Can my Body Tattoo artist provide Permanent Makeup Services?

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Body tattoo and Permanent Makeup artists receive different training and use different tools.   Therefore, the answer is....Not likely.  

It is important to note tattoo artists can create beautiful designs on the body, however it is not a guarantee that they will provide natural looking permanent makeup artistry on the face.  The skills and practice needed to draw on your body and face differs significantly.
 


  •  Skin on our body may be thicker than the skin on your face.  Therefore, different tattoo tools are used.
  • Black pigment should only be used on the face for Eyeliner procedures.  Never on the brows.  Black pigment usually fades blue or grey.
  • Body tattoo artists favor bold and opaque colors, while permanent makeup eyebrows look natural when applied subtly and lighter in color.

I have a client that has numerous body tattoos.  Since her tattoo artist produced beautiful work on her body, she thought it would be ok to let him create eye brows on her face.  She drew the brows first with a topical eyebrow pencil to provide a template for the artist.  The end result was as expected, black pigment and Mal placed design.  It gave her a harsh appearance to her face.
 



After 10 years of covering the brows with powder and pencil, she decided to get them corrected.  The correction process took over two years.  Numerous tattoo lightening treatments had to be applied to the previous tattoo to fade the black, now blue/grey,  pigment.  Each lightening session required minimum of six weeks in between treatments.  Once the previous tattoo brows were light enough in color, I was able to provide proper brow color and improve the design for her face.

Remember, once pigment is deposited into the dermal layer of the skin, the pigment may fade in color over time, however, the pigment particles are permanently in your skin.   Therefore, Permanent Makeup is a tattoo, it is not semi -permanent.  Not all tattoo artists are trained the same, so be sure to select a professional that specializes in permanent makeup artistry.  The end result should make you look refreshed and well defined.

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Permanent Makeup Artistry
San Ramon, CA


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