Pre & Post Treatment Care

What to Expect:

Most clients leave their lip appointments with noticeable swelling, bold color, and sometimes bruising. This is a normal part of the process, and nothing to be concerned about. Swelling and bruising typically starts to go down within just a few hours, and almost entirely by the following day. Peeling occurs between days 3 and 10. When the peeling is complete, the lips can often look much lighter. But by the time the skin fully heals through each layer (4-6 weeks), the color will have blossomed back up a bit. 

Instructions:

Immediately following your appointment, feel free to apply generous layers of Aquaphor with clean hands as often as you’d like. Hydrated lips will heal more comfortably. Blot as needed between applications. Many clients like to ice the area to reduce swelling, just be sure to keep a clean towel between the skin and the ice, and don’t over-do it. You should not need to apply Aquaphor for more than 10 days.

What to Avoid (until peeling is complete or 10 days if no peeling occurs):

Saunas, steam rooms, tanning beds, tanning booths, excessive steam/sweating, makeup or skincare within 1*, picking, scratching, itching, sun, swimming, and spray tans. It’s also critical that you avoid very hot/acidic/spicy foods, having dental work done, smoking, excessive stretching or rubbing of the mouth, teeth whitening, topical cold sore medication, sleeping on the face (if you can help it), applying any lip product not recommended by your artist, or excessive sexual contact.

What to Avoid Indefinitely:

Retinols/ acids/ exfoliants within 1*, and unprotected sun exposure.

What to Expect:

When you leave, your brows will look bigger due to swelling, much warmer in color, darker, and more defined. This is normal. On days 3-5, your brows will begin to lightly peel and this will last for a few days. When the peeling is done, the brows will look lighter, cooler in color, and softer around the edges. By the time the skin fully heals through each layer (4-6 weeks), the color will have blossomed back up a bit.

Instructions:

For 10 days or until peeling begins, cleanse twice daily with plain antibacterial soap, and follow with a thin layer of Aquaphor. When you’re cleansing, you want to be gentle, but do cleanse as if you’re trying to remove something. When you’re applying the Aquaphor, you’ll only need about the size of a grain of rice for both brows combined. If you have thick/coarse brow hair, be sure to press the Aquaphor through to the skin. Once the peeling begins, you should stop cleaning and applying Aquaphor.

What to Avoid (until peeling is complete or 10 days if no peeling occurs):

Saunas, steam rooms, tanning beds, tanning booths, excessive steam/sweating, makeup or skincare within 1* picking, scratching, itching, sun, swimming, and spray tans.

What to Avoid Indefinitely:

Retinols/ acids/ exfoliants within 1*, and unprotected sun exposure.

What to Expect:

Most clients leave their liner appointments with slightly swollen lids. This is a normal reaction, and nothing to be concerned about. Swelling and redness can be a bit worse the following morning, but typically starts to subside within a few hours. Swollen lids may also appear asymmetrical. Light peeling can occur between days 3 and 10. When the peeling is complete, the liner can often look much lighter. But by the time the skin fully heals through each layer (4-6 weeks), the color will have blossomed back up a bit.

Instructions:

For the first five days, gently wipe the area with a damp cotton ball twice daily. For the first two days keep the area dry (no ointment). Many clients like to ice the area to reduce swelling, just be sure to keep a clean towel between the skin and the ice, and don’t over-do it. On day 3, you can begin applying a very thin layer of Aquaphor with clean hands, if the skin feels tight, dry, or irritated. The skin should then feel hydrated, but never look wet. You should not need to apply Aquaphor for more than a few days.

What to Avoid (until peeling is complete or 10 days if no peeling occurs):Saunas, steam rooms, tanning beds, tanning booths, excessive steam/sweating, makeup or skincare within 1″, picking, scratching, itching, sun, swimming, and spray tans. 

It’s also critical that you avoid very hot showers or baths and any other source of steam, to prevent pigment migration (color bleeding under the skin).

What to Avoid Indefinitely:

Retinols/ acids/ exfoliants within 1*, and unprotected sun exposure

Instructions:

• Wear the same Tegaderm for 7 days after the procedure 
• Shower with Tegaderm on
• Do not submerge in water (bath, pool, ocean, hot tub, etc) for 14 days
• Do not workout or sweat for 48 hours

ON DAY 7:

• Remove Tegaderm in the shower using gentle soap, water and fingertips (examples of gentle soap: Dial, Dove, Cetaphil)
• After the shower sit topless and let air dry for one hour
• Once dry, text a picture to Inga (774-778-8116)

Instructions:

Beginning the night after your service, cleanse and moisturize twice daily ONLY with the skincare products recommended by your artist, for 5 days. Note that alternate skincare products used within 1″ of the freckled area may lead to poorly healed results. Do not wear any makeup within 1″ of the area. Also avoid rubbing, picking, excessive steam, sweating, tanning beds/booths, sun, swimming, and spray tans. Mild scabbing is not abnormal. Your freckles will be significantly lighter after they’ve each peeled. As of day 6, you can resume your normal skincare/makeup routine. In the long run, the following may decrease the life of your freckles: sun exposure without SPF, retinols/acids within 1″ of the area, and any skincare products meant to brighten or resurface within 1″ of the area.