Key Questions
What is Cosmetic Tattooing?
Cosmetic tattooing has long been used to enhance facial features. Permanent colour pigment implants give shape and definition and can be applied around the eyes as an eyeliner, on the eyebrows, as a lipliner or a lip tint. These implants although called permanent last for 2-6 years, depending on your skin type. Cosmetic tattooing is not only carried out on the face, it is also used to camouflage burns and scars. Those with vision impairments or physical disabilities have also turned to permanent make-up as applying make up daily becomes a difficult task. Professional athletes, actors and models have taken advantage of permanent make up to ensure that they look their best at all times.
What Are Pigment Colour?
The pigment used contains Oxide, Alcohol, Distilled Water and Glycerine which is non toxic. The Pigment Lotions are specifically manufactured for implantation into the human skin. A powder is suspended in a solution of distilled water, alcohol, and glycerine, which results in a smooth, fine creamy liquid. Permanent Make up Pigment Colour's have been created for use on the face and are pre-mixed and pasteurised.
What Does It Look Like On The Skin?
It looks as if you applied a pencil; a little softer and more muted. The colour immediately after the treatment will be stronger, brighter and possibly darker than you desired colour. In most cases you lose approximately 20-40% of intense colour during the healing process within 4 -14 days, excluding full lip colour which you can lose up to 50% after the healing process, again that depends on the colour used, type of skin and if you have followed the Home Care instructions.
What are the areas that I can tattoo?
Eyebrows
The eyebrow is a popular area for cosmetic tattooing. There can be gaps in the eyebrow, sometimes due to scarring or perhaps only half an eyebrow exists naturally. Sometimes a more defined, thicker or darker eyebrow is preferred. This procedure is also good for people who have over plucked the hairs from their eyebrows, or for some reason eyebrow hair hasn't grown back after hair loss. For people suffering from Alopecia (loss of hair) have found the eyebrow treatment of tremendous value. Colour is implanted to your desired shape, framing the eyes with a more defined shape.
Eyeliner
Pigmentation implantation can give you a permanent made-up look. The whites of your eyes look whiter and brighter, and no more running eyeliner halfway through the day.
Lips
Lipline implantation creates an attractive lipline that enhances the shape of the mouth and looks great with or without make-up. People who have no definite lip shape, pale lips, sun damaged lips, uneven lips or lips that have lost the shape as a result of cold sores or injury can use this procedure to give them a definite lip shape or simply to emphasise or enlarge the mouth.
Beauty Spots
Add a distinctive beauty spot in the place you always though one should be!
How is Cosmetic Tattooing Applied?
Gently applied, a needle is used to shallowly insert the non-toxic pigment under the skin. The pigments are non-reactive and specially manufactured to be used on human skin. They contain no iron and do not discolour the skin. We have a very large range of colour's to choose from. Many factors effect colour matching however the match is very close to the colour requested. Many factors can alter the end result of the colour depending on your skin pigment, acids, oils or neglect of home care instructions. All procedures are drawn on first with a pencil to our desired shape. Once the area to be tattooed is prepared it is cleaned with antiseptic, and a topical anaesthetic is applied to the skin. Needles are disposed of after each patient and all equipment is fully sterilised by a autoclave.
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What is Medical Tattooing?
This is cosmetic tattooing used to create:
- areoles (nipples) for mastectomy patients
- to camouflage scars, pigmentation areas or sunspots
- cover hair transplant scars
A NEW PROCEDURE is now being offered called MCA (Multitrepannic Collagen Activation). This procedure stimulates the skin to produce it's own melanin in areas where surface scar tissue is present.
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