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Permanent Makeup -What to expect
Permanent make up is a "layering" process of carefully implanting microscopic colorants into the dermal layer of the skin. The goal of the first application is to "saturate" the desired area with pigment. This can take up to 2 hours, which includes up to 30 minutes for the topical anesthetic cream to take effect. Your second (touch-up/follow-up) visit is to shape and smooth any areas that need enhancement and cannot be scheduled until after 30-45 days.
The Day After: When your new makeup is completed it will appear too dark. This is temporary and will not last. You are seeing pigment in both layers of your skin (epidermis and dermis). The top layer of your skin sheds and renews itself every 28 days and with this natural healing process the pigment in the top layer will peel off. Only the color in the dermis (second layer of skin) will be long lasting. If you are pleased with your new permanent cosmetic color and darkness when you leave after the initial procedure, then you will be unhappy within two to four weeks as it lightens up to 20%. For this reason, it is important that you be patient as you will not see the final color for up to 6 weeks.
Healing: For the first 2-3 days following eyebrows and eyeliner applications, and for the first 3-7 days following lip liner or lip color, you will have swelling, redness and tenderness in the area of your newly applied makeup. It is important to pamper your new makeup and keep a "thin" protective veil of Vaseline over the affected area. For lips, you should keep only vaseline or A&D ointment on them for the full 28 days. Do not apply lipstick or any other cosmetics to your lips before the 28 day healing period, as this could affect both healing and the final color. Vaseline and A&D provides moisture and prevents scab formation and drying, which can "lift out" the newly implanted color. After the healing period, sunscreen and sunglasses will help prevent fading.
Every person is unique and I cannot predict how your make-up will heal. Be assured that I will provide you with the best service possible however, your cooperation is vital to ensure proper healing and a pleasing final result.
Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
@ngela Sabal, RN
Permanent cosmetics are considered permanent because the color is implanted into the dermal layer of the skin and cannot be washed off. However, as with any tattoo, fading can, and often does occur. Just like hair color, furniture located by a window, or even house paint, pigment implanted in the skin may fade with time. Permanent cosmetics are a form of cosmetic tattooing which should be thought of as being "permanent," however as is true of any tattoo, the degree of "permanency" varies with each individual. Factors that can adversely effect the color integrity include, but are not limited to, a person’s own body chemistry, exposure to the sun, tanning beds, chemical peels, lightening cream, microdermabrasion, Retin-A, and laser treatments. The lifetime integrity of the color has nothing to do with the permanent nature of any form of tattooing. Color is injected in molecules where they remain in the skin permanently. Even when you hear about laser removal, the pigment molecules remain in the skin, but the color has been bleached, which is the same thing that happens to a much lesser degree from sun exposure.
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