Permanent Make Up, Lasting Beauty

This type of make up has been a blessing for women with scars, burn victims, or ex chemotherapy patients whose eyebrows or lashes never again grew normally following this medical procedure.

Permanent make up is a cheap and effective way to increase beauty. Not just designed for Hollywood stars, it’ll save time and improve anyone’s personal appearance.

It also eliminates the risk of allergic and other reactions which many people have got used to with standard make up. There are two types of permanent make up: a more superficial and a deeper one. The superficial type is for the woman who wants to make herself up but who doesn’t want to bring out her features too much. The deeper kind is one that definitively “sets” the face’s features. These days, women want to look more natural, younger, or well looked-after. Few are those who have deep permanent make up done.

Differences between permanent make up and tattoos
Permanent make up is a modified form of the ancient art of tattoo. The result is a pretty face in which the pigment that has been deposited brings out the natural features, giving new “life” to the face. Just think of the time saved by someone whose eyeliner and/or lipstick is always ready and perfectly put-on, besides being able to go for a swim in the sea, to give one example, without the make up suffering in the slightest; these are two significant advantages of permanent make up.

Tattoos are permanent, the pigments used are powerful and loaded with lead aggregates. This type of make up lasts no more than 3-5 years, depending on the pigment, and the equipment used penetrates the epidermis by up to 0,07mm. The pigments used are of vegetable origin, generally of North American origin. Their principal outstanding quality is that they are lead-free.

Permanent make up procedure

Known as dermapigmentation, this is a process whereby natural pigments are inserted microscopically into the skin’s upper layer. The technique has been proven not to cause side-effects, but one should nevertheless ensure one knows in whose hands one is placing oneself. Permanent make up is generally done by a specialist who might be a beautician or a makeup artist with the appropriate specialisation, or certain doctors and nurses. Various procedures are used, among which traditional tattooing equipment, special needles and some manually-operated tools, velvet needles stand out. These machines and tools deposit pigments, of the desired colours, beneath the skin, with disposable needles, and are noise-free. The pigments the make up is made of are essentially vegetable-based. In any case, before going back home, a laser session is undergone by the person treated, to help regenerate tissues, reduce irritation and assist healing The whole process generally takes about three quarters of an hour.

There is no risk of allergy for patients, and to reaffirm the procedure, a follow-up, including check-up, take place two weeks later. This is always advisable for the make up to end up as both natural and discreet, so much so that after the second session a 35% “lightening” is achieved on what was done in the first instance. It’s worth bearing in mind that a slight swelling or increase in volume takes place in the treated area, which is temporary. In terms of advice; it’s important for the person treated –for at least 10 days following the treatment – not to go to the beach, as the face cannot be exposed directly to the sun. Besides this, the face should be kept away from the kitchen stove Bacitracin must be applied and by no means should the scab be removed. Avoiding anything hot is crucial; otherwise the outline may turn blue, red or green.

Steps to follow:

1. Cleaning the area to be treated with dermatological soap and disinfectant
2. Previous application of cream anaesthetic for external use, to reduce pain
3. Drawing out the area to be treated.

Recommended for:

a) Filling out eyebrows, including sparse eyebrows.
b) Lining the eyes, above and below.
c) Lining the lips, widening, reducing, correcting or shortening them.
d) Drawing attractive moles.
e) Cleaning up scars and stretch marks.
f) Particularly recommended for patients who are allergic to conventional cosmetics.

How long does this make up last?

This permanent make up lasts about 5 to 7 years and will essentially depend upon the technique used in pigmentation, as well as the materials employed. On someone with a swarthy complexion it’ll last three years, while if the skin is “blonde” it’ll last 5. These figures vary within the cosmetics industry.

Advantages

- You don’t waste any more time lining eyebrows, eyes and lips.
– You avoid inflammation around the eyes, as occurs with conventional cosmetics.
– It’s always ready. It always looks good and natural. Its beauty is lasting.
– It allows you to practice certain sports, water-related activities, without the make up running and staining the face.
– Every patient gets to choose the style and manner they prefer the permanent make up to be implanted.
– It makes it possible to create the illusion of bigger or smaller lips.
– The procedure is safe, hygienic, and sterile.