PRE & POST CARE

Pre Procedure

Please stop the following:

• Retin A/retinols (2 weeks prior)

• Wax/tweeze (at least 2-3 days prior)

• Tint/dye (at least 2-3 days prior)

• Chemical/laser peel (Check with your provider for the appropriate time line)

• Botox or injections (2 weeks prior)

• Do not take aspirin, ibuprofen or drink caffeinated beverages or alcohol 24 hours prior to appointment. (Tylenol is OK)

• Do not work out 24 hours before your appointment.

• Please also read the FAQ section before booking

Post Procedure

Thoroughly wipe brows 30-45 minutes after procedure with provided wipe. Apply a small amount of after-care balm with a cotton swab as directed. Repeat 2-3 hours later. Apply aftercare balm as needed when feeling itchy, tight or dry. Remeber, less is more with aftercare balm. Avoid petroleum based products.

Microblading/Machine shading is a 2 step process, you should not expect to see full results after one treatment. Strokes will appear sharp and dark following the Initial appointment, the color will lighten 40-60% once healed. Follow up appointments should be scheduled 6 weeks later to achieve your desired brows.

• You may shower or bathe, but avoid getting your brows wet, or any harsh soaps, shampoos, or allow the shower to spray directly on your face for two weeks as this can disrupt the bonding process for the pigment to stabilize in the skin.

• DO NOT pick or scratch at the dry skin/flakiness; let the skin fall off naturally. Picking can cause scarring and premature loss of pigment. Once the flakes have fallen off, a shiny layer of healing skin will cover the hair strokes. Within 1-2 weeks, the hair strokes will slowly reappear at a lighter shade.

• DO NOT apply make-up to the tattooed area for the first 10 days.

• DO NOT use Vaseline, Neosporin or other petroleum based products while healing.

• DO NOT bleach, tint or dye the brow area for one month following the procedure.

• DO NOT apply any anti-acne products (e.g. Benzoyl Peroxide, Salicylic Acid, Proactiv, etc.) or lightening creams such as hydroquinone to the treated area while healing.

• DO NOT apply facial products containing Alpha Hydroxyls (AHAs), Retin-A, Lactic or Glycolic Acids

• DO NOT thread, wax, or use hair removal products on brows while healing.

• NO exercising and/or excessive sweating one day prior to microblading and for 10 days after.

Sweating will cause the hair strokes to blur and push the pigment out.

Pre Procedure

Please read the following:

• Come to your appointment with clean eyes

• Do not wear contact lenses

• Do not tint/dye or lift (at least 7 days prior)

• Do not take aspirin, ibuprofen or drink caffeinated beverages or alcohol 24 hours prior to appointment. (Tylenol is OK)

• Do not work out 24 hours before your appointment.

• Please also read the FAQ section before booking

Post Procedure

1 hour after the procedure cleans the treated area with warm water and a mild scent free soap. Repeat the cleanse before bed.

Until the area if fully healed (5-7 days on average)

• DO NOT get the treated area wet

• DO NOT touch your eyes or the treated area with your fingers

• DO NOT wear contact lenses

• DO Use a clean cotton swab to clean out corners of the eyes when needed

• DO NOT use makeup on or around treated area (including mascara)

• DO NOT pick, scratch or rub the area; let the skin fall off naturally. Picking can cause scarring and premature loss of pigment.

• NO exercising and/or excessive sweating one day prior to your appointment and for 5-7 days after.

• NO sun exposure, swimming pools, jacuzzis, saunas or other bodies of water for 5-7 days.

• DO NOT submerge eyes in water.

If at any time you have signs of infection, please contact medical professional ASAP and inform us.

Pre Procedure

Please read the following:

• Do not work out 24 hours before procedure.

• NO alcohol, caffeine or stimulants 24 hours before procedure (Yes, there is caffeine in decaf coffee).

• Avoid sun and tanning one week prior to procedure.

• Do not take Aspirin, Niacin, Vitamin E or Advil/Ibuprofen 24 hours before procedure.

• Avoid Fish Oil, Primrose Oil, Prenatal Vitamins for 48 hours

• Discontinue Retin-A, and Alpha Hydroxy Acid (AHA) at least 2 weeks prior

• Must wait 1 month after lip fillers and 4 weeks after touch-up.

• Wait six months after a lip implant

***** Lip Blush clients that have ever had a cold sore must contact a doctor for a prescription of an antiviral medication (Valtrex) to prevent an outbreak. Start taking medication 2 days prior and continue for 6 days post procedure.

• Please also read the FAQ page before booking

Post Procedure

Right after the procedure lips normally feel swollen, dry, chapped, tight and tender to the touch. Lips will feel better with each day.

Day of procedure, wipe lips before bed and apply after-care balm.

Apply after-care balm several times a day for 10 days.

After 7 days, when outdoors, apply a balm with SPF to help prevent lips from burning or fading.

Lip Blush is a 2-3 step process, you should not expect to see full results after one treatment.

Lip pigment will fade 50% after the first 5 days, and will remain in the ‘light phase’ for a month.

Lip Blush is not meant as a substitute for lipstick, but as a natural enhancement to lips.

For 1 week

• Drink all liquids through a straw

• Do not bite into foods (use fork/fingers)

• Do not PICK or rub

• No cleansers, soaps or chemicals on lips

• Do not SMOKE

• Do not get lips wet - limit showers to 5 min

• Do not sweat (saunas, hot tubs, hot yoga)

• No direct sun or tanning beds for 2 weeks

• Do not apply makeup or chapstick

• Avoid Retin-A and AHA’s near lips

If at any time you have signs of infection, please contact medical professional ASAP and inform us.

