Imagine not having to apply certain makeup again. Imagine always having eyeliner and never messing up again. Imagine perfectly shaped eyebrows, that you'll never have to pluck. How can you get all this? permanent makeup — a kind of cosmetic tattooing that can enhance and improve a lot of your physical features, on the face and elsewhere.

Sound interesting? The specialized techniques that give you permanent cosmetic make-up use terms such as micro-pigmentation, micro-pigment implantation and derma-graphics to describe the process. So what does that mean? I am trying to say that the creation of permanent cosmetic make-up involves the use of cosmetic implantation techniques to insert minute pigment implants into the dermal layer of the skin to enhance various features, though the most common permanent cosmetic make-up procedures are performed to create eyeliners, enhance eyebrows and produce full lip color.

The technician who performs the procedure will use either a tattoo or coil machine, pen or rotary machines or non-mechanized hand tools. So, if you are fed up of stringy eyebrows, smeared make-up, colorless lips and non-existent borders, or need to hide some scars, permanent cosmetic make-up is the thing for you. Would you believe that you can even tattoo or re-pigment an areola (after breast reconstruction) using permanent cosmetic make-up?

Some women say that the procedure hurts a little, but most say the pain has been no more than that you'd feel during waxing, since most technicians use topical cream anesthetics to deaden the area under the tattoo machines.

First you must find a properly qualified technician. There have been recorded cases of permanent cosmetic make-up procedures going wrong, though they are the exceptions rather than the rule. In all probability, you will meet several women who have permanent cosmetic make-up and have nothing but praise for it.

So what should you look for in a technician? First look for a website and check if it provides complete information about a particular technician. If you think you'd like to contact someone, make sure you read up about the procedure as much as you can before you get in touch with that person and find out about costs and other details. Self-informed is best informed!

Once you do that, ask prospective technicians how many procedures they have done and their training. Ask for photographic evidence of their work and base your judgment on that. Also, study the technicians to evaluate their level of concern towards your problems and see whether they answer your queries readily. Most importantly, ask detailed questions about hygiene and procedural safety. Only after you are satisfied on all counts should you ask about costs, and even here, be suspicious about rates that seem too good to be true. They probably are!

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