LIP TATTOO HEALING PROCESS
Day of service: It’s normal for your lips to feel puffy, tight, tender or similar to sunburn. Your lips will most likely be swollen & possibly lightly bruised as lips are a very vascular area. Swelling goes down within hours, and bruising will fade over a few days. The overall look will feel more 'lipstick-y' than the healed result, as we are seeing a fresh tattoo not yet healed.
Day 2: The swelling should have gone by now, and the colour will look darker / more intense because of this - they will not heal this colour. Your lips will feel tighter, drier and possibly chapped, but this is just the film protecting your healing lip skin. Leave the film alone – picking or biting it will cause irritation, can cause scarring and will lift colour from the skin resulting in unevenness and blank spots. Over the course of the day, you may start to feel small bits of film getting ready to peel away.
Days 3 - 5: The film will start flaking off, and may not exfoliate evenly. Try not to scratch, pull or bite the film off prematurely.
Days 6 - 10: Once the film has fully lifted the ink implanted can look around 50% lighter, and may have also shrank in size slightly (around the edges). Your lips will probably still feel dry at this stage so it's important to keep moisturising them.
Although you will feel as though your lips are healed at this point, they’re not quite there yet. Please treat the area with care for the next 4-6 weeks as your skin is still regenerating and needs time to settle down.
Weeks 6-8: As your healing skin settles down you should notice the colour blooming and some definition around the edges returning. The colour will probably still feel a little light as you were used to having such dark lips for the first few days, but this is what the top up is for. If you liked your lips when you left the first appointment (shape, colour, style etc.), we will do the exact same thing again at your touch up. It’s always easier to add more ink and go darker at the top up, than it is to reverse going too dark at your first session.
After your touch up: The ink usually holds better as we are building on top of that first layer. Your lips won’t fade as much and will feel and look healed quicker than the first time.
Day 2: The swelling should have gone by now, and the colour will look darker / more intense because of this - they will not heal this colour. Your lips will feel tighter, drier and possibly chapped, but this is just the film protecting your healing lip skin. Leave the film alone – picking or biting it will cause irritation, can cause scarring and will lift colour from the skin resulting in unevenness and blank spots. Over the course of the day, you may start to feel small bits of film getting ready to peel away.
Days 3 - 5: The film will start flaking off, and may not exfoliate evenly. Try not to scratch, pull or bite the film off prematurely.
Days 6 - 10: Once the film has fully lifted the ink implanted can look around 50% lighter, and may have also shrank in size slightly (around the edges). Your lips will probably still feel dry at this stage so it's important to keep moisturising them.
Although you will feel as though your lips are healed at this point, they’re not quite there yet. Please treat the area with care for the next 4-6 weeks as your skin is still regenerating and needs time to settle down.
Weeks 6-8: As your healing skin settles down you should notice the colour blooming and some definition around the edges returning. The colour will probably still feel a little light as you were used to having such dark lips for the first few days, but this is what the top up is for. If you liked your lips when you left the first appointment (shape, colour, style etc.), we will do the exact same thing again at your touch up. It’s always easier to add more ink and go darker at the top up, than it is to reverse going too dark at your first session.
After your touch up: The ink usually holds better as we are building on top of that first layer. Your lips won’t fade as much and will feel and look healed quicker than the first time.
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It’s important to wait until your lips are properly healed before making a final judgement about them. This treatment is a two-step process requiring patience (with some clients needing further touch ups) to get the full desired look.
Healing is specific to each client and it’s important to realise that you’ll need a colour boost every 12 / 24 / 36 months to maintain the vibrancy of your lips. Permanent makeup is an art, not a science, and is an enhancement to your natural lips. Your results will vary and lip products may still be needed, especially when wearing heavier make up. This is not necessarily a no maintenance treatment, but a low maintenance treatment. No two sides of the face are the same or perfectly symmetrical and whilst trying to obtain perfect symmetry is my goal, nothing is guaranteed or 100% perfect. Cosmetic tattooing is generally softer and less solid than a body tattoo as we are trying to keep it lighter and more natural. Specially formulated cosmetic inks that can break down over time are used, as over the years this ages better and allows for changes. This, combined with the fact that faces are generally oilier than other parts of the body, and that faces are usually more exposed to UV rays, environmental pollutants, products such as make up, cleansers & exfoliants, is why top ups are required over the years. |
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