Cosmetic tattooing, also known as permanent makeup, permanent cosmetics, dermapigmentation, or micropigmentation is a technique that uses tattoos to replicate the results of makeup. This method can be applied to many areas like lips, eyebrows, eyelids, and sometimes to enhance some colors of the skin. Most of the time it passes unnoticeable, depending on various factors such as amount and colors used and the design itself.
Most of the times people use this method of tattooing to produce artificial eyebrows. They need it because of accidents, diseases, genetic problems, or because of their old age. Sometimes it’s used to cover scars or other imperfections of the skin.
This technique can also be used in women to restore or improve the breast’s areola after a surgery to the breast.
Cosmetic tattooing as both immediate and long term results. It creates or enhances features of the face or other parts of the body. The colors will soften after a few days after the tattoo is done, as the healing process finishes. Nowadays the ink used lasts many years without fading or changes.
It is very important to choose a skilled professional to perform the tattoo to avoid imperfections on the design and colors. The most frequent imperfections are wrong colors, designs with imperfections, and too big.
The price varies from shop to shop, but it shouldn’t be too expensive since most of time they are small tattoos.