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Hard Recovery but Worth It! - Wall, NJ
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I am a group fitness instructor and obsessed with...
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I am a group fitness instructor and obsessed with eyeliner. I was tired of putting on makeup just to workout so I decided to give this a shot. Love it!
I met with a few different artists to decide who would be best for me and chose one out of a plastic surgeons office. I felt more comfortable with her as well as being in a surgical office.
My procedure wasn't the best experience. I had a wonderful woman (Lina) performing it who used a numbing cream for about 45 minutes before we got started. I hoped this would create a relatively pain free experience-but that wasn't the case. My under eye was done first and this was extremely painful! It hurt enough that I was tempted to not do the top at all. After every few passes she would put on more numbing cream to get deeper but that never deemed to help.
The top part, surprisingly, wasn't painful at all! I wouldn't even classify it as uncomfortable.
Afterwards I was able to drive myself home. The eyeliner was thick and dark but I liked it.
The next morning I started to swell but nothing crazy.
By day 3- things got ugly. The swelling was totally out of control and my eyes were almost sealed shut. After sending Lina my picture she put me on a course of steroids to reduce my excessive swelling. While this did help- even 2 weeks later I was still puffy.
I finally went to a local skin care shop and spoke to them about a healing eye cream. At this point my eyes were red, puffy, rough, dry, and scale like.
I invested in the Creme Ancienne eye cre and that helped to finally heal me up (AWESOME eye cre, btw. I'm a user for life).
20 days later and I still have a puffyness under my eyes that never existed in the past. Also, my right eye continues to be very dry and I have to use eye drops for the first time in my life.
All this being said- I LOVE the eyeliner. Particularly under eye. Looks great. I go back in a month or so for the touch up/second round to clarify and compete finishing touches. I've heard this second time has a much easier recovery.
If you are a die hard eyeliner user- this is definitely worth it!
I met with a few different artists to decide who would be best for me and chose one out of a plastic surgeons office. I felt more comfortable with her as well as being in a surgical office.
My procedure wasn't the best experience. I had a wonderful woman (Lina) performing it who used a numbing cream for about 45 minutes before we got started. I hoped this would create a relatively pain free experience-but that wasn't the case. My under eye was done first and this was extremely painful! It hurt enough that I was tempted to not do the top at all. After every few passes she would put on more numbing cream to get deeper but that never deemed to help.
The top part, surprisingly, wasn't painful at all! I wouldn't even classify it as uncomfortable.
Afterwards I was able to drive myself home. The eyeliner was thick and dark but I liked it.
The next morning I started to swell but nothing crazy.
By day 3- things got ugly. The swelling was totally out of control and my eyes were almost sealed shut. After sending Lina my picture she put me on a course of steroids to reduce my excessive swelling. While this did help- even 2 weeks later I was still puffy.
I finally went to a local skin care shop and spoke to them about a healing eye cream. At this point my eyes were red, puffy, rough, dry, and scale like.
I invested in the Creme Ancienne eye cre and that helped to finally heal me up (AWESOME eye cre, btw. I'm a user for life).
20 days later and I still have a puffyness under my eyes that never existed in the past. Also, my right eye continues to be very dry and I have to use eye drops for the first time in my life.
All this being said- I LOVE the eyeliner. Particularly under eye. Looks great. I go back in a month or so for the touch up/second round to clarify and compete finishing touches. I've heard this second time has a much easier recovery.
If you are a die hard eyeliner user- this is definitely worth it!
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Replies (13)
August 28, 2013
I met with a few woman first to decide who was right for me. I highly recommend that. Also, bring lots of pics to show exactly what you want. Good luck!!! Keep me posted :).
August 28, 2013
Thanks for the advice,,much appreciated,:)..
I`ll certainly do that.,,.I can`t wait to get it done.
Thank you for being such a sweetheart,,
your info`s very helpful! :)
August 28, 2013
That's exactly why I posted info. When I came online to search for info there wasn't much at all-- glad my experience could help you make up your mind!
UPDATED FROM Kellydh
5 months post
Just updating some pics- about 4 months out
Here are some pics 4 months after the procedure.
Replies (10)
July 15, 2014
I am a micro - pigmentation specialist. I have never had those results. If there is swelling, it is the worst on the first day. You picked the wrong person. Sorry .
July 15, 2014
I actually met with multiple people before I made my decision on who to use, as well as speaking with many references from all of those. I disagree that I made the wrong decision as I worked with someone specially based out of a plastic surgeons office who had the most and best references. I did not made my decision on a whim. While I agree that I had abnormal results, I do not believe that my results would have been any different with anyone else. I am a sweller and I should have taken that into consideration prior to the procedure.
July 16, 2014
Your pre- care instructions should have told you to take an antihistamine. And your post care instructions should have told you to use ice packs.
December 3, 2014
I don't think you picked the wrong person. It's easy to just say that. Your lining is done really well and it looks like an allergic reaction to maybe the numbing agent used during the procedure (sometimes people are allergic to the epinephrine). Sorry about your swelling but it would probably be good for you to find the name and brand of all the products (including ink) she used, write them down and stay away from those in the future. I bet you won't have swelling next time on a touch up if you do that. :)
our eyeliner looks really natural and nice. The swelling and redness in the beginning looked very painful:(
Looks like everything is starting to settle down now. Hopefully all of the symptoms will be gone soon.