Coloring in permanent makeup: a note to masters

It would seem that with modern capabilities and equipment, every tattoo artist is able to create a masterpiece out of the blue. Is it so? About this - in our permanent section "The ABC of a novice master of PM".

K - color

Undoubtedly, the right equipment for technical specifications greatly simplifies some aspects, but it will never help you choose the right shade of pigment for this particular client and avoid the appearance of purple lips or bluish eyebrows. After all, Her Majesty the colorist rules here.

Anyone who believes that in the presence of a dozen or two pigments it is possible to “hit” the target by the method of elimination is deeply mistaken. In each case, the choice of paint is very acute, the same color may look different:

• in a vial;
• on grinding;
• immediately after the procedure;
• during the healing period;
• fully healed;

Enough options, right? Therefore, when working with clients, there should be both logical reflections (selection by color type, etc.), as well as intuitive and acquired knowledge in practice.

Helpful Hint : Keep a record and file of your clients and the pigments used on them. Even if it was a two-or three-component mix, do not be too lazy to write down in a language that you understand exactly how you got it. Thus, in the future it will be possible to refresh the tattoo, push off, whether you need to get the same effect or vice versa, create something radically different.

In addition to color, you need to consider the age and condition of the patient's skin, this is more likely to give you information regarding further procedures. When the customer base is small, you can probably keep this information in mind, but as the number of customers increases (which we sincerely wish for you), such information can be smeared and confused.

Perhaps not everyone knows this, but the depth of pigment injection also affects the final color. Usually it is adjusted by the hand of the master (as on a Giant Sun typewriter) or adjusted on a PM device (Goochie, Charmant, Biomaser machines), most often 0.5-1 mm, varies depending on skin type, area, etc. This means that at a suitable depth at the level of the middle layer of the dermis, the paint is fixed and after healing, a lasting effect is maintained. Otherwise, if the penetration depth was insufficient, the pigment may not be fixed and “come out” along with the outgoing crust, leaving only a light trace.

Try to discover for yourself the properties of all available pigments, from their composition to combination. In this case, the aforementioned client card file and the recorded algorithm for mixing pigments will be very useful.