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23 Year Old Male, Removing Unnatural Healed Looking Microblading with Saline

UPDATED FROM bettaboy
3 months post

Update on Saline Removal

$499
My self esteem is at an all time low and I'm honestly so depressed... I feel like I've ruined my face and confidence forever. I've become reclusive and sulky and I find myself living in constant regret... any words of encouragement would be appreciated.

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I don't want to defame my artist because he did a good job, it was just my skin that didn't react well with it and I want people to see what healed results can look like.

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Awww, sweetie, don't despair! They look fine from what you posted - certainly no reason to hide away! Go live life!
Thank you so much, I appreciate it
I know exactly how you feel, but honestly, yours don't look bad! Unless you mentioned it, no one would even notice. I promise!
Thank you so much, I appreciate your comment
xuan Lan skin care in Westminster can help zap the ink out with her tool.
What Tool?
Hey I can’t imagine what you’re going through but I promise you didn’t ruin your face. I really appreciate your review because I have oily skin and now I’m reconsidering getting the procedure done. So thank you.
Hi, thank you for reaching out - I'm ashamed to say I've become quite depressed and am actually in therapy now, all because of this. It has cost me peace of mind greatly and I would honestly not recommend it if you have oily skin because at the end of the day, it is a tattoo, and the crisp hair strokes will fade with oily skin especially.
I feel so bad, and want to add I didn’t think this looked bad to me, but of course it isn’t my face. I honestly wouldn’t have noticed. I understand you wanted to look better and feel it didn’t. I’m so sorry. Did you get a revision?
Hi, thank you for reaching out, I appreciate your support. Yes, the picture I posted was after the first saline removal session I had done, and I may get another, but I'm unsure because it just may look worse.
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This is a very emotional post for me because I'm a...

This is a very emotional post for me because I'm a guy and I've always been insecure about my brows, especially in the past 2 years as they'be been thinning. I'm not saying you can't get good results from microblading, but from my experience, no one tells you how they look when they fade and had I known that or had seen photos, I would have never done it. I had mocroblading done 3 months ago and while I liked it after initially, my oily skin didn't mix well with the ink and the hair like stokes faded to blurry lines.
My eyebrow hairs go through a cycle of falling out and regrowth that stresses me out like no other and present day, I can say that I am OK with my left brow, but my right brow is a mess. There are 3 strokes my artist drew at the beginning of my right brow where I never had hair before and they were so unnatural looking that I'm in the process of getting them removed right now, and it is a process. I got the saline & salt removal process by Carol Packman in Los Angeles who seems to have quite the fan base here and I'm excited to begin removing them but they look so red and worse than ever and I just needed an outlet and support and encouragement from anyone else who's done this because I'm being very hard on myself right now.

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I am sorry that you feel this way, but don't look too bad in the picture!

Please keep update! I am thinking of remove mine too:(
I just had mine done yesterday and don't want to go out in public. Please tell me how to purchase this kit!
I would recommend seeking a professional who can help you with removal ASAP, since yours is fairly fresh
I went to Carol November 18 to make corrections with the Saline. They look really bad right now but am hoping for the best. When did you have the Saline Removal done? How is it healing?
Be ready for them to be pink and fleshy, I had mine done on the 11th. Mine healed OK for the first round, definitely got some pigment out but now it just looks like a dark skin and it's hard to conceal.
Thank you. I'm still waiting for scabs to fall off. The pigent was not too dark since I'm blonde so I'm croswing my fingers. How many treatments will yours take do you know?
You're lucky your pigment isn't dark! I'm so self-conscious all the time, it's become very depressing... I think I will need at least 2 more :/
How are you doing? Did you get a second treatment?
I'm waiting until the end of the year until I can get a second treatment, but I think I am going to - it's still pretty red and I do the best I can to cover up with makeup. How are you doing?
I have not had this procedure done but I do have thin eyebrows and patches where they do not grow. For the past 2 months I have used a product called Doo Gro on my brows at night after I shower. I use the blue gel in the tub (white tub w/black lid), not the yellow liquid bottle. I brush my eyebrows and then with a flat brush cake the gel on top of them. I leave the gel on until i'm ready to go to bed and then take a tissue and dab it off. I brush my brows one more time after that. I have noticed a great improvement in growth and thickness. The little tub cost about $6 I think (from Walmart), and it will last a long time. I would suggest using it every night to see results. Anyway, I hope this can help you or someone else out. And one other important thing, make sure if you use moisturizer or any products on your face that you do that before putting this stuff on your brows. If you don't, you may end up wiping the gel on other parts of your face by accident (I've done this).
any updates? I’m doing laser removal, have seen some fading but not they are a brown rusty color.