• After a microblade procedure, touch ups are common. It is part of the process to add additional hair strokes and darken ones that may have healed too light. Experience and practice increase your ability to implant color so touch ups are minimal. Touch ups are done usually a month after the initial procedure. Many microblade artists charge for touch ups, others include them in the cost of the procedure. Before you begin a touch up, always re-measure the eyebrows, even if you can see where the procedure was previously done. This will help ensure you implant color evenly.

• In extremely rare cases, people have reported an allergic to the colors (pigments) that were used. Check with your insurance company regarding their guidelines and requirements for performing patch tests on each client. If a rare reaction is to occur, it may show for a long period of time, making the patch test inconclusive.

• Also, in rare cases, a person may be allergic to the aftercare antibiotic ointment. It is advisable to add to the aftercare instruction sheet, that if redness or irritation occurs, the first step is to immediately discontinue using the aftercare antibiotic ointment and instead switch to a milder ointment. Prior to a procedure, clients may inform you that they are allergic to latex. Always have non-latex available.

Aftercare is Important

• When it comes to microblading, there is a different healing process and after-care protocol than traditional cosmetic tattooing. With microblading, healing of the skin occurs mainly on the outside of the skin, very much like a minor surface cut or scratch you would encounter while working in the garden. It is the same type of healing which forms a scab or crust. The scab protects the injured skin and flakes off as the skin underneath no longer needs the protection. The color within the controlled injury, or eyebrow stroke, heals inside the skin, creating the illusion of hairs forming the eyebrow shape.