Does Anyone Do Permanent Makeup with Sedation?

As for comfort, yes, sedation is possible and advisable if there is appropriate physician supervision. It is not a good situation to have severe discomfort for any procedure--for both the patient and for the ability to achieve optimal results.

Glancing through the Permanent Makeup questions and comments here on the RealSelf.com, there seems to be a wide variety of experiences with this procedure.

Our patients have been overwhelmingly pleased with makeup tattooing. I attribute this success largely to the skill, artistry and aesthetic sense of our tattoo aesthetician.

This is not a procedure to take lightly! I highly suggest that you research your options carefully and insist to see pictures of patients actually tattooed by your provider. If you are not sure of their aesthetic sense or judgment, ask them to perform a makeup session to size-up their skills.

Bottom Line: Sedation and nerve blocks are helpful. And choose your tattoo artist with great care.

Hope this helps.

Topical anesthetic creams may not provide the desired level of comfort for permanent makeup application.  WIth physician supervision, you can try oral medications such as valium to help relieve some of the anxiety in addition to injection of a local anesthetic like lidocaine. Most patients are able to tolerate permanent makeup application quite well with this.  Finally, intravenous sedation is an option but can be costly due to facility and anesthesia fees.

Permanent makeup is an important adjunct to aesthetic rejuvenation and can be performed under light sedation or anesthesia in most cases.  This allows for correct placement of the tattoo and does cost more given the cost of facility and anesthesia.