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Painful Eyeliner on Upper and Lower Lids - Rhode Island

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I decided to get my eyeliner done on my upper and...

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183193anon
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I decided to get my eyeliner done on my upper and lower lids.I wear it everyday and i was tired of being smudgey. the woman who did it was in her early fourty's wearing a tight plaeather dress and heals. i told her what i wanted and she began doing the liner in black. It was extremely painful and i've had quite a lot of tattoo's done. granted its on my eye, but good lord. She kept calling me a blinker. uh, yeah i'm blinking there's a needle scraping my eye :( tried as hard as i could to keep my eye open for her, but it was damn near impossible. Are you really expected to keep the eye open in order for someone to tattoo eyeliner???

anyway she kept making comments on how shes old and fat. the lady was a tooth pick covered in makeup and wearing a wig. It just made me uncomfortable. she said she hit a blood vessle and that there would be bruising.

she asked me how i liked it and said it was beautiful and i could have it touched up for free. I looked in her mirror but i honestly was so swollen and my eye was so bruised around it that i couldn't see. I told her it looked fine and left awkwardly.

anyway I'm on day two of healing and i'm afraid to go to work. I'm so swollen and bruised. I have a splitting headache, and it looks like she made a dot of black above the line. there are some missing spots, and honestly it looks like im gonna have to still put liner when my eye's finally heal. I know i will heal and it won't be terrible. If It does need to be fixed but i'm never going to go back. maybe to a medical place where they do it, but never back to that woman. I don't care how free it is she'd have to pay me. Mind you i have a strong thresh hold when it comes to pain and needles. The moral to the story is,don't trust an eccentric woman in a pleather dress. If you feel uncomfortable don't do it.

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September 22, 2010

Ouch! What a crazy ordeal. Sorry you're having to go through it. I hope it gets better once all the bruising goes away.

Do you mind sharing where you found your provider?

September 23, 2010
I'm sorry for your experience. I am a practitioner and I have seen lots of bad work come in to my studio. There are many levels of talent and expertise in this field. If you decide to do it again, have a consultation with the person first and look at healed pictures of their work. Also, make sure they have done at least 300 procedures or more.
September 23, 2010
Also, no, you don't have to keep your eyes open. I always have my clients close their eyes.
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December 7, 2010
I'm so sorry for your bad experience. Just know that you're not alone. It happened to me too--and to think that the permanent makeup tattooist was "medically certified" in the yellow pages and referred to me by a cosmetic surgeon! I underwent laser removal, but it has resulted in scarring and there is still residual ink in my eyebrows, which gives me a harsh, critical look. I've always had nice skin, but now I have to wear thick makeup to [RS bleep] over the bad brows. TO EVERYONE: READ THE BOOK,"BEAUTIFUL BROWS," by NANCY PARKER before you consider having ANY permanent eyebrow tattooing performed. It teaches you about the importance of eyebrow shape and facial expression. If you still want permanent tattooed-on eyebrows, then be sure to take Parker's book in to the tattooist and have her read it first (it's a quick read). Chances are, your permanent makeup artist will have to do some soul-searching after seeing Parker's book. Remember, too--you can't necessarily trust plastic or cosmetic surgeons to do well by your face. Sometimes their relationship with permanent tattoo makeup artists is purely financial. I've seen women who think that their eyebrow and eyelid tattoos look great, but they look hideous with their 'hooks and worms'
December 24, 2010
where you have this done. Because I did my eye brows in warwick and she did an awful job
January 31, 2016
Was it at Diane's? Because I was interested in going but very nervous about doing it. Please help... Thanks!