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I had my eyebrows and upper eyeliner done. I...
My tattoo Aesthetician had 30 years’ experience. I did my homework and rang around before settling on her. They were the most professional. I went for the $50 consultation. There was no talk of intense pain just that it would be bearable and they use numbing cream.
IT WAS HORRIFFICALLY PAINFUL. My Aesthetician didn’t explain step by step what was going on. There is a first pass where numbing cream isn’t used. She covered my eyes then left the room for about 5 minutes. I could feel blood trickling down my face so I wiped it myself. Stunned by the pain I told her I wouldn’t get my lower eyeliner done.
The numbing cream she applied to my eyebrows helped and the nerve endings weren’t so vividly painul but the cream wore off by the time she did the second brow! Then onto my eyelids. OMG. I know I should have said something, “please reapply” but with her experience and the mocking I didn’t and couldn’t as I had gone into shock. Why should I tell her to reapply when he could see my discomfort? She went wrong by applying the cream AT THE SAME TIME FOR BOTH AREAS.
The lady before me apparently got the same procedure and she walked out chatting and was fine. People react differently.
I would suggest to you, especially if you are getting your eyelids done, to request reapplication during the procedure. Also, buy your own numbing cream and put it on before and during yourself if they are too stingy or careless to use their own.
Upon research when I came home and in my preliminary research some Aestheticians do reapply and apply at different times. They apply the numbing cream whilst working on the eyebrows. I am going to bring this up with her but as I have a follow up appointment I don’t want to get her offside then use needles near my eyeballs. Take a relaxant even an Endone (Vicodin) if you can and being driven home. The more relaxed you are the less squirming you’ll do.
The result is not final as I have to wait another month before my topup. My eyebrows are too dark but I have bee assured they will fade and my eyelids do need to be redone as one is flaking a little but I do like having them done.
Provider Review
She mocked the fact I was finding it so painful and tried to convince me it was better to get it all in one go. I just told her politely that I was finding it intense. She laughed. “Intense” She repeated laughing. I was actually trying not to vomit or cry. I realised I may be more sensitive as I had my period. That didn’t excuse her lack of care or bedside manner. Maybe the fact she had been doing it so long accounted for her lackadaisical attitude toward care. PLEASE be assertive before the procedure and confirm reapplication and a medical grade quality ream is used. This isn’t a prison yard or drunk night out in the x, you deserve the best care during a cosmetic procedure that is hugely expensive.