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Permanent Makeup - Gone Wrong - Norway, NO

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Hi! I'm a 17 year old girl from Norway who decided...

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AnneLK
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Hi! I'm a 17 year old girl from Norway who decided to get my eyebrows done by a professional Permanent Makeup artist. I've never had very much hair there, so I had to draw them everyday, and I found it difficult to get my eyebrows even. I spent an hour or two every morning to get my eyebrows even, and that is pretty sick. I was always late for school, so my grades were getting worse and worse. I booked an appointment to a (believe it or not) professional artist, and she had many satisfied customers and pictures of her work, so I decided to give it a try. I was tired of drawing them every morning, and to always be late for everything. At first, she drawed eyebrows on my face so that I could see what they looked like, and they were perfect, even and not too dark. She said to me that she used the same color to draw before she started tattooing, so I trusted her, why shouldn't I?
When she was finished and gave me the mirror... I've never cried so much, and so LOUD in my entire life. My eyebrows were the exact opposite of what she was drawing in my face at first, and they were uneven, too thick, and black. I have blonde hair, more like white hair, so that didn't really look good on me. They were so different from what they used to look like, and I didn't know what to do. I couldn't even go to the store without people staring or laughing at me, and I lost all my self confidence.
After a couple of days, i realized that I couldn't live with it, and that it ruined my life. I couldn't go out and be social, I even couldn't show it to my close friends because it looked so bad. I called the lady who did my eyebrows, and I didn't get my money back, that really bodered me, cause it was so expensice, more than i could afford really, but I thought it was worth it before I looked in the mirror afterwards.

I did some research, and I found a bunch of laser clinics I could call. So I gave it a try, and at first, no one answered. I was so scared and upset. After a couple of hours, one of the clinics called me back and I told them that I couldn't live with this on my face, and that it ruined my life. They booked an appointmelt for me to come over like two days after or something, and I felt SO relieved. But the question was: Does it leave scars?
I went to the clinic, and they took a close look, and said themselves that it looked terrible, so I got the treatment a little cheaper than usual. Cosmetic tattoos often need 3-4 treatments to remove all of the color, but I used olive oil at home, and i scrubbed my eyebrow area alot before I went to this treatment, so my eyebrows had already faded a little. I only needed one treatment, and it didn't leave any scars at all. It healed in about three to four days, and I couldn't be happier!
I really recommend laser treatment for those of you who don't know what to do. I know how you feel.

I'm sorry if my English is bad by the way. I tried my best!
I hope this works out for everybody who is struggling with this.

Replies (3)

August 17, 2013
Thank you for sharing with us.  Very frustrating to say the least.  
August 2, 2017
Thank you for sharing your experience. It's frustrating when we step out and take a chance to improve the way we look and end up horrified at the results! I can relate to those feelings because I myself recently stepped out on a limb and got a filler in my face that ended up causing a lump that had to be surgically removed. But I had to remind myself that there are always risks, we just don't think think we will be one of those few that has a bad. I'm glad we share our experience with others so they too can be forewarned. P.s. Your English is great!
August 29, 2013
Hi there, brilliant news and good for you for removing them. Do You know what laser your doc used? I today had my 4th laser treatment and they are almost gone. A few more treatments and they will be gone forever! Laser is the only thing that works and won't leave a scar like rejuvi!!! Please do not consider rejuvi anybody, I tried that and it left scarring.