Permanent Makeup Aftercare
Your new brows will take 14 days to heal, on average. During this 2 – week healing period, you must keep your eyebrows as dry as possible and avoid swimming, heavy sweating, tanning, and going into saunas. You must also refrain from wearing any products aside from what is given to you (i.e moisturizer, makeup) on the eyebrows until they are fully healed. You may still wear makeup on the rest of your face. Keep this in mind when booking so you can plan your appointment around vacations or special occasions.
Below are some general instructions that will help prevent any infections and ensure a healthy and clean healing process. A more detailed copy of eyebrow aftercare will be provided to all my clients during the appointment.
Immediately after your appointment, it is normal for your eyebrows to appear dark in colour and for the area surrounding the brows to be slightly red. However, the redness will usually subside within 2-3 hours. It is also normal to feel slight tingling, tenderness, and swelling in the area, but these effects will soon subside. Do not touch your eyebrows and avoid having your hair brush against the eyebrow area.
Before going to bed, clean your eyebrows with a fragrance free gentle cleanser (like this one here) and pad dry with a clean, disposable paper towel or tissue. After this, do not get the brows wet at all for 24 hours.
Going forward, wash your eyebrows once a day using a fragrance free gentle cleanser. Be careful not to scratch or rub your eyebrows although they may feel itchy during healing. Scratching could cause premature pigment loss and thus uneven healed results.
On days 4-6, your eyebrows may start to scab in some areas. Your eyebrows may look/feel dry or flakey, this is completely normal and expected. As your eyebrows start scabbing, start to apply a very thin layer of the aftercare ointment (provided during appointment) twice a day, until your brows are fully healed.
On average, all the scabs would have fallen by day 14. At this point, you can go back to your normal face routine. However, do avoid using products containing AHA/BHA/Retin-A as this will fade the brow colour. Your eyebrows may seem light in colour immediately after the scabs have fallen, but more pigment will rise to the surface in the next 2 weeks.
Lips tattoo
- After procedure, make sure your hands are completely clean and gently apply the post-care ointment (A&D ointment or vaseline, as often as possible.) DO NOT make the lips dry.
- If you have any cold sores/ fever blisters/ herpes simplex after the procedure, you might need to contact your physician to obtain and take the proper prescription medication to treat such outbreaks. Many physicians prescribe Valtrex or antiviral. Follow your physician's instructions.
- Do not touch your lips with fingers or foods. Please use fork or chopstick for food and straw for any beverages.
Eyeliner tattoo
- The next day, eyelids will be more swollen which is normal, please cool the area with ice pack at least 2 times a day. When using the ice pack, wrap the ice pack in a plastic wrap to prevent the eyes from getting wet and DO NOT push hard.
- Avoid contact lenses at least a week.
- Please use a clean Q tip when you remove eye boogers. Do not rub your eyes until it's fully healed.
- If the swelling lasts over a week, please contact us and a physician.
Scalp Hair line tattoo
- Avoid shampooing for at least 3 days immediately after the procedure.
- Avoid shampoo with a strong stimulating scent for at least two weeks or shampoo with a scrub function.
- Please do not wear tight hats or hair bands for at least 2 weeks.
Contact a physician if any signs or symptoms develop such as the following fever, redness at the site, swelling, tenderness of the procedure site, elevated body temperature, red streaks going from the procedure site towards the heart, and/or any green/yellow discharge that is foul in odor.
By week 6, you will see your fully healed PMU in their true colour! If you wish to darken them, now is
the lime to book your touch-up session.
Healed results may vary depending on your skin type, lifestyle, history, aftercare taken. Keep in mind permanent makeup is designed to enhance your natural features rother than replacing/ changing your look completely.
Below are some general instructions that will help prevent any infections and ensure a healthy and clean healing process. A more detailed copy of eyebrow aftercare will be provided to all my clients during the appointment.
Immediately after your appointment, it is normal for your eyebrows to appear dark in colour and for the area surrounding the brows to be slightly red. However, the redness will usually subside within 2-3 hours. It is also normal to feel slight tingling, tenderness, and swelling in the area, but these effects will soon subside. Do not touch your eyebrows and avoid having your hair brush against the eyebrow area.
Before going to bed, clean your eyebrows with a fragrance free gentle cleanser (like this one here) and pad dry with a clean, disposable paper towel or tissue. After this, do not get the brows wet at all for 24 hours.
Going forward, wash your eyebrows once a day using a fragrance free gentle cleanser. Be careful not to scratch or rub your eyebrows although they may feel itchy during healing. Scratching could cause premature pigment loss and thus uneven healed results.
On days 4-6, your eyebrows may start to scab in some areas. Your eyebrows may look/feel dry or flakey, this is completely normal and expected. As your eyebrows start scabbing, start to apply a very thin layer of the aftercare ointment (provided during appointment) twice a day, until your brows are fully healed.
On average, all the scabs would have fallen by day 14. At this point, you can go back to your normal face routine. However, do avoid using products containing AHA/BHA/Retin-A as this will fade the brow colour. Your eyebrows may seem light in colour immediately after the scabs have fallen, but more pigment will rise to the surface in the next 2 weeks.