How to prepare for your tattoo...
If you would like to be pre-numbed prior to your appointment, please purchase EMLA cream from your local pharmacy. Apply a thick layer 60 min prior to your appointment and wrap "Cling Wrap" as a bandanna around your head for best effects. (please do not do this of eyeliner)
Avoid alcohol and caffeine 24hrs prior.
If you suffer with diabetes, heart condition, undergoing chemotherapy, take blood thinning medication or any other medical issues you must have a doctors letter of consent to bring to your appointment.
Cease 1 week prior Fish Oil, Krill Oil, Ibuprofen and Aspirin.
If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, or keloid scar (excluding hypertrophic scars) you are not able to be tattooed.
Please do not tint your brows unless you are prepared to continue with tinting after your tattoo as the colour is matched to your brow hairs. Your brows will be groomed by Jay on the day of your tattoo.
Cosmetic Injections is ideally performed 2 weeks after your tattoo to avoid unevenness as your fillers wear off.
Wash your hair prior to your tattoo as you are not able to get your tattoo wet for 7 days.
Please do NOT wear makeup to your appointment, you may draw your brows on to give the idea of your expectations.
For safety reasons children are not allowed in the clinic.
Full payment is required on the day of your procedure with Cash, EFTPOS or ZipPay. Please note that all EFTPOS payments incur a 1.9% surcharge. ZipPay incur a 4% surcharge Afterpay incur a 6% surcharge. Any monies paid is non refundable. If you are paying with ZipPay or Afterpay please ensure that you have already obtained approval and you can access through your smart device.
If you are more than 15 min late, fail to show your appointment or give 48 hrs notice you forfeit your deposit and a new appointment will have to be booked. Appointments outside the 48 hrs can be rescheduled online.
Eyeliner...
Please do not wear contact lenses.
Please remove all lash extensions before your procedure.
Please cease the use of lash serums 6 weeks prior.
Lips...
Exfoliate lips every day for one week prior and apply lip balm. You can make a paste of sugar and olive oil for lip scrub. Please make sure your body is hydrated.
Please ensure that you take an anti viral (cold sore) preventative prior as per instructions. Famvir can be purchased from your pharmacy taken as directed. Alternatively a Doctor can prescribe Valtrex.
Please bring a lipstick colour of your preferred colour to be colour matched for your pigment colour.
Tattoo Aftercare...
It is critical to follow all aftercare instructions to prevent complications, scarring and to achieve optimum results. Please read carefully.
There is minimal pain after your procedure however you may have slight swelling and tenderness
For the next few days your tattoo will be dark but will fade. Your colour is chosen determining your skin tone and your brow hair (not your head of hair as colours may change) your bare face is also taken into consideration you may need to apply makeup to the area to enhance the colour when wearing a full face of makeup to ensure your brows are suitable whilst maintaining a bare face.
THE PERFECTION VISIT
A perfection visit 4-6 weeks is highly advised to complete your tattoo, make any alterations to colour and shape once healed to give you the best outcome.
The perfection visit price is determined by how long you leave the appointment
As it cannot be determined how your body accepts the pigment more than 1 perfection visit may be required at an additional cost.
You skin will not be completely recovered for 4-6 weeks and the outcome of your tattoo can not be determined till this time has lapsed.
THE 7 DAY WOUND HEALING PHASE
You must keep your tattoo completely dry for the 7 days, avoid swimming and dousing your face with water.
Do not apply any makeup products, creams or oils (other than Bepanthan) for the next 7 days
Avoid sun for the next 7 Days.
Avoid Perspiring for the next 7 days whilst you are in the healing phase as this may result in infection.
Scabbing will most likely occur. You must NOT be picked as this will result in patches
LONG TERM TATTOO CARE
Long term sun and chlorine exposure and skincare products that contain active skin renewal ingredient will fade your tattoo.
How long your tattoo lasts is a case by case situation depending of your skin renewal and how your body accepts the pigment.
Eyebrow Tattoo
1 Hour after the procedure wet cotton pads and wipe over the brow every hour until bedtime and leave to dry heal.
Start applying a small amount of Bepanthan supplied in our after care pack the next morning after your procedure and 3 times a day for the next 7 days.
Day 1-2 You can expect mild swelling and the brows will appear approx 30-40% darker than the final result. Natural exfoliation will begin between 3-7 days and will cause the pigment to flake away. New skin will heal over the pigmented area and result in softer and in some cases, almost non-existent appearance. This is due to the white blood cells engulfing and surrounding the implanted pigment.
Day 3 Eyebrows may start to itch and will appear thicker in texture
Day 4-7 Exfoliation typically begins. You may notice flakes of pigment coming off. This is normal DO NOT PICK
Day 8-9 Colour has finished coming away and appears softer and possibly greyer until colour clarifies at approx week 4
Eyeliner
You may have swelling for the next 24-48hrs you can take an antihistamine to help minimize this.
Dry healing is the best method to healing eyeliner. Apply a small amount of Bepanthan in the areas that feel slightly tight during your healing phase.
Day 1 You can expect mild swelling, like you have been crying
Day 2 If you are still swollen you will find it only lasts a few more hours after waking up
Day 3 Pigment begins to lift away from the skin
Day 4 Some itchiness is normal but please DO NOT PICK
Day 5-7 Usually all excess pigment is removed by this day. Colour may appear lighter and it will take 4 weeks to clarify
Lips
Your lips will feel dry and flaky for the next few days apply the lip balm supplied as necessary till your lips have healed.
It is strongly advised to purchase and anti cold sore preventative such as Famvir from your pharmacy or visit your doctor for a prescription of Valtrex. Please start this 3 days prior to having your lip tattoo and continue for a following 3 days post procedure.
Avoid Wearing lipstick/gloss for 7 days.
Avoid hot, spicy and oily foods for 24 hours. You may use a cold pack 3-4 hours after your lip tattoo.
The colour will be lighter after a few days and may disappear and resurface over the 4-6 week healing period.
It is very important that you do not bite off any flaking skin as this will remove color leaving patches.
Day 1-2 Swelling, tenderness and a heavy opaque look is normal.
Day 3 Less swelling, tender and hot feeling before exfoliation begins.
Day 4 Exfoliation begins with very chapped lips.
Day 5 Very chapped lips, but almost finished the first exfoliation stage.
Day 6 A soft rich colour may begin to appear
Day 7-13 Lip colour disappears and the frosty (2nd stage exfoliation) begins as a grey/white haze on lips.
Day 14 Colour starts to bloom with more and more colour appearing each day, until 4 weeks post procedure.
Day 30 Healing should be complete. The colour you see is the end result. Your lips may remain slightly dry for a month or two, so please use a good lip balm with SPF30 and they will return to normal.