Instructions and Care for your Permanent Makeup

Permanent Makeup: What to Expect

Permanent makeup is a form of cosmetic tattooing that places pigment into the skin to enhance features such as eyebrows or lips. The goal is to complement your natural features with a shape and color selected for you. Pigment fades over time, but some color may remain indefinitely; removal can be difficult.

Before Your Appointment

Share your medical history, allergies, medications, skin conditions, and any previous permanent makeup with Olga. Let her know about recent cosmetic treatments and any irritation, rash, or broken skin near the treatment area.

Follow the preparation instructions provided for your particular service. Do not stop prescription medications without speaking with the clinician who prescribed them. Allow time for visible healing when scheduling around vacations, photographs, and special events.

What Happens on Treatment Day?

Consultation and Design

Your appointment begins with a discussion of your preferences, daily makeup routine, and desired result. Bring reference photographs if helpful.

The proposed shape and placement are mapped out so you can review the design before treatment. Color selection takes your skin tone, existing hair or lip color, and preferred appearance into account. This is the time to ask questions and discuss adjustments.

Skin Preparation and Comfort

The treatment area is cleaned, and a topical numbing product may be used when appropriate. Numbing helps with comfort, although you may still feel scratching, vibration, pressure, or sensitivity. Tell Olga if you need a pause.

Pigment Application

Pigment is carefully placed using the technique selected for your service. Several passes may be needed to build the design gradually.

Appointment length varies with the treatment, design, and individual skin response. Allow time for consultation, mapping, preparation, treatment, and an aftercare discussion.

Before You Leave

You will receive instructions explaining how to clean the area, which aftercare products to use, what to avoid, and when to arrange follow-up. Ask questions before leaving so you feel comfortable caring for the area at home.

What Will It Look Like Immediately Afterward?

Fresh permanent makeup often looks darker, brighter, or more defined than the healed result. Mild redness, tenderness, swelling, and some crusting can occur. Many clients return to routine activities promptly, although the treated area may remain visibly noticeable during healing.

The appearance immediately after treatment is not the final result.

Understanding the Healing Process

The first few days: The area may feel tender or tight, and the pigment may appear particularly strong. Follow the cleaning and aftercare routine you were given.

During the next one to two weeks: Light flaking or crusting may develop as the surface heals. Allow it to shed naturally. Picking or peeling can disturb healing and remove pigment.

Over the following weeks: Color softens and settles. Healing varies by treatment area and skin type, and the final color may take approximately four to six weeks to become apparent. Avoid judging the result while the skin is still healing.

Caring for Your Permanent Makeup

Follow Olga’s written instructions for your specific treatment, including:

• Wash your hands before touching the area.

• Clean gently as directed and pat dry without rubbing.

• Use only the recommended aftercare product and amount.

• Leave flakes and crusts alone.

• Keep makeup and irritating skincare products off the healing area.

• Avoid swimming, hot tubs, saunas, soaking, and heavy sweating during the instructed healing period.

• Protect healing skin from direct sun. Once healed, use appropriate sun protection to help limit fading.

Do not substitute someone else’s aftercare routine; instructions can differ by technique and treatment location.

Follow-Up and Touch-Ups

A follow-up appointment allows Olga to assess healed color, pigment retention, and areas that may need refinement. Some clients need more than one session.

Additional pigment should be applied only after the area has fully healed. Your follow-up schedule and any associated cost will be discussed with you. Long-term maintenance varies because skin characteristics, sun exposure, and other factors affect fading.

When to Seek Help

Contact Olga and seek medical advice if redness, warmth, swelling, or pain increases rather than improves, or if you develop drainage, fever, a rash, or delayed healing. Permanent makeup carries risks including infection, allergic reactions, and scarring.

Ready to discuss your options? Book a consultation with Olga to explore your preferred shape, color, and treatment.