Permanent Makeup Healing and What to Expect

Initially, your tattoo will appear more bold than usual. This is because we have deposited pigment in the skin and often times, made them appear fuller. Over the next few days after the procedure, your tattoo may darken during the healing process. This is normal and this is not the way it will remain. Around 7-14 days, you may notice some flaking/shedding of the skin in the tattoo area. Think of this is very small “scabs” falling off the skin now that the skin underneath has healed. When the skin flakes off, many times the tattoo will appear very light or sometimes it seems that they have disappeared. THIS IS NORMAL! This is because there is still a thick layer of protective skin creating a veil over the pigment. Once you go through a skin cycle (4-6 weeks) the pigment will typically reappear but will be about 30-50% lighter than it was immediately after the procedure. A secondary touchup session or “perfecting session” is highly recommended to darken and perfect areas that may have lightened. Everyone heals differently so the idea is to be safe not sorry in our initial session. We can always go darker at the 2nd session, we cannot take away as easily.