“I hate my eyebrow tattoo, they look awful!”
Permanent makeup: NOT worth it
Pain: Mild
My eyebrows were very light and not much hair at the end of the brows, but they are in nice shape. I decided to get eyebrow tattoo.
I had my first eyebrow tattoo done at the end of 2005. They were perfect and look so natural, they just look a little darker than my natural brows by 10., I was so impressed.
My eyebrows tattoo faded very quickly as it was light, therefore I booked in to have my eyebrow touch up about 8 days ago, it was horrible. I hate them so much--too dark and thick. I look like I put two big hooks on my eyebrows and I am angry all the time.
I am using facial scrub to rub my eyebrows everyday, and I just started to use acid peel, hoping that they will fade quicker. Does anyone know how to fade the eyebrow tattoo quicker. Any other options apart from laser treatment? I am so desperate, please help.
Oct 13, 2007Comments and replies (186)
20 posts
18 Nov 2007
The person who did my eyebrows yesterday told me they would be too dark at first. They will fade in a week or two. She also told me sun fades them, as does Retin-A or glycolic acid treatment, or chlorine from pools. So I would chill out for a while...
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11 Dec 2007
I am in the same boat! Just got my lips and eyes done today and they are tooooo dark! I asked for very natural and ended up looking like a hooker on 5th street. She is telling me that they will lighted some but honestly the color is so dark that it would have to lighten 80% to look natural. I am tempted to put some of my retin-A on them after they heal up a little. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.
unregistered guest
23 Jan 2008
I had my eyebrows done 6 months ago... I am blond and light featured, and they look sooooo dark.... I was so angry and to make matters worst, I thought that the tattoo was only supposed to last one year, at most.. now I find out that it is permanent. My fault for not looking into it better before having it done. Anyway, the last couple of weeks Ive been trying to find a way of making them fade,etc. and it has been suggested to me, by a person who works in a tattoo removal place, to put "retinol" on them every night. However, today something wonderful happened... I had my hair highlighted and the lady there suggested I have my eyebrows made lighter, because, she says, the problem is not that the tattoo is too dark, it is that the tattoo AND your eyebrows, together, make it look too dark. So she coloured my eyebrows and wow!! Like magic, I went back to looking like myself. Couldn[t wait to share this... hope it helps someone else. Good luck
unregistered guest
8 Feb 2008
wow I had no idea what a huge problem this is for everyone....wish we could see before and after pics of brows so we could see what everyone is talking about. Eye brows do look darker initially after tattoo for 30days and then color shows itself at the end of 30 days.....however they fade and the lighter they r te faster they fade.....darker brown brows may fade into grayish color and lighter to med brown may fade to orange or pink but touch up should take care of it. Now The only thing that s out of your control s brow shape. Couple of hints before getting them done is: 1. communicate w artist..take pics or even makeup in and tell her how thick or thin u want them to be. 2. have a mirror in hand, as she is gong along ask the artist to see the brow..... 3. make sure she stencils or draws n the second brow and you approve the new brow...then do the same, constantly ask to see the brow as you go along. If brows come out the way you don't want them to be, uneven ...dark: 1.Take off scab right away and peel off dry skin 2.Apply glycolic acid and keep scrubbing off scabs 3.Artist is able to lighten them and they use a technique called "fade" t remove minor pigment and even out brows and arches. Make sure you communicate with the artist what your concerns are. Sorry to hear the negative results or PMU. Hope the hints helped. t helps me and my clients.
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8 Feb 2008
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13 Mar 2008
ok how about this. i got my eyebrows done in 1995. that was 13 years ago. they are still here. i was told they would fade in about 5-7 years. Not true. I got them done while the faze of long eyebrows were in style. Now i want them shorter and can not find someone to remove them or a prodeuct used to fade them. i thought after all of this time they would go away. I still use pencil to fill them in darker. i just want them shorten. can anyone suggest a repreble company in the NJ or NY area that does permanent make up removal that is not expensive. I do not mind the cost, but do not want to be ripped. I wish I would have done better research on this matter. My eyebrows are uneven one is thinner then the other. I was not happen, but managed to cover it with eye pencil. Please any information you can give will be helpful
unregistered guest
7 Apr 2008
I ALSO HAVE COSMETIC MAKEUP ON MY EYEBROWS AND HATE THEM!! I GOT THEM DONE ABOUT 3 1/2 - 4YRS AGO AND THEY ARE EXTREMELY UNEVEN, THEY ARE FADING BUT NOT FAST ENOUGH! I HAVE LOW SELF-ESTEEM, HATE TAKING PICTURES AND I'VE BOUGHT BLEACH CREAMS, RETINOL A, MICRO-DERMABRASION, AN RECENTLY A LASER TREATMENT THAT DIDN'T DO MUCH! ALSO COME TO FIND OUT THE LADY THAT DID THEM HAS HAD ALOT OF CLIENTS THAT ARE NOW IN MY POSITION IF THERE IS ANYONE OUT THERE THAT CAN HELP ME PLEASE E-MAIL ME I FEEL THAT I WILL NEVER HAVE MY CONFIDENCE BACK!
unregistered guest
19 Apr 2008
I had my eyebrows done 6 yrs ago when I was 19 and the technician who did them made them way too dark and too thick. I just had my second laser procedure a week ago to remove them and so far so good. The color has faded significantly where I could now see my natural brow hairs, which looks A LOT better than the hideous tattoos. My cosmetic surgeon said that in order to remove most of the colors, it has to be exfoliated within 11-14 days from the time you got them, otherwise your skin will permanently seal them in and no matter what you do after that time frame, it won't have much (if any) effect on them.
unregistered guest
19 Apr 2008
I had eyebrows tattooed in yrs ago and have just had laser to remove them. Before considering laser, I've tried all methods to remove them but none of them worked out. After 2 treatments with the laser, they are mostly gone now.
25 posts
19 Apr 2008
I "had" tattoed eyebrows for 10 yrs and no matter what I did to them (scrubbing with salt, retin-a, retinol, acid peels, going out in the sun), none of them helped at all. The ONLY thing that helped so far is laser removal. I know you said you don't want to go through laser removal but if nothing else works, this may have to be your last resort if you want them removed. I'm on my 3rd laser removal treatment which is spaced one month apart to allow healing and right now, I can finally see my natural eyebrow hairs which looks so much better than the thick, dark ugly tattoos I had.