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Permanent Makeup Advantages and Disadvantages
What is Permanent Makeup?
Permanent makeup is also called micro-pigmentation. It involves the implantation of specific pigments in the epidermis. This implantation is painless and a guarantee of hygienic methods.
How is it done?
The technique is very simple. It involves introducing specific pigments with a fine needle to the desired area and with an adequate color.
How long does it last?
In this temporary treatment the pigments are absorbed by the skin. It will last from a year and a half to two years. Touch ups are recommended after that so that the makeup remains impeccable.
With the skin totally clean follow these steps
What areas of the body can it be applied to?
Lips
Eyebrows
Eyelid (eye liner)
Scars
Discolorations in skin
What advantages does permanent makeup have?
There are multiple advantages to having permanent makeup. It depends on the area in which it is applied.
You will always seem to be made up. You will always look your best, when you have had the work professionally and adequately done.
It can correct small imperfections.
It can correct asymmetry in the lips as well as inequalities in the lips thickness.
It can beautify the lips. Remove grooves around the mouth. Hide wrinkles caused by smoking or the aging process.
It can augment the contours of the lips.
It can fix the lack of eyebrows or missing eyebrows due to excessive plucking or scars.
The eyebrows are very important because they frame the face. Normal aging can cause thinning. With permanent makeup we can achieve the eyebrows we desire permanently.
With eye liner we can achieve a very natural line on the upper and lower lashline, emphasizing and completing the eyes.
We can give thickness to the lashes with a fine line on the lashline.
Discolorations of the skin can be covered with permanent makeup. Adding color to the areas that lack color thus disguising the problem.
Permanent makeup can be applied to areolas to hide scars left behind after surgery. Including producing a new areola in the case of mastectomy.
What are the disadvantages or contraindications or permanent makeup?
Permanent makeup cannot be applied over freckles, warts, moles, or lesions.
Permanent makeup cannot be applied to persons who are HIV positive, allergic, or people with serious ailments.
One cannot have permanent makeup performed during ones pregnancy. To people with hepatitis, people taking blood thinners or anticoagulants, people under chemotherapy, or someone with diabetes.
One cannot be exposed to the sun for a few days after treatment.
Once the treatment is performed there will be swelling in the skin from the trauma of the repeated needle penetration.
For a few days after treatment and until the scarring process is done we will have a small scab on the skin.
Another disadvantage is that if you want to maintain the permanent makeup, there will have to be some touch-ups now and again to obtain a favorable result.
If it's not administered by an excellent professional the results can be unsightly and unnatural looking.
VERY IMPORTANT. Before obtaining permanent makeup it is important that you consult your dermatologist and that you go to a professional in aesthetics who can provide guarantees.
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