Pre Procedure

Please stop the following:

• Retin A/retinols (2 weeks prior)

• Chemical/laser peel (6 months prior)

• Do not take aspirin, ibuprofen or drink caffeinated beverages or alcohol 24 hours prior to appointment. (Tylenol is OK)

• Do not work out 24 hours before your appointment.

• Please also read the FAQ section before booking

Post Procedure

1 hour after the procedure cleans the treated area with warm water and a mild scent free soap. repeat the cleans before bed.

Until the area if fully healed (5-7 days on average)

• DO NOT get the treated area wet

• DO NOT touch the treated area with your fingers

• DO use a clean cotton swab to apply aftercare balm when feeling itchy, tight or dry

• DO NOT use makeup on or around treated area

• DO NOT pick, scratch or rub the area; let the skin fall off naturally. Picking will cause scarring and premature loss of pigment.

• NO exercising and/or excessive sweating one day prior to your appointment and for 5-7 days after.

• NO sun exposure, swimming pools, jacuzzis, saunas or other bodies of water for 5-7 days.

If at any time you have signs of infection, please contact medical professional ASAP and inform us.

Pre Procedure

Please read the following:

• Do not work out 24 hours before procedure.

• Do not take aspirin, ibuprofen or drink caffeinated beverages or alcohol 24 hours prior to appointment.

• Avoid sun and tanning one week prior to procedure.

• Discontinue Retin-A, and Alpha Hydroxy Acid (AHA) at least 2 weeks prior

• Wax/tweeze (at least 2-3 days prior)

• Tint/dye (at least 2-3 days prior)

• Chemical/laser peel (6 months prior)

• Please also read the FAQ page before booking

Post Procedure

1. KEEP AREA CLEAN and open to the air. Do not cover with a Band-Aid or anything else, leave open to air. Air/oxygen provides good and faster healing. You should not be touching the area at all but if you find yourself needing to please make sure your hands are exceptionally clean.

2. CLEAN BY BLOTTING AREA with saline 3 to 4 times a day using a paper towel or gauze until the scabs have all fallen of naturally. NO ICE.

3. DO NOT SOAK the treated area in water. You can shower as normal but keep the area out of the shower spray the best you can and do not let the area stay wet for more than a few minutes. It is best to keep it dry but if you do get it wet gently pat dry.

4. NO BATHING, SWIMMING, SAUNAS, HOT TOBS, TANNING, OR EXERCISE. NO EXCEPTIONS.

5. DO NOT disrupt the scabbing process (i.e. no picking, scratching, etc.) All scabbing needs to fall off naturally. If you force or pick a scab off you will disrupt the process and possibly cause scarring. It is critical to keep the scabs on as long as possible to achieve optimum results.

6. TREAT AREA WITH TLC. DO NOT DO ANYTHING AT ALL THAT COULD CAUSE ISSUES OR PROBLEMS TO THE TREATED AREA.

7. ONCE ALL SCABBING HAS NATURALLY FALLEN OFF, apply one drop Vitamin E Oil 3 to 4 times throughout the day for a minimum of 4 weeks, or until next lightening session. DO NOT start applying the Vitamin E oil UNTIL all scabbing has naturally and completely fallen off. It is our goal to keep the area as dry as possible until all scabs have naturally fallen off.

It is important to the process and integrity of the skin that 8 full weeks of healing take place before another lightening session can be done. No exceptions.

Lightening and/or removing unwanted pigment is a long process and patience is required. This is true whether you are choosing a lightening product service or laser. Please be patient and give the process a fair chance to work. How many sessions needed will depend on how saturated the pigment is, how deep it was implanted and how much needs to be removed for the desired result. In many cases only a percentage of the pigment needs to be lightened/removed and then we can continue the correction process by color correcting or color shifting. In those cases where we have pigment misplaced or in an unwanted area, color correcting will not be an option and removing as much of the pigment as possible will be our goal.

Results cannot be foreseen, predicted or guaranteed.

If at any time you have signs of infection, please contact medical professional ASAP and inform us.

Post Procedure

DO NOT PICK OR DISTURB THE CAMOUFLAGE / PIGMENTED AREA. It is important that IF there are any protective scabs that they stay on during the healing process.

Use a thin layer of provided or recommended ointment 2 - 3x per day for the first 5 days.

Always apply ointment before bathing or showering.

No soap, shampoo, cleansers, or cosmetics on the pigmentation site for the first 5 days.

No sauna’s, steam rooms and baths, hot yoga, or anything that causes excessive sweating for at least 5 days. No swimming in chlorinated pools for 2 weeks.

No direct sun or sun tanning beds for 6 weeks.

If you have a Tegaderm bandage on the area you can safely leave this bandage on for up to a week. No water activities while wearing Tegaderm bandages.

Once healed, use SPF products on the treated area(s), it will prevent color from fading.

Be careful when having peels, microdermabrasion, laser, or using anti aging creams on camouflage as these may contribute to fading.

Post Procedure

DO NOT PICK OR DISTURB THE TATTOOED AREA. It is important that IF there are any protective scabs that they stay on during the healing process.

If you have a Tegaderm bandage on the area you can safely leave this bandage on for up to a week. No water activities while wearing Tegaderm bandages.

Use a thin layer of provided or recommended ointment 2 - 3x per day once your bandage is removed.

Always apply ointment before bathing or showering.

No soap, shampoo, cleansers, or cosmetics on the tattooed site until all of the scabs & flakes have come off naturally.

No sauna’s, steam rooms and baths, hot yoga, or anything that causes excessive sweating for at least 5 days. No swimming in chlorinated pools for 2 weeks.

No direct sun or sun tanning beds for 6 weeks.