Eyebrow Aftercare Instructions
Day 0
Signs and symptoms of infection include, but are not limited to, severe redness, swelling, tenderness of the procedure site, red streaks going from the procedure site towards the heart, elevated body temperature, or pus drainage from the procedure site. Discharge from site may be green/yellow in color and foul in odor. If any signs or symptoms of infection or swelling develop, please contact and consult your technician (contact information shown below) or contact your healthcare provider and/or seek medical attention immediately if you believe you may have a medical emergency.
- Avoid facing directly into the water spray when showering.
- Avoid sun vacations until treated area is fully healed
- No swimming until treated area is fully healed
- Absolutely no makeup on eyebrows until fully healed.
- No exercising or any activities that cause heavy sweating until fully healed.
- IMPORTANT: For the first 10 days, AVOID heavy sweating and exercise, tanning, long steamy hot showers, sauna, bath, or jacuzzi, facing directly into the water spray when showering, sleeping on your face, swimming, topical makeup and sunscreen on area, rubbing, picking, and scratching the treated area.
Day 0
- Immediately after the procedure, gently blot the area with the sterile water wipes provided to absorb excess lymph fluid. Do this every 20 minutes until the oozing has stopped. This is crucial to preventing heavy scabbing.
- Be careful NOT to touch your new eyebrows with your hands EXCEPT when instructed to (i.e. washing and applying aftercare ointment).
- Wash daily to remove bacteria, build-up of product and oils, and dead skin.
- Gently wash your eyebrows every morning and night with water and gentle soap. With a very light touch, use clean fingertips to gently cleanse the eyebrows. Rub the area in a smooth motion for 10 seconds and rinse with water ensuring that all soap is rinsed away. To dry, gently pat with a clean cotton pad provided. DO NOT use any cleansing products containing acids (glycolic, lactic, or AHA), or exfoliants.
- Apply a small rice grain amount of aftercare ointment enough for both eyebrows with a cotton swab provided and spread it across the treated area. DO NOT over-apply, as this will suffocate your skin and delay healing. The ointment should be barely noticeable on the skin. DO NOT put the ointment on a wet or damp tattoo.
- DO NOT apply any other kind of creams, ointments, liquids, cleansers, oils, or makeup.
- Your new brows will appear darker in color and eventually form scabs during this period. DO NOT PICK THE SCABS. Avoid rubbing, scratching, picking the area as pulling off the scabs prematurely can cause scarring and removal of pigment leading to patchy results. Let any scabbing or dry skin naturally exfoliate away.
- DO NOT PICK THE SCABS. Let the scabs naturally fall out. You WILL have patchy-colored eyebrows IF you pick the scabs as pigment will come off with the scabs when picked.
- Keep cleaning and moisturizing as scabs form and fall out. Be very careful when cleaning the area to avoid rubbing off the scabs forcefully.
- It is normal for the color of brows to appear too light or seemingly not there after scabs fall out, especially under the contrast of dark scabs. This is called "ghosting.” Color will reappear after a couple of days as your skin regenerates.
- During this time, you may feel self-conscious because of the patchy brows. Please trust the process. This only lasts for a short amount of time!
- After about 28 days, the skin naturally exfoliates and regenerates itself. The color from the strokes that have faded will push through again. You will not be able to see the true healed results until at least 4 weeks and that is when you are ready for your touch-up. At the touch-up session, we can adjust the shape and color if needed and fill in any little spots that have faded.
Signs and symptoms of infection include, but are not limited to, severe redness, swelling, tenderness of the procedure site, red streaks going from the procedure site towards the heart, elevated body temperature, or pus drainage from the procedure site. Discharge from site may be green/yellow in color and foul in odor. If any signs or symptoms of infection or swelling develop, please contact and consult your technician (contact information shown below) or contact your healthcare provider and/or seek medical attention immediately if you believe you may have a medical emergency.