What is Microblading?
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Microblading is ideal for anyone wanting to enhance their eyebrows and prefer more natural looking, hair-like strokes, regardless of amount of brow hair they have. The pigment color are chosen to match with the color of your original hair, and blend them perfectly together. The results are natural, flawless fuller looking brow.
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Microblading Vancouver is manual methods of drawing eyebrows to mimic your natural hair strokes. It's semi-permanent, as compared to the traditional eyebrow tattoo. We're using a very fine blade to deposit pigments into the epidermis layer of the skin. Because the color is closer to the surface, the strokes appear crisp and very fine.
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Initially, they appear darker but fade significantly over a two week period. It is absolutely crucial to have a touch up done, as it's very difficult to predict how well the skin the pigment depending on your aftercare, health condition, DNA and lifestyle.
HOW LONG DOES MICROBLADING LAST?
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The result can last anywhere from 6 months to 3 years. How successful microblading depends on your skin quality, proper care of the procedure after the treatment. Post treatment care makes 50% success of total procedure. Also, your health condition affect the heal result. For example, women who has an iron deficiency or nutritional imbalance cause the color to fade much faster because their body use iron oxide pigment as a supplement. Women who has dry skin, microblading lasts longer than someone with oily skin.
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Another factor that affect the result are sun exposure, laser chemical peels, medication you're taking, smoking, drinking, and taking drugs.
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None of these factors are under the Artist’s control, thus providing any guarantee for the treatment is not possible.
DO I NEED A TOUCH UP?
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Yes, it is extremely likely. Within the first 2 weeks of the initial appointment the color fades as much as 30-40% and the eyebrows might look patchy, and uneven. Your body heals and creates a new skin that absorb the pigment deposited differently on each area. Some area, your body retain more pigment than others.
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As a result, 90% of people they don't heal perfectly, that's why it's important to come for touch up to perfect the brows and build density. Microblading is a 2 step process and some clients may need multiple sessions to achieve their desired result.
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Please keep in mind, it is your responsibility to book your touch appointments on time for best result.
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Be patient during your 4 weeks healing process your brows will change and appear different from day to day. This is NORMAL
DOES MICROBLADING HURT?
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Everyone has a different pain tolerance. Discomfort level is low to medium. Usually scared clients will feel more pain than a relaxed clients. Please avoid drinking caffeine within 24 hours before your appointment to avoid excessive pain. You're sensitive to pain, you take extra strength Tylenol 10 minutes before your appointment to get feel more relaxed.
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Some clients may have more sensitive on side of the brows than the other. Music is usually played during the procedure or you can bring your own ear phones and music to listen to.
HOW LONG DOES MICROBLADING TAKE?
The procedure takes approximately 2 hours but it could be shorter or longer. Please allow yourself 3 hours window for your appointment. It will likely not requires much that time. However, it is not something that can be rushed.
DO I NEED TO TAKE A DAY OFF WORK?
No, you don't. You can go back to work and resume your normal activity right after the procedure. Redness will alleviate in one to two days. Eyebrows will appear slightly thicker and darker initially, but not so dark that you will be prevented from normal activities. However, DO NOT exercise and sweat for 10 days. Sweat contains salt and infect and prematurely fade your brow tattoo. Salt in the sweat may also alter the color of your tattoo.