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Everything You Should Know About The Permanent Makeup

Nowadays permanent makeup is very popular among the active women who have little time for applying makeup in the morning. The permanent makeup is ideal solution for women who doesn't like sitting in front of the mirror, spending 30 minutes every day. Permanent makeup is also known as micropigmentation, dermapigmentation, micropigment implantation, dermagraphics, cosmetic tattooing, and permanent cosmetics.

Permanent makeup can be used on the eyebrows, eyelids, lips, eyelashes and even on the nipples. It will help you a lot if you have thin lips � permanent makeup on the lips can make your lips appear fuller and if the color has faded through the years it will make them natural colored.

Tattooing the eyelashes will emphasize your eyes, giving them permanent eye liner. With permanent makeup you can camouflage any scars, brown spots, beauty marks.

Permanent makeup is not as easy as most of us think. The
treatment differs from the traditional tattooing for more
permanence. With the permanent makeup only the upper layers of the skin are colored. The color is implanted into the dermal layer of the skin and cannot be washed off. Depending on the individual care of cosmetic tattoo, fading may occur under the effects of sunlight. Usually the permanent makeup lasts from three to nine years.

Permanent makeup is appropriate for active women who have little time for applying makeup, for those women who are allergic to cosmetic products, it's appropriate for chemotherapy recipients, for those suffering from alopecia
areata (excessive hair loss), for those who have vision
deficits, arthritis, Parkinson's disease.

Unfortunately the permanent makeup treatment may be painful, but it is possible to have the treatment under a local anesthetic. Discomfort will mainly depend on individual's pain threshold and the skill of the technician. As with any other procedure permanent makeup has its own side effects and risks. The treated areas can be red and swollen for a couple of days after the procedure. The complications include � infections, allergic reactions, granulamas, burning, swelling, formation of scars, blistering.

After the procedure one must retain from swimming, solarium, sauna, sun bathing and some makeup products � lipstick, eye liner, eye shadows, lip liner.

The biggest disadvantage (for some of us advantage) of the
permanent makeup is that it is permanent, especially for
those who don't like the like the result. The prices of the permanent makeup procedures vary depending on the beauty parlors. Make a careful study of all the parlors before
making a decision.

- The procedure usually takes around 1 to 3 hours

- A doctor should supervise the permanent makeup treatment

- Before you undergo the procedure you should consult a

dermatologist and make a special skin test

- Consider all aspects of the procedure

- Select the potential permanent cosmetic makeup technical
very carefully

- Make sure the needles are new and sterile

- Keep in mind that that an allergic reactions may occur at
any point in time

- In some cases allergic reactions to permanent pigments can result in itching, swelling, inflammation, cracking, scarring.

- The healing time is different for each individual

- Keep in mind that color on the skin may change somewhat
during the healing process

- The pigmentation of permanent makeup may fade over time

- The inks used for the permanent makeup, as well as the
pigments, are subject to FDA regulation

- Permanent makeup may be removed with laser resurfacing,
chemical peel, dermabrasion, surgical removal, camouflaging

- Usually the color will appear darker for the first days but the color will become softer as the area heals