At Southeast Regional MedSpa in Columbus, GA, we offer microblading, a semi-permanent treatment that can transform the eyebrows you were born with into the eyebrows of your dreams. This treatment provides an effective way to add dimension to the eyebrows, or recreate them entirely. Beautiful eyebrows are within your reach, whether you have simply over-plucked, lost your eyebrows due to health conditions, or simply were born with naturally thin brows.
In recent years, men and women have realized just how important the appearance of their eyebrows really is. The shape, size, and color of your eyebrows can define the rest of your face, add dimension, and accentuate your facial structure. However, if you weren’t born with full or defined eyebrows, we can give you what genetics didn’t.
Is Microblading Permanent?
Microblading delivers semi-permanent results that last up to two years or longer based on your skin and lifestyle. Most people confuse this treatment with cosmetic tattooing, but the process and results are very different. Microblading involves the use of a tool fitted with tiny needles that make thin hair cuts into the skin that absorb the pigment.
When you schedule this treatment, you’ll achieve semi-permanent, long-lasting results that will free up a significant amount of time in your schedule that you won’t have to spend drawing in or coloring your eyebrows.
How To Extend the Length of Your Results
While this treatment does deliver long-lasting results, there are ways to extend your results so that you can enjoy your beautiful, new eyebrows even longer. By following the necessary post-treatment care instructions and following some specific lifestyle directions, you can enjoy your new, bold, and beautiful eyebrows as long as possible.
Follow the Post-Treatment Aftercare Instructions
Once your treatment is complete, your technician will provide you with a list of aftercare instructions. It’s important that you follow these guidelines to achieve the best possible and longest-lasting results. First, you’ll be asked to avoid any eyebrow hair removal treatments, including threading, waxing, and plucking. Additionally, you’ll need to avoid workouts or any other activities that cause you to sweat for at least one-week post treatment.
You will be instructed to keep the treatment area as dry as possible for seven to ten days post-treatment, even while showering or bathing. Also, make sure that you avoid itching or picking at your eyebrows even if you experience some flaking post-treatment. Following these instructions will ensure that you achieve beautiful eyebrows post-treatment.
Avoid Excess Sun Exposure, Saltwater, and Smoking
By implementing some specific habits into your daily life, you can ensure that you will maintain long-lasting results after your microblading treatment. Sun exposure, as well as exposure to saltwater, will affect your eyebrows post-treatment, so it’s important that you take the necessary measures to avoid both as much as possible to maintain your results.
Additionally, smoking can cause your eyebrows to fade post-treatment, so if you are a smoker, quitting will improve your overall health and improve your results.
Consider Your Skincare Treatments
There are some specifics exfoliating skin care treatments that will cause your eyebrows to fade when scheduled regularly, including chemical peels and other treatments that use exfoliating chemical ingredients.
In order to ensure the best results, ask your esthetician to avoid applying these solutions directly to your eyebrows during the treatment process. If you are exfoliating your skin at home with a physical exfoliating wash or scrub, be sure to avoid your eyebrows to avoid fading the color.
What Happens During the Treatment?
Once your technician confirms that you are a good candidate for microblading, she will design your new eyebrows. This process begins with a consultation that involves an evaluation of your current eyebrows as well as a discussion on how you want your eyebrows to look. You can bring photographs of eyebrows that you love to your treatment so that your technician can get a better idea of the look you’re going for.
Additionally, if you’re in the habit of applying brow gel or pomades to create your perfect eyebrow, attend your consultation with your eyebrows done to your liking so that your technician can see how you want them to look in person. Your technician will help determine the ideal shape of your eyebrow as well as the thickness. She will use a skin pent to draw your desired shape over your eyebrows to use as a guide during your treatment.
Preparing for Your Treatment
Once we confirm that this treatment is right for you, we can schedule your microblading appointment, but you will be asked to take some pre-treatment directions into consideration to prepare your skin for your session.
What To Avoid
We may ask you to avoid cosmetic injectables, including dermal fillers and Botox, for two to three weeks pre-treatment. Additionally, we may ask you to avoid excess sun exposure and tanning beds to avoid burning your skin before your treatment. As a general rule of thumb, leave your eyebrows alone in the days leading up to your treatment.
Don’t apply any tint or schedule waxing or threading appointments for one week before your treatment. You also may be asked to avoid the use of blood-thinning supplements and medications pre-treatment and refrain from consuming alcoholic beverages for one to two days post-treatment.
The Treatment Process
The actual treatment process will begin with the application of a topical numbing cream. This cream will ensure that you feel comfortable throughout the treatment process. Once your skin becomes numb, your technician will use a very fine needle to create tiny cuts in the skin that replicate the appearance of eyebrow hairs.
These cuts will extend into the deeper layer of the skin and will be filled with pigment. As these tiny cuts heal, they will seal the pigment within the skin, which will result in the appearance of natural-looking, perfect eyebrows.
Your Results
Once your treatment is complete, you will notice immediate results. Your eyebrows will look fuller, more defined, and bolder. However, they will look darker post-treatment than they will in the weeks to follow. It will take approximately four to six weeks for your skin to heal and for you to achieve your final results. Additionally, you can schedule follow-up treatments to address any fading and help maintain your results long-term.
Who Is It Right For?
Almost anyone who wants to change and improve the appearance of their eyebrows makes a good candidate for microblading. This treatment is safe for most patients, but a consultation is required pre-treatment to ensure that you are in good health and don’t have any medical conditions that could affect the treatment results.
Patients Who Have Over-Plucked Their Eyebrows
Sometimes a quick eyebrow plucking session can result in eyebrows that are too thin, and there’s nothing else you can do but try to use cosmetics to hide the damage. However, sometimes over-plucking can result in weakened hair follicles that no longer grow hair. If you have very thin eyebrows as a result of years of over-plucking but now want them to look thicker and fuller, you may be the perfect candidate for this treatment.
Patients Who Have Experienced Hormonal Fluctuations
Hormonal fluctuations can wreak havoc on your hair follicles, your eyebrow hair follicles included. Sometimes, the aging process results in decreased hormone levels which will affect your hair and your eyebrows.
Additionally, pregnancy and other medical conditions that cause hormonal fluctuations can cause hair loss that affects your eyebrows as well as your scalp. If you suffer from a hormone deficiency or fluctuation that has affected your eyebrows, this treatment can help restore beautiful, bold, and full eyebrows to help improve your overall appearance.
Patient Who Just Want Better Eyebrows
If you are tired of drawing in your eyebrows or using different cosmetic products to achieve the perfect brow, undergoing microblading can make all of your dreams come true and save you time. Once you experience this treatment, you’ll achieve natural-looking, beautiful eyebrows, and you won’t have to spend time maintaining them or drawing them in. Instead, you can wake up every day with perfect eyebrows.
Achieve Beautiful Eyebrows
You don’t have to spend any more time maintaining your eyebrows because, after this treatment, you’ll get to enjoy beautiful, bold, defined eyebrows long-term. Contact us today at Southeast Regional MedSpa in Columbus, GA, to learn more about this treatment and how it can transform the eyebrows you were born with into the eyebrows of your dreams.
