What's the Permanent Makeup?
What's the Permanent Makeup?
Permanent makeup is a tattooing practice that can be done either manually or by mechanical means. It is mainly the face. It consists of inoculating specific, certified and sterile pigments on the superficial dermis layer. Different needles are used depending on the technique we want to apply and the result we want to obtain.
It's aimed at everyone, women as well as men. Sometimes we find men who need to treat the mucous membrane of the lips, rather than, for example, treating a scar on the eyebrows, sometimes caused by piercing, or to treat the scalp perhaps to obtain a shaved effect on individuals suffering from baldness. To all those who need to feel good about themselves, even simply to want to get up in the morning and want to devote less time to makeup. We know that drawing eyebrows well is very difficult for a person who is not in the industry. So it simplifies a daily situation. For those who do a lot of sport, those who do swimming, those who love to do a lot of wellness such as sauna and Turkish bath (the makeup there would melt). This gives the possibility to have a 'permanent' treatment for a period of time.
The duration is very subjective. Let's just say that's the question I'm often asked. Let's start by clarifying that permanent makeup or semi permanent makeup or PMU, are terms used mainly in research, but in fact we are talking about a treatment that has a permanence, so it must be performed perfectly, for a period of time, who more and who less. It is clear that on each subject has a different duration because the longevity of the treatment depends on the lifestyle of the individual, the quality of the skin that must be treated then in a certain way. So if it is a badly treated skin, the treatment will certainly evolve in a different way, because the skin thickens over time. So if we take care of the skin, we pay attention to take little sun (the latter affects a lot the duration). Clearly if we do a lot of sport, run, do sports that make you sweat a lot, the sweat contains salts and we technicians know that using potassium salts we go to lighten a treatment, so it will affect a lot on the duration. Let's say that 80% of people touch it up every 6/7 months while there is the other 20% who touch it up even after 10 months. It also affects the fact for those who take medicines, so the medicines also have their own value, so the longevity of the duration of the pigment depends very much on the lifestyle of the individual and clearly on the type of skin and if you take medication.
My advice - let's say I always prefer to see the client because I prefer to see the skin. So the moment I see the client I do a simulation on the client - THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DESIGN AND THE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE VOLUME, that's why consulting is important because first of all at that moment I establish the inclination of the lines, I establish the type of technique I am going to perform on that person. I also determine how many hairs that customer has, so understand that it is not only fashion, for example to enlarge the eyebrows, but what looks good on the face, see if the hair is thin or thick because this also affects the result. So it is important to make a consultation with the client to establish mainly the type of technique suitable for the skin and also for its personality, its characterization and so I often make a simulation of two effects, sometimes even just one, because if for example the skin is very oily, the hair effect does not make sense to simulate it, but only the simulation of the shadow, always respecting the aesthetic canons of the face. There is also to say one thing that if I can make only the shade prorpio for the type of very oily skin, I execute the shade not fixing myself on a fixed scheme of the technique, but varying creating for example a more transparent beginning, I must make a choice, to avoid to approach the eyes that perhaps in that individual are already close, or not to lengthen too much the nose; or I must pull more towards the outside, then I will decide to make a tail a little more intense, to throw the attention more on the outside. Clearly I must not contradict myself, I must be consistent with what I want to achieve.
Absolute Contraindications
Absolute Contraindications
We are often faced with people who are afraid because their perception of permanent makeup is based on experiences of poorly performed work on other people. But I always say that what stands out is because it is not natural and what you don't see is a beautiful work because it will never be noticed because it is very natural, which is not recommended for people with clinical conditions that fall within the absolute contraindications. For this reason, during the consultation phase, you sign the informed consent before making an appointment, except for the people mentioned above and therefore in the presence of problems related to physical or mental health, I do not recommend it to anyone because my treatments are extremely natural. In order to be natural, it is fundamental never to fall into the error of making one element prevail over the others in order to maintain a balance and morphological harmony of the face. It is clear that if I have to hide, or rather not highlight an element, I will certainly not treat it. For example, if you are faced with very large lips, treating them would be too much in evidence. I don't tend to do work that I think will compromise the internal balance of the elements of the face (eyebrows, eyes and lips) or that emulate the 'make up', such as very thick and defined eyeliner or shaded like the 'butterfly' technique, because I think that permanent makeup is beautiful with make-up removed. If the client insists, I suggest to keep on wearing makeup or I'll let him know that I'm not the right operator. Usually the customer chooses the operator based on the work that the operator advertises and therefore who chooses me is because he wants a natural job. Everyone chooses the operator according to their taste and style.
