Lesson Quote”? Can you share how that was relevant to you in your life?
Love what you do and never work a day in your life.
When I was a kid I laughed at that, and said, “ha, yeah sure, as long as I’m rich I’ll be happy!” I couldn’t have been more wrong about that, I absolutely love what I do and I am so grateful for it.
How can our readers follow you online?
On Instagram @steveyg_smp
Thank you so much for joining us. This was very inspirational.
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