topccat29 wrote:
I saw a woman at the airport last summer that really stood out as having tattooed makeup. It all looked like solid colors and what made it evident was it had a kind of bleeding effect outside of the perimeter of the different areas, lips, eyebrows, eye liner. It really looked kind of scary and I did feel bad for her thinking that is not what she was expecting. But she did seem to get along okay as she was with her family. Just an observation, if someone wants to go ahead with it that s their business.
I instantly knew that the makeup was tattooed on ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦hmmmm ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦not sure what it was that made is so and I didn t want to appear to be staring.
Hi Topcat, I think you bring up some very relevant and important
points in your last two posts. I would like to offer a little of
my insight from an artist s perspective (both as an SMP and
permanent cosmetic makeup artist) because repair work is something I am very
passionate about.
Repeated needling (touch-ups/repair work/color boosting, etc) is
very complicated and the risk of creating more scar tissue is always something
that should be taken into strong consideration. One thing that I want to talk
about is that each procedure requires a different type of needle and they each
use different "motions".
With SMP, I personally use a single micro-needle to create my
"impressions or dots" and enter the skin .05mm and at a 90 degree
angle. The machine I use is minimally invasive because it has a very slow
"sewing machine" rotary cycle, so when I poke the skin it literally enters
and exits with one poke. The benefit of this, is that the engine does not move
so quickly that the needle catches the skin multiple times with my one poke. This
therefore decreases the risk of causing additional trauma to the impression
and/ or migration. Of course, any time
you are opening the skin you are creating a wound. But, this type of motion
actually creates a very clean "micro-tunnel" that the body is able to repair very
quickly and easily by ramping up its own natural healing processes. Often times,
the skin appears smoother, and more evenly toned. In scar tissue, this motion
and the healing response actually allow the area to accept pigmentation at a
higher level. Now, that being said, I CAN
NOT understate that if you repeatedly needle this area without letting it heal between
sessions, you will cause more scar tissue, migration (and a mess). The skin has
to be allowed to heal between procedures. Scar tissue can also be created if the
technician use needles that are too large, a machine that is too aggressive (such as a tattooing machine),or
try they try to work too fast.
Permanent Cosmetics (like tattooing) use a large range of different
needles and different motions. 3-round needles and 4-7 flat needles are most commonly
used in PC depending on the procedure, so, I will talk about them. A 3-round
needle is exactly what it sounds like, 3 needles placed very close together.
When they enter the skin at a 90 degree angle they make a small triangle (they
are used my many SMP clinics as well). 4-7
flat needles also look just like they sound. They are groups of 4 to 7 needles
that lay in a straight (or flat) line. Most often they are used for shading
large areas. Permanent cosmetics are laid deeper into the skin (1mm-2mm),
the machine is held slightly angled, and the machine has a quicker motor. The pigment is
laid with small strokes, lines, and with short scooping motions. The procedures
themselves can be more invasive than SMP because the strokes can tear skin.
Although, I have never seen migration in eyebrows, it is easily and most commonly
caused around the eyes (eyeliner) and lips by the needle being held at a wrong
angle (the pigment flows in the same direction the needle is pointed) or by trying to implant too much pigment too
quickly. If you hold the needle in one place for too long it will deposit more
pigment than you were intending.
Currently, I am working with a patient and am trying to correct
another technicians mistake of wrong placement of her vermillion lip liner (lip
liner was placed too high above the vermillion line and it created a blank
space between the lip and liner. The previous technician tried to fix it by repeatedly
touching it up and adding more pigment to the gap and it created scar tissue
that will now not hold pigment. The more appropriate way to repair that error would
have been to first use a laser to remove the misplaced line and then to redo
the pigmentation.
It is important for technicians to be schooled in all methods of
removal and repair. This is true for any and every type of pigmentation. And, for
patients who are looking for repair work
it is important for everyone to know that there are numerous options and
methods that are available to you. Never
is, add more pigment, add more pigment, add more pigment just the solution.