What is Permanent Makeup (PMU)?
…also known as Micropigmentation or Semi-Permanent Makeup (SPMU) is a lasting enhancement of the facial features. It can also be
used to visibly reduce scars and reconstruct the areola complex.
In micropigmentation, colour pigment are permanently introduced into the skin with very fine needles.
Clients usually choose to have a PMU in the form of lasting contours or shading for eyebrows, lids or lips to enhance their looks and to
minimize the need for daily makeup application.
Before PMU procedure:
- 48 hrs – do not take vitamin C, aspirin (blood thinners)
- 24 hrs – do not drink alcohol
- In the day of procedure – do not drink black/green tea or coffee
- Avoid exposure to strong UV radiation (sun, tanning salon)
After PMU procedure:
- Apply special post-treatment care sparingly, 3 times daily
- Don`t go to the sauna or pool
- Avoid exposure to intense UV radiation (sun, tanning salon)
- No facials
- Don`t apply creme, powder and/or makeup to the micropigmented area
- Do not rub or scratch
- Sunscreen will lenthen the lifetime of your micropigmintation
Clients who do not follow these recommendations may shorten the lifetime of their pigmentation!!!
Contraindications:
- Haemophilia (bleeder`s desiese)
- Diabetes (Type 2)
- Hepatitis A,B,C,D,E,F
- Feverish infection (exp. flu, cold)
- HIV positive
- Skin anomalies in the treatment zone
- Immune system disorders
- Epilepsy
- Chemotherapy or irradiation
- Acute heart/cardiovascular problems
- Conjuctivitis
- Pregnancy or lactation
- Allergy for numbing products
- Allergy for metal
- Asthma
How long will pigmented area last for?
…is dependent on many factors:
- The concentration of pigment and colour (the darker the pigment – the longer the perion of its validity)
- Enviroment / direct sunlight on the pigmented area
- The structure of the skin (in the oily and porous skin PMU holds less
- The rates of the skin renewal
- The age of the client (the older client – the longer it retained PMU)
- Hormones
- Stress
- Medicine, drugs
Top Up / Correction (additional treatment) – what is this for???
Top Up – correction method is used for regulating the colour richness. Excessively bright colours are not aleays suitable for a lot ofclients.
It is impossible to precisely calculate our body reaction to the pigment implantation. Some clients will retain 40% of the pigment after
skin regeneration while others will retain 60%. Therefore, it is advised to introduce a relatively small amount of pigment which, of required, can be later added, rather than having too much of it.
Top Up/Correction is a way to regulate the shade of a pigment. When a PMU Technician looks at a healed pigment, she/he can see if it came out as planned or if it has changed under the infuence of the body. If the colour has changed not for the better, then it is easy to restore the full colour in accordance with the initial plan during the correction procedure. PMU Technician can easily alter the composition of the pigment recipe.
Top Up/Correction is a great opportunity to achive more natural and transparent colours becouse the pigment is introduced gradually by layers.
When you follow the process with the recommended 2-step procedure, you have a much better chance to get the desired shade of colour, to obtain the necessary degree of brightness, to correct the shape and to avoid any minor imperfection.
TopUp/Correction is a gentle and caring procedure which is needed to protect client from a poor quality, which can be the result of the unpredictable reaction of the human body!!!
PMU maintenance:
To maintain the quality of the PMU it is recommended to do a refreshment procedure once a year (as an average frequency). But some people may need this every six month, and – some others – only once every three years. This does not mean that you will have a PMU-free skin in a year, but Permanent Makeup itself will fade out and will need to be refreshed to reach the right colour and the right shape again.
Skin is alive, it regenerates itself all the time. Manicure needs maintenance approximately once a week, our hair – once a month, Permanent Makeup – approx. once a year.