Permanent Make-Up Continued
Removal
Just like a tattoo, permanent makeup is difficult to remove. Common removal techniques include laser resurfacing, dermabrasion, scarification, and surgical removal. Another interesting technique is camouflaging, i.e. adding a new pigment that counteracts the tattoo and emulates normal skin color. Removal may be even more painful and laborious than the tattooing itself.
Complications
As with tattoos, the skin micropigmentation used in permanent makeup may cause complications, such as allergies to the pigments, formation of scars, granulomas and keloids, skin cracking, peeling, blistering, and local infection. The use of unsterilized tattooing instruments may result in a patient contracting serious diseases such as AIDS and hepatitis. Due to patient dissatisfaction, removal problems may also ensue. Removals may be difficult in places such as eyelids and lips. Recently, the FDA reported more than 50 adverse effects linked to a specific brand of ink. In some cases, patients experienced serious disfigurement, resulting in problems with eating and talking. Rarely, some people with permanent makeup have experienced temporary swelling or burning in the affected areas while undergoing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The probable cause is magnetic interference with metallic components (iron oxide) of some pigments used in the technique.
By Fiona Young
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