Permanent Makeup: Stories

Hoping to find a reliable, responsible and experienced cosmetic tattoo practitioner in my area.

You're right about the importance of doing your research--but don't be fooled by the 'medical certification' part, like I was--that only means that you are less likely to get infecte after having cosmetic tattoos done--it says nothing about the person's skill. Secondly, we as ordinary consumers know little about the art of shaping the eyebrows, and we and a society are too trusting of 'professionals'. The majority of cosmetic tattooists out there really stink--just know that--and their poor customers don't even know how bad they look with their too-dark, un-natural, 'hook and worm,' bizarre-looking eyebrows. There was a woman who went to my church whose tattooed-on eyebrows looked so weird that people would refer to her as, "You know, the woman with the funny-looking eyebrows." This woman thought she looked fantastic--she even referred me to her "great" tattooist. She never realized that her god-awful eyebrows had become the focal point of her face! What I'm saying is this: DON'T ASSUME THAT RESEARCH ALONE WILL GIVE YOU THE RIGHT ANSWERS REGARDING 'GOOD TATTOOING.' IT WON'T. Best advice to give you? Make SURE that the tattooist does NOT use a 'tattoo gun.' Tattoo guns only guarantee that you get ugly 'hooks and worms.' Secondly, make SURE that she does NOT used pre-shaped STENCILS. Pre-shaped stencils will only guarantee that your tattooed brows won't fit your face because it's impossible to make a 2 dimensional stencil work on a 3 dimensional face. Best to go with semi-permanent makeup, or to go with the 'Soft-tat' procedure.