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Warning about semi-permanent makeup, microblading, etc... (please read if you want to get it done)

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nomicroblading · 18/08/2023 13:56

I made the mistake of getting microblading done. It's too late for me and I'm in the middle of laser removal process, but if I can help a few people it will not all be for nothing.

Was told by numerous PMU artists that it is not a tattoo, that it uses pigments not inks, not implemented deep into the epidermis, that it would fade away to nothing etc... etc...

The truth is microblading, micro-shading, lip blushing and the like are NOT semi-permanent. They will ALWAYS be on your skin.
They will fade, but they will fade into a merged blurred solid block of ashy/pink tattoo. They will never fade into nothing. Unless your PMU artist made a mistake and didn't put it in enough, which you would know because they would disappear in the healing process within a month, so not the case for 99% of people.

It won't fade nicely because grey and pink residues are just the way our bodies work.
Micro-blading is a tattoo, it's a tattoo that needs maintenance, you need to get the strokes drawn back on every year or so. And after four or five times, your skin will reject it and will stop taking and you will have no choice but to go through laser removal.

Lasers are not advanced enough today to get rid of yellows. Brown contains yellow and once you decide to get them removed, chances are you'll end up with permanent yellow eyebrows.

Please don't listen to PMU artists who tell you that people who got permanent eyebrows just didn't go to the proper place, that their PMU artist went too deep, the quality of the ink wasn't good enough, that it needs to be vegan or whatever. None of this is true. It doesn't matter how good your PMU artist is, this is just how our bodies get rid of these inks.

Stick to henna, tint and lamination instead. Please.

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ScallyWaggyWoo · 18/08/2023 23:13

Yup. I have red marks in my skin after being told they would last 2 years. It’s been 7 now.

YukoandHiro · 18/08/2023 23:36

Honestly all interventions of any sort look pretty bad pretty quickly. The face ages around the changes and make them look ridiculous, then you have no option but to get stuck right into the race for youth.
I personally have noticed that the women, young and older, who I find most beautiful are the ones that have the confidence to just find joy in living in their bodies in the world

Didntmeanto6 · 19/08/2023 06:41

You can always, always tell even when it's "good", and being visible as a person who would spend that much on just eyebrows doesn't feel good to me

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WhatWhereWhenHowWhy · 19/08/2023 10:01

I've had them done. It's okay for me and I go 3-5 years between as the colour has remained. I get what you're saying about it blurring though that's my one regret as the shape will always be there. Luckily I didn't go extreme so it's fine for me as my brows are black naturally and can hide and it just gives me a nice tint to them. I can see how it may be an issue for others though

Floofydawg · 19/08/2023 10:17

Didntmeanto6 · 19/08/2023 06:41

You can always, always tell even when it's "good", and being visible as a person who would spend that much on just eyebrows doesn't feel good to me

Why, though? And why does it matter if you can tell? I don't give a shit if people know I spent £400 on getting my eyebrows done. Why should I?

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