Messed up permanent make up
A couple of weeks ago I decided to get permanent makeup. It was for my eyebrows, lips and eyes. The eyeliner was done really really badly. It gives my left eye a strange lopsided look because the tattoo is not done right. I could kick myself for doing this on a whim. I just opened the yellowpages and picked someone. Now I'm embarassed to be seen and I lose sleep thinking about how bad it looks. Do you know who I should go to for removing the messed up eyeliner tattoo?
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unregistered guest
1 Aug 2007
I used to feel like that - "what was I thinking??" and then I realised, hang on a minute, this wasn't my doing, it was someone else's mistake so why should I blame myself for it! I am totally against having a tattoo now as well, they disgust me! The laser surgeon knew the colours were red and blue because it was between that and green & orange (both make up brown, the second being notoriously difficult to remove), so he did a patch test and straight away the blue pigment "exploded" and came to the surface of my skin, so he knew the other colour (which was apparantly beneath the blue) had to be red. Over the next few weeks the colour disappeared and that bit of the tattoo was gone! Will keep you updated on the success of the treatment, might be a few weeks til I have it done yet though. Good luck with your treatment too. One day we will be free of these tattoos!! xx
unregistered guest
10 Aug 2007
Yes! I'm completely against eyebrow tattooing as well!! I just have mine done and they look simply terrible! I am really upset and regret that I've made this stupid decision. Does anyone know of clinics who do laser treatments for tattoo removal? Thanks heaps.
unregistered guest
10 Aug 2007
Yes! I'm completely against eyebrow tattooing as well!! I just have mine done and they look simply terrible! I am really upset and regret that I've made this stupid decision. Does anyone know of clinics who do laser treatments for tattoo removal in London? Thanks heaps.
unregistered guest
10 Aug 2007
Really sorry to hear you've joined the club jen :( it shouldn't be allowed, you think it is going to change your life and it does completely - but not in the way you were hoping for! I am really sad today coz I got a call from the place I went for a consultation at and the doctor will not let it go ahead because of possible hair loss - i did make it quite clear that i didn't care so long as i get these horrible marks off my face so i don't know what his problem is. people are so unsympathetic! so now i have to go looking for somewhere else to remove it arrrgh. drives you mad. why do you hate your eyebrows so much Jen, what went wrong with them? You won't be able to have them removed straight away because the skin has to heal and this can take a month or so unfortunately.
unregistered guest
11 Aug 2007
Oh no.... Kathryn, the treatments may cause possible hairloss?!!? From my understanding, it shouldn't with this particular laser... Yeah some ppl can be unsympathetic, they don't care b/c it's not their problems. Though I've met some ppl who understand why I'm feeling so upset, as my eyebrows are now in really dark colour, one slightly higher than the other and they're placed a bit too high. :( Goodluck Kathryn, we all need a bit of that after what we've gone through. So yeah, it would be great if someone can suggest websites for clinics around london who do laser treatments.
unregistered guest
12 Aug 2007
There is a risk of hairloss because the Q-switched lasers that are used for tattoo removal target dark pigment, and unfortunately because of this they can mistake the brown melanin in hair follicles for tattoo pigment. I have found a really nice private clinic in Goring on the outskirts of oxfordshire that I am going to try when I go back to uni down there next month - that isn't too far from London so you could try them - www.chilternmedical.co.uk. I'm going to give them a ring next week to see if they have any experience removing permanent cosmetics. If that's too far to travel there are loads in London you could go try, just have a look on Google. Good luck to you too, I know how hard this is believe me. By the way, if you have only just had them done they will lighten by about 50% by the time they are healed. I know this won't improve the lopsided look but it might make them easier to cover up until you can get them removed. Kathryn x
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14 Aug 2007
I've done serious extensive research. I phoned an honest lazer clinic ready to go in to have my PURPLE (supposed to be brown) eyebrow tattoo's I had done 6 years ago REMOVED permanently. I have to color-in between the line (above my natural eyebrow hair line) & can't go swimming with TWO eyebrows per eyebrow if that makes sense gez it's horrible. I was told by this honest man, there is a technique they found to work, they had hundreds walk in expecting to have the eyebrow tattoo's gone & he said 99% of them didn't work. A lot of angry people ....... he said there is a technique called "dry tattoo" they go over the area with the tattoo gun without ink in it, that breaks up the ink & makes it go away......... I'm going to give it a try. At least someone from the clinic was honest. He said there's a woman in San Diego who specializes in doing such work (maybe she knows others in other area's?) her name is Cathy Monte, number is 858-715-8288 she is located in Clairmont Mesa (San Diego County) I don't live in S.D., but will go to her if she has had that great of success. I hope this helps!! anonymous in OC
unregistered guest
15 Aug 2007
Hi "anonymous", sorry to hear of your struggle with your eyebrows, I can definitely sympathise about the swimming thing (and for that matter any activity involving not being able to hide behind makeup) - totally impossible! You look at other people going about their everyday lives and they have no idea how lucky they are just to have normal eyebrows!! anyway, about the e-raze thing, i had that done - read my july 25th post - i definitely do NOT recommend. But it is up to you. from my experience laser is definitely the way to go - seems scary, but it works. good luck getting yours removed x
unregistered guest
2 Sep 2007
Hello. I just had permanent eyeliner applied 2 days ago and I've been having a panic attack ever since. I am afraid I didn't get sound advice from the technician and it does not look the way I apply my eyeliner. I realize it is supposed to fade significantly, but I am afraid I will not be happy with the end result. Can anyone give me the name of someone who has successfully removed eyeliner in the US? I live in the DFW, TX area. I'd also like to hear any success stories that would make me feel better about this. I haven't ever felt such a sense of panic. I feel incredibly stupid. Something like this is really out of character for me.
unregistered guest
3 Sep 2007
I know exactly what you mean by panic attack. It takes 6 weeks for the end result to show. If you are completely unhappy with it right now, I've heard that you can scrub it off and you might have a possibility for the ink not to stay. My experience is in unhappy eyebrow tattoo but one time I spoke to a technician and she told me to scrub it off. I did and the ink wasn't as dark as it could've been. I had also waited a week. You've only had it for a few days. You have two options: scrub it off and hope it won't show or wait the 6 weeks and hope that it's the way you want it to be. Whatever you choose... I wish you luck!