jmcaul

Brows, Eye Liner and Full Lips - Love It! This Doesn't Require a Dr., It Requires an Artist

difference between PC and TATTOO artist: As a PC Artist, I would NEVER consider myself a TATTOO artist. Tattoo artists training and skills needed are FAR more involved and advanced for the reasons I have stated above. Most PC Artists do not consider ourselves tattoo artists in the strict sense of the word except for the handful who have taken the years of training necessary to do body art properly. Tattooing is FAR more advanced level than PC. Strangely enough, most tattoo artists do NOT do PC, that's how truly different the two fields truly are.

Rosedala, I am sorry you've had such bad experiences. I do not personally know someone in NYC but I CAN tell you what I would do if I were you. 1) I would first make sure my expectations were realistic. 2) I would look for someone in NYC who is a CURRENT member of the SPCP Society of Permanent Cosmetics Professionals. Go to the SPCP website and select a person in your area that is listed there. Some of the more well known names on the West coast are Margie Grimm, Lisa Simms and Jane Adler. They are the pioneers with good reputations and are listed on the SPCP website. You might contact one (or all) of them and ask if any of them can personally refer you to techinicians in NYC. That is what *I* would be doing if it were me.

I think the confusion may come from the fact that Permanent Cosmetics uses the same TOOLS as tattooing. After that, the similarity STOPS. I have been trained in PC and have performed procedures on friends and family and myself (and my friends and family are still talking to me...)
I like to explain the difference this way: Tattoo Artists are ARTISTS, their goal is for people to look at their work and think 'What an amazing TATTOO'
Permanent Makeup artists are MAKEUP artists. We do NOT want people looking at our clients and immediately thinking 'Oh, look at that TATTOO.' In fact, we do not want people thinking our clients have had ANYTHING done to their face, we just want them to think 'She's very pretty.'
Do you see the difference?? Tattoo artists want their ARTWORK to be seen and admired, PC artists want our clients FEATURES to be seen and admired ALL the time, NOT just when they have their makeup ON. With PC, our clients ALWAYS have their eyebrows, eyeliner and lipcolor ON.

Debbie, I really don't have the answers to your questions as I cannot see what you look like right now...in addition I have no idea how the 'lightening' procedure you are describing will effect the original color. It sounds like you are being a bit impatient though...Your technician should have advised you tht you REALLY cannot fairly assess the final result for 4-5 WEEKS, not a couple of days.
I would advise you to WAIT for 4-5 weeks. I don't know where you are but in most parts of the U.S. it is customary for your initial procedure price to include a 2nd visit after the 4-5 week healing/fading period to make color or shape corrections. By having another color added you effectively reset the wait to 4-5 weeks from that date instead of the original procedure date. I would not seek ANY color corrections until then.

FP, you need to give your procedures at least 3-4 weeks to completely heal over. Trust me, they will fade 30-40%. When I first had mine done I looked like a CLOWN!! I hated them and thought I had ruined my appearance, in addition there was swelling. By the 4th day the swelling was gone (BIG improvement) and by week 4 the color had faded to a soft, natural look, exactly what I had wanted.
I am amazed at the number of people on this board who are panicking in the first few days, technicians need to REALLY DRIVE THIS HOME to their clients, your procedures will be VERY DARK AND BRIGHT for the first week at least. They MUST be allowed to heal over. DON'T PANIC!!!