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Permalink Reply by Hopeful on October 6, 2017 at 8:53pm

I am looking into this but as of yet, too nervous to do it.

Permalink Reply by Minter on October 7, 2017 at 8:40am

Even though this is the "dark" part of the microblading process and I look like Frieda Kahlo right now  (it is not really that bad haha) the shape of the brows themselves actually look really good and I am happy that I have gotten them done- I did find a technician that I felt I could trust and that did good work- it costs a little more, but it is definitely worth every penny to find someone with experience doing this.   

One interesting thing I've learned because I haven't washed my hair in 5 days?! ( you are not supposed to get the brows wet in the beginning, so to be on the safe side I have not washed it) Dry shampoo is awesome! I have been using dry shampoo almost every day and wow, my hair looks great!  It has lots of volume which I do not normally have, it is so full and fluffy looking, I love it :-) 

Permalink Reply by Maz on October 7, 2017 at 8:44am

You will love them. They seem so dark because you are used to them being non-existant. I'm in Australia so I wouldn't be surprised if my right side facial skin was like an older person's. That's because we drive on the left hand side of the road and our right side gets more sun - hence sun damage. The skin on my behind is like a baby's but my face is, well, let's say - sun damaged.

So, the experience of getting brows microbladed. Hmmm, painful, but definitely worse the first time. I was told at the time that my face is very sensitive to pain yet my dentist says I have a high pain threshold. Go figure. When I had it done the second time I smothered my brows in Emlar Cream and took some Panadol and a Valium. I recommend the cream but self-medicating isn't a good idea. I did discuss it with my doctor and she Okayed the meds. The only thing that I'm not happy with is that I have to go back again to have them touched up and will have to every so often because they can't make them permanent.

Permalink Reply by AnnieMay on October 7, 2017 at 11:05pm

I felt like I looked like Frieda Kahlo too! Like Maz said I think part of it is the shock of going from no eyebrows to crazy eyebrows!! The actual process that day was ok but it has definitely taken many weeks to get where I am now. It has been a journey for sure. The skin around my eyebrows still looks scarred and shiny. Maybe it was that way before? I'm 12 weeks out and are they perfect? No  Am I happy I did it? Yes! Not perfect but it gives me a start to my day. I wake up, fill them in a little and go. That is a blessing!

Permalink Reply by Minter on October 8, 2017 at 7:21pm

Thanks  Maz & AnnieMay :-)  She had me using a sealant for the first 5 days, a medical grade liquid bandage on my brows- today was the day I could wash my brows for the first time and there is a good difference now!

Still a bit darker, but I was not walking around in sunglasses all day in public for fear that people would think I was trying to be Joan Crawford or did my makeup in the dark or something! Like you say AnnieMay, I don't think they will be perfect, but for instance- I get my lashes tinted and it is sooooo much easier in the morning not having to pile on the mascara, I still have to wear mascara but not coats and coats of it like when they are not tinted- so I'm hoping my brows will be the same!

If you look on my name, you should be able to see the before and after pics of the day I got them done- haha the before I look terrified! 

Permalink Reply by illustr8r on October 9, 2017 at 3:14pm

Minter- you brows look terrific!

For me, it hurt more than I expected but it was tolerable. My skin didn't take the ink "as usual" so she had to do more passes on them. This was pre-FFA. Didn't know what I had-only that my eyebrows had disappeared. When she was finished and showed them to me I burst into tears. I felt like I got my face back.

My brows hairs were very pointy and wiry and she had never seen such things-even asked me if I had had an eyebrow transplant! Good god! ;)

She numbed my brows and afterwards I put Vaseline on them for 10 days afterwards. The healing went well. The peeling did get weird looking as it went, flaked off in bits so it revealed what the brows looked like underneath next to chunky bits that were tempting to peel like a sunburn!

It's been almost 2 years now. They serve as a good base for powder and pencil. I'll have to get them done again probably next year.

Permalink Reply by Minter on October 10, 2017 at 12:24pm

Thank you illustr8r :-)  

My skin isn't taking the ink well either, she said it wouldn't and I would probably need a third visit- and my brows are thin but also thick and wiry also, ugh, I hate them! I don't think I have ever spent so much time staring at my face, well my brows, I am constantly looking in a mirror to see how they are healing- I think they are ok- definitely much lighter then before and I am Not looking forward to going through this healing process again after the follow up visit, this scab/flaking bit is definitely so weird!  But so far I am very happy I have done this and wish I had done it much sooner-