***PROPER CARE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE IS NECESSARY FOR BEST RESULTS. PMU ARTISTS CANNOT GUARANTEE PERFECT OUTCOMES. IF YOU NEED TOUCHUPS, PRICING IS BELOW:

*Color Fades about 30% for Brows and about 50% for Lips Once Healed.

*Redness Right After is due to blood circulation and blood at the surface of the skin.

*FOR THE FIRST 24 HOURS: Wipe away excess lymph fluid that is dripping. Lymph fluid occurs anytime there is open skin and can happen for brows or lips. You may or may not experience this, but if you do you must wipe it off the skin. Do not allow this fluid to harden into thicker scabs, which will pull out chunks of color unevenly. (*For Lips, reapply thin layer of ointment after each wipe. *For Brows, just wipe and keep DRY).

FOR BROWS: Simply keep totally dry and after 7 weeks apply your regular moisturizer if dry.

FOR LIPS: Reapply ointment every 3-4 hours after excess lymph fluid stops dripping within the first 24 hours. Reapply ointment this way, letting lips dry in between applications, for the rest of the week. Apply ointment before brushing teeth, taking showers, or washing other areas of the face. AVOID any staining foods like red wine, soy sauce, black coffee, or strongly colored foods. Sour, spicy, hot, acidic foods will irritate your lips. When brushing teeth, use less toothpaste and spit frequently. CUT food and place gently in mouth. Avoid greasy or saucy foods during healing.

DO NOT apply makeup, skincare products, soaps, facewashes, exfoliants, creams, sprays, etc. or anything to prevent infection, irritation, clogged pores, inflammation, or strippage of color.

DO NOT touch or pick at scabs, peel off the shedding skin in any way during the full healing process. If you do, you will also take away color and interfere with the results. Itching is normal - Anytime skin heals, there is itchiness. DO NOT scratch! DO NOT sleep on them.

DO NOT wet area for 7 days. NO hot steaming showers or direct water spray. Sweat and Steam are bad for color retention!!! No working out for 3 days minimum, and the rest of the week stick to sweat-less weights or light yoga and stretching.

DO NOT expose your healing skin to direct sun (3-4 weeks or until fully healed), tanning beds (1 month) hot tubs, saunas, steam, salt water, chlorinated pools.

SIGNS OF INFECTION: Soreness usually only lasts for a few hours afterwards. There should be no persistent, redness, pain, swelling, or pus on the area. If so, please consult your physician. Infections are RARE due to disposable needles and products used during the procedure. You are responsible for seeking medical attention. For Cold Sores or Other Clogs and Bumps, consult your physician.

Once Your Tattoo is Healed, use at least SPF 15 or 30 daily for best longterm results and avoid exfoliating your tattoo with facials or home scrubs and acids/retinols/etc. 

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EYELINER TATTOO AFTERCARE:

DO NOT PICK OR TOUCH THE EYELINER TATTOO - Picking or peeling the eyeliner scabs will result in poor color retention and raw skin, and possible bacterial infection.

DO NOT WET the eyeliner tattoo as much as possible. Avoid direct water contact in the shower or while washing your face. Avoid hot water and steam during bathing for the next 7 days to prevent opening your pores/causing some of the pigment to sweat out.

***The final results heal 20-40% lighter than the day you got them done. The darkness of the first few days is followed by peeling/scabbing and a few days of patchiness. Color looks uneven, light and dark, during this time. When ALL of the scabs have fallen off, it takes another week or so for the color to settle in. I put a lot of color in during the procedure, so if the skin does not retain a desired amount of color, you should come in for a touchup. I cannot control how much color your skin chooses to absorb, or how evenly it heals to a certain extent. Most procedures require a touchup to fix inconsistencies and perfect what was done the first time. Minor adjustments in shaping are possible at a touchup.

***Eyeliner is the MOST DIFFICULT technique due to client’s pain level fluctuation, sensitive eye area, and the need for layering the pigment multiple times/skin rejection of pigments sometimes but is so beautiful when healed properly.

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SUPERIOR TATTOO REMOVAL AFTERCARE:

****KEEP AREA CLEAN and open to the air. Do not cover with a Band-Aid and do not touch the area unless you just washed your hands - FULL HEALING can take up to 2 months even if it appears healed sooner than that.

CLEANSE 2x daily with saline (contact lens saline solution is sterile and perfect). Dampen a cotton pad or gauze with over the counter saline and blot the area to cleanse.

DO NOT ICE AS THIS CONSTRICTS THE BLOOD VESSELS!

DO NOT SOAK the treated area in water. In and out of the shower avoiding getting area wet. If it does get wet, gently pat dry - NO BATHING, SWIMMING, SAUNAS, HOT TUBS, TANNING OR EXERCISING DO NOT DISRUPT, scratch or pick the scab. The unwanted pigment will be drawn up into the scab so it’s important to keep the scab as long as possible. Do not pick and allow scab to fall off naturally.

***This procedures almost always requires more than one session. The first session causes the ink to be pulled to the surface and scab off—but if there is a lot of ink in the skin, it may still appear dark after the first session and need further sessions to remove it all.