While eyeshadow and blush fade far too quickly, permanent make-up promises a fresh tone and a perfectly made-up face.
The permanent make-up business is booming, but anyone considering having the procedure done should inform themselves well in advance.
Permanent make-up can make thin eyebrows look thicker, cover up scars and add new contours to the outer edge of the lip, giving them more volume. The pigments used are tested in a laboratory before being applied to prevent an allergic reaction.
The procedure:
A local anaesthetic is used to numb the area being treated, but no needle is required to administer it, said Marcus Schneider of a cosmetic institute in Bad Arolsen, Germany.
The anaesthetic, in the form of a liquid or a cream, is applied to the area, numbing the top layer of skin.
Afterwards, the selected colour is applied with a fine brush.
"The customer can then make sure she definitely likes the colour of the permanent make-up," said Schneider.
Only then is it sprayed under the skin, making it permanent.
"Although a blocking system ensures that the needle transfers the colour pigment only a few tenths of a millimetre into the skin, the cosmetician should have plenty of experience and be sensitive.
"Customers who take blood-thinning medications must be especially careful," warned dermatology professor Michael Landthaler of the university clinic in Regensburg.
"If, for example, aspirin is taken ahead of the procedure, it can result in heavy bleeding because the medicine thins the blood."
by Manja Gress
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