Lips

• Exfoliate lips for the week prior to the appointment at home using a drop of coconut oil and sugar to create your own sugar scrub. Make sure they are using a lip conditioner, mask or balm every day leading up to the appointment to get their lips in great shape.
• Avoid sun exposure, blood thinning medications for 48 hours – no alcohol or caffeine for 24 hours.

• If you are experiencing a large amount of swelling, you can ice the treatment area. Applying ice following your procedure also helps to prevent bruising.
• No exercise for 5-7 days post procedure
• During day 1 to day 7 (or until the scabs are gone)

• Water (on the pmu area) aside from cleaning them
• Makeup
• Excessive sweating
• Sauna
• Pools
• Sunbathing
• Spicy food
• Kissing
• Do not pick the dry lips.
• Do not apply anything besides aquaphor ointment (no vaseline, antibiotic creams, polysporin etc).
• Following the procedure, do not use creams that contain acids or ingredients that will lighten or exfoliate the skin.
• Touchups (if needed) can be done no sooner than 8 weeks after the original appointment.

• Days 1+2: lip color is very bold!
• Days 3 – 5: lip color will peel off
• Days 6 – 40: color will disappear & slowly come back
• Week 6: lips have fully healed, color should have come back (30-50% lighter than day 1)
• 6-12 week touch up: we will perfect the shape & color, healing process will repeat.

• Pregnant or nursing – cannot get procedure
• Undergoing chemotherapy (consult with you doctor)
• Viral infections (diseases)
• Epilepsy
• Sick with a cold or flu-like virus
• If you are a smoker (pigment may not retain properly, colors may distort)
• History of mrsa
• Auto-immune disease
• Thyroid/graves disease (medication may cause pigment to not retain properly)
• Anemia (pigment may not retain properly)
• History of keloid or hypertrophic scarring
• Are currently using accutane or have used it in the past year
• Currently on blood thinning medications or antibiotics

If you are under a doctor’s care and have questions at all about being able to have this procedure, it is your responsibility to meet with your doctor and get written approval

• No botox 3 weeks prior to appointment
• No chemical peels 6 weeks before or after
• No retinols/retin-a or other anti-aging/acne creams, or serums containing acids this will cause quicker fading. If they take vitamin a everyday then they have to be off of it for 6 weeks before they can get the procedure & stay off until 6 weeks after touch up. Accutane must be off 6 months-year
• Discontinue use of aha (chemical exfoliation) skin care products close to the area to be tattooed at least one week prior to your procedure
• No laser or electrolysis on or around the treatment area one week prior to procedure
• Do not have any chemical peels, dermabrasions, mesotherapy, or any other intense treatments which will cause faster skin cell rejuvenating and cause skin irritation 3-4 weeks before procedure
• Do not work out or sweat heavily the day of the procedure or 7-10 days after
• Do not tan or have sunburned face the day of
• Do not take any blood thinners 48 hours before
• No waxing or tinting 3 days before
• No alcohol or caffeinated drinks 24 hours before
• Smoking before procedure can cause excess bleeding, and may lead to slow healing of wounds

• Using a permanent make up machine rather than a manual tool, my clients are significantly more comfortable throughout the procedure, with my technique opposed to the manual technique.
• Numbing liquid is applied multiple times throughout the procedure. Each client is different when experiencing pain level associated with hair strokes or shading. Some clients don’t experience any discomfort at all, and some experience minor pain, and some more. Everyone is different so we won’t know your pain level until we begin. If the pain level is high, I apply the numbing cream multiple times throughout the procedure.

• All appointments begin with a full consultation to talk about which technique is best for you.
• If you’d like to message me any questions, please do!

• The work typically lasts up to 3 years with the 6-12 week touch up! When you come for color/shape refreshers when needed, the work will last longer.

• Medications: using retinol or anti-aging products cause the skin turnover rate to increase
• Not properly following post care instructions.

• Each client receives a custom color that I will choose at the time of the appointment. I factor in your skin tone & type, your desired outcome, & the technique we are doing.
• We will do a full consultation at the time of the appointment to choose the perfect color for you!