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Permanent Full Lip Makeup: the pain comes later!

UPDATED FROM wowpritty
2 months post

Touch up appointment done!

WORTH IT$679
Oh no, it wasn't over, friends. I had to go to my mandatory (well, it was already paid for so...) touch up appointment! Back into the maw of the beast.

Seeing as I had gotten another tattoo to the forearm on the Saturday prior I figured everything would be a piece of case on the Tuesday for the lips! I was ready & nicely desensitised.

HA.

In pre-consult, we decided my lips hadn't held the colour super well, decided to colour wider on the upper edge, and went just slightly darker pink. All good. Then the pain. It was WAY WORSE than the first appointment jfc. I must have the world's touchiest nerve in my lower lip because I was jumping like a cat the whole time & begging for more numbing cream.

Let's put this into perspective again. I had literally laid stock still & mostly at ease for two hours straight the weekend before whilst being tattooed on the arm. Lip tattoo pain is on ANOTHER LEVEL. The second application/touch up is definitely the worst.

On the bright side however - as is my skin's nature - this heal was super fast! I swelled up far less than the first time, and was much less gross & gooey. I could drink through a straw from day zero, which was a great improvement. A+ work, skin.

I'm very happy with the adjusted shape and colour. My lips look really naturally defined and pink! I love them but, as I may have already said, I wouldn't do it again, simply based on the painful healing process.

I will look into eyeliner next!

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Auckland practitioner, very careful and thorough.

Replies (5)

eyeliner is painful too
I bet it is. T_T Do you think it would be between brow and lip? Brow was nothing for me but lip was terrible, so I'd settle for an in-between.
I've had brows, eyeliner, and lips done (all at one time) and I have to say that the lips have by far been the worst.
Thanks for the info!
yep, ain't that the truth. are you happy with them now?
I still love having defined eyebrows but I don't think the lips have held up as well with holding the ink.
Lips are beautiful nice color
They look lush Hun !!! I sympathise it frigging kills !!! Oh my days so painful. Dreading the touch up. I'm on day 3 not much peeling .. but I'm waiting ... how are yours now ?
Thank you! It hurt so bad wtf. Anyhow now they're all healed, touch up healing was super fast. Just feel a little dry sometimes and that's it! Lip balm solves that!
I'm had my lips done 2 days ago, and my experience has been quite different from yours. The numbing cream did almost nothing for me. I'm pretty tolerant of pain--but it was really bad. However, I've experienced no pain at all afterwards. At this point, most of the swelling is gone but my lips are dry, peeling, and gross-looking. I hope that I'll be as happy with my results as you are.
That's so interesting!!! Maybe it's our practitioners, the ink type, or just our skin? If you post yours I look forward to seeing them!
UPDATED FROM wowpritty
12 days post

Two weeks into recovery

Just about there! Very slight irritation now, when applying balm generally. The colour is really cute with gloss on. I almost forget my upper lip used to be so invisible!

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Beautiful!!
Thanks very much!
Looks great!
Thank you!!
Are u glad u did it?
I'm happy with the outcome, & I did get a good price on it (not the retail price listed). I would not repeat at the normal retail price though.
Looks lovely! I've been on the fence for this procedure... thanks for sharing! I'm booked for next Thursday! :D
I hope it went well! How is the recovery going?
6 days 'till my appointment :)
I will update for sure as soon as I get it done
I'm looking forward to it!
UPDATED FROM wowpritty
7 days post

Seven days later almost perfect!

The lips are almost healed! There is still just a touch of tightness but I can eat almost anything without discomfort now.

The colour is starting to come up properly, and it really is an exact match for my natural lips on a good day!

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Beautiful at day 7!
Uhhh so beautiful