How It Is Done
Prior to getting your permanent makeup tattoo, the technician
slips on latex, vinyl or nutrile gloves and examines your
skin to make sure there are no scrapes, cuts, or broken skin.
The area is either swabbed with alcohol or sprayed with an
antiseptic solution to prep the area for your permanent makeup
procedure. Intradermal pigmentation is micro-insertion of
natural, iron oxide pigments into the dermal layer of the
skin.
Sometimes for eyebrows the technician transfers a stencil
of the tattoo (your desired design) onto your skin. Some technicians
may draw it on with a non-toxic marker pen. You are then asked
to verify the placement, position of the design, which is
about to be implanted into your skin. If everything is to
the client and technician's satisfaction, then a thin layer
of topical anesthetic is spread over the area to numb the
skin.
Any type of tattoo is applied using either a small electric
device (a traditional tattoo coil or rotary pen) or a hand
tool such as the SofTap™ hand tool. The needle assembly
holds multiple needles to implant colored pigments. The FDA
regulates tattoo needles and this technique is medically proven
to be completely safe.
The tattooing device basically works like a small sewing
machine: the needle assembly rapidly moves up and down, pushing
the needles into the middle layer (dermis) of the skin, implanting
the chosen pigment. The technician holds the machine with
a steady hand while guiding it along the skin. The speed and
power is controlled by a foot switch or pedal, much like a
sewing machine.
The needles penetrate the skin only a couple of millimeters
as the tubes or needle caps limit the needles from penetrating
any deeper. A double needle is used to make a very fine, delicate
line. Multiple needles grouped together are used for shading
and more solid "fill ins". The technician wipes
the area to view her work, and then continues.
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