What are some benefits to having permanent cosmetics applied?

• accentuate your facial features with smudge-free, waterproof make-up

• save time applying makeup

• helpful for those who have difficulty applying makeup due to poor eyesight or shaky hands

• enhance features that have lost their youthful appearance due to age or illness such as loss of brow hairs or loss of definition in the lip line.

• have the confidence to know the enhancements will not smudge or smear when the skin is wet from water or sweat, great for active people

 

Does Cosmetic Tattooing hurt?

For the most part, you will be numb and not feel any pain. An anesthetic is applied before the start of the procedure, and sometimes a secondary anesthetic is applied during. Some clients may experience the freezing slowly losing its effectiveness towards the end of the appointment.  Even still, discomfort is kept to a minimum.

 

What is Semi-Permanent Makeup?

Although there is no standard definition for this term, it generally means that you will need a touch up within 1 - 3 years. At the height of the Permanent Makeup craze of the '90s, cosmetic tattooing was meant to last a very long time - between 5 - 10 years. Artists were taught to pack lots of pigment into the skin, much like a body tattoo. Unfortunately, this resulted in very unnatural appearing 'makeup'.  

 

Today's techniques are just the opposite. With the combination of finer needles and far less pigment being deposited into the skin, artists are able to truly mimic natural looking 'makeup' to enhance but not overpower your features. Unfortunately, the tradeoff is quicker fading which means touch ups will be required sooner (Colour Boost).

 

Please be aware, however, that semi-permanent does not mean the tattoo will completely disappear after a few years. (Often it is faded enough after several years that it is not visible unless you look very closely.) Pigments implanted under the skin lasts a very long time. This includes microblading and manual methods of micro pigmentation.

 

Permanent Makeup is Not for Everyone

As this is an invasive procedure that requires the breaking of skin, potential clients need to be in relatively good health for optimal healing.

 

You are NOT a suitable candidate for this procedure if you are:

• Pregnant or nursing

• History of Keloids or Hypertrophic scarring

• Chemotherapy (consult your doctor)

• have Viral infections and/or diseases

• Skin irritations or Psoriasis near the treated area (rashes, sunburn, acne, etc.)

• Sick (cold, flu, etc.)

• Accutane in the past 2 years

• Recently tanned or will be tanning within 2 weeks

• Any treatment, medication, or illness that compromises the immune system/ healing would NOT make you a good candidate for micro-pigmentation procedure.  

 

CONDITIONS THAT WILL REQUIRE A DOCTOR'S NOTE:

• if you are certain medications

• have uncontrolled High Blood Pressure

• recent organ transplant

• have pacemaker or major heart problems

• Epilepsy

• Cancer/chemotherapy

• Uncontrolled Diabetes

• Autoimmune disease

 

What is the healing like?

This depends on the type of cosmetic tattoo, please see individual procedures for more detail as well as what to expect during and after your appointment.