This treatment can take up to 4 hours. This includes a consultation and numbing.
This is all depends on the type of treatment you desire and your lifestyle. Lip blush can last anywhere from 1-3 years. However, we would recommend you get a colour boost every 12-15 months as you may experience some fading.
Lip blushing can range from a 2-5 on a pain scale out of 10 everyone has a different pain tolerance. We offer numbing throughout the procedure for your comfort.
You will experience 1-2 days of a bold and bright lip, followed by 2-3 days of chapped lips and the tattoo will peel away (like a regular tattoo). Aftercare cream is provided which helps with the healing process.
Outward healing is done after this stage, but lips continue to change and adjust in colour for the next few weeks. At one month, all colour is balanced and the lips are fully healed. A colour touch up is them provided 4-12 weeks after the first treatment, this is included in the price.
Yes, you can apply any lipstick or gloss to the lips after they are healed.
Cold sores are no problem, you will just need to contact your doctor and get a prescription of aciclovir (antiviral) to be taken 3 days prior and 3 days post lips. Or Zovirax ointment that can be obtained from a chemist. Use the preparation 1-week prior and 1-week after your enhancement 5 times a day to reduce the incidence of outbreak by 50%
If for some reason you still do get a cold sore, with proper care, your lip colour retention will not be affected. Please use a topical and continue using the prescription. You will need to repeat the prescription at touch up and move it out 2 weeks for proper healing time.
Micro-pigmentation does not cause cold sores, however if you carry the virus, it lays dormant in the nervous system and can be aroused by the infusion process.