Permanent Makeup After Care
Permanent Brows
- The first 10 days are the most crucial to your healing. This is the time the pigment is bonding to the dermis, solidifying your long-term results.
- Immediately following your appointment, your brows will appear crisp and bold, and will heal 30-50% softer in appearance, while staying true to color.
- Your brows will darken by 1-2 shades for the first 4-5 days before sloughing off. You should never feel like you can't leave the house for work or socialization.
- While rare, you may experience slight swelling or redness post-appointment, but this usually subsides in 24-48 hours.
- For the first 7 days it is recommended to rinse your brows with lukewarm water once in the morning and once at night, applying the provided aftercare 3-4 times a day. This keeps your brows flaking softly as a natural part of the healing process and prevents your brows from forming scabs.
- Let the flakes gently slough off on their own. These flakes could be attached to pigment, and pulling them off could result in loss of pigment or scarring.
- Once your brows have finished flaking, a light layer of skin will create a mask over your brows appearing much lighter as if they have healed out much of the pigment. Around week 3, your brows will bloom back out as your skin regenerates.
- You may shower or bathe normally, however do not submerge in, or splash your brows with, water. When showering, apply a thin layer of aftercare as a barrier.
- Keep all cleansers, moisturizers and makeup away from your brow area for the first 10 days. Chemicals of any kind can cause premature fading and possible pigment discoloration.
- Avoid all sun exposure. This will drastically fade your brows, could cause adverse reactions, and in many cases results in pigment discoloration.Protect your brows fully with a hat. You may use sunscreen as well after 10 days, however sunscreen alone is not enough to fully protect them from the sun.
- Please do not work out during the first 10 days of your healing. Sweating is highly discouraged. Sodium, a natural occurrence in perspiration, breaks down the compounds of the pigment causing premature fading and can highly affect your healing process.
- Avoid Botox, facials, peels, and chemical exfoliants in your brow area for four weeks post-appointment.
- At 6 weeks your brows are fully healed, your pigment has softened by about 30% from your immediate post-appointment results, and you're ready for your perfecting touch-up.