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Know what you are getting into before Microblading
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Know What You Are Getting into Before Microblading
I had my eyebrows microbladed over 2.5 years ago. At the time, there was not a lot of info about microblading and the effects in the long run. Just how it was different from tattoo and fades/disappears after 1-3 years. At the time, I took the info as microbladed eyebrows just disappearing off my face after a few years.
So going in with little (and wrong) information I had them done by a great technician. Didnt hurt a bit and I was left with fleek eyebrows by the end of it. My original eyebrows were not sparse or thin but I felt that it was short for my face proportion. She did shave of the ends of my eyebrows to accomodate for the new shape. Also to note: my hair was constantly dyed caramel brown and I had lightened up my eyebrows to match. She did them in the red/brown/orange color to match my eyebrows and also did a "shading" technique (ink between the hairline strokes) so it would last longer.
I am not going to call her out since she did only what I asked for and I was happy overall for a good year afterwards. However- I do wish now that she would have informed me more on how much it really 'fades' and since it is semi-permenant, add extra emphasis on "permanent". She spoke as if it would just fade and disappear off my face.
Fast forward 2.5 years.... I am left with a sad orange reminder of my mistake. I had stopped dyeing my hair and eyebrows and started to let my eyebrows grow. Now, I am left with a weird blurry, patchy, orange/red eyebrow that runs past my original brows. Oh, and I have two tails. Great. While I can shave my original tail- I am still left wth 2 different color brows - I use eyebrow pencil to kind of "fill in" gap between the tailsloo
Researching once again on removal methods - I found out that red/orange are extremely difficult to erase compared to dark ink for laser treatments. Currently I am exfoliating and using retinol hoping it is an answer to my prayers before going into the extremes of finding a harsher treatment. Also if it helps: I have thin and dry skin which might explain why it does not fade quicker.
Hopefully this brings some awareness and you dont end up making the same mistakes I made. Love your thin/sparse/thick/curly eyebrows. If microblading is the only answer- make sure you are aware of the downsides.
So going in with little (and wrong) information I had them done by a great technician. Didnt hurt a bit and I was left with fleek eyebrows by the end of it. My original eyebrows were not sparse or thin but I felt that it was short for my face proportion. She did shave of the ends of my eyebrows to accomodate for the new shape. Also to note: my hair was constantly dyed caramel brown and I had lightened up my eyebrows to match. She did them in the red/brown/orange color to match my eyebrows and also did a "shading" technique (ink between the hairline strokes) so it would last longer.
I am not going to call her out since she did only what I asked for and I was happy overall for a good year afterwards. However- I do wish now that she would have informed me more on how much it really 'fades' and since it is semi-permenant, add extra emphasis on "permanent". She spoke as if it would just fade and disappear off my face.
Fast forward 2.5 years.... I am left with a sad orange reminder of my mistake. I had stopped dyeing my hair and eyebrows and started to let my eyebrows grow. Now, I am left with a weird blurry, patchy, orange/red eyebrow that runs past my original brows. Oh, and I have two tails. Great. While I can shave my original tail- I am still left wth 2 different color brows - I use eyebrow pencil to kind of "fill in" gap between the tailsloo
Researching once again on removal methods - I found out that red/orange are extremely difficult to erase compared to dark ink for laser treatments. Currently I am exfoliating and using retinol hoping it is an answer to my prayers before going into the extremes of finding a harsher treatment. Also if it helps: I have thin and dry skin which might explain why it does not fade quicker.
Hopefully this brings some awareness and you dont end up making the same mistakes I made. Love your thin/sparse/thick/curly eyebrows. If microblading is the only answer- make sure you are aware of the downsides.
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I feel for you... my brows also turned orange/brown (salmon) after a year. After saline removal, microneedling, and retinol, they lightened up a lot. However, the residual ink was still there. I finally went to for a consult for laser and am so glad I did. The Enlighten laser turned the ink a shade of grey - which was an improvement- and that grey continues to lighten. Some areas are totally healed and without ink. Good luck.
Very helpful post - thank you!