Machines for permanent makeup: how to find "your" machine?

Now there is a wide range of devices on the market of equipment for permanent makeup. Equipment for permanent makeup varies in appearance, price and quality, and when choosing, it requires special attention from masters, especially beginners. The price range is quite large, so what should the masters pay attention to, and what is it preferable to opt for?

Considering the various options for buying a device for permanent makeup, it is necessary to pay special attention to all the technical characteristics, and above all, to the speed and modes of operation of the device. When choosing equipment, be sure to ask permission to hold the maniple or machine with the holder in your hand. It must fit comfortably in your hand. In various designs, the position of the center of gravity along the length of the maniple may be different, and this may unnecessarily strain the hand during operation. Maniples vary in weight, thickness, length, their design, and may simply not fit the size of your hand.

Possible and impossible

Remember that in permanent make-up it is permissible to use only rotary-type devices. In many countries, the use of induction devices is prohibited by law. This is due to many side effects and complications after performing the procedure on induction equipment.

Possible side effects and complications when performing permanent makeup on induction equipment may be the growth of scar tissue and the appearance of "bluish" and purple spots and lines due to damage to large vessels. Often, as a result of performing a tattoo procedure on induction equipment, the color looks grayish or bluish due to deeper penetration into the dermis. Sometimes hair growth stops in the affected area.

The choice of equipment and the implementing organization must be approached very carefully. Despite the fact that rotary devices may look different, they have the same principle of operation.

When buying a device from a certain manufacturer, you buy its settings (power, needle feed speed, hardness or softness of the needle stroke).

As a rule, cheap devices have a primitive design of the drive and needle holder, do not provide a stable amplitude of reciprocating movements of the needle and minimize the lateral component of its stroke (lateral runout). This leads to unnecessary trauma to the skin. Other disadvantages of such devices include low power and the lack of necessary adjustments to operating modes. Such a device will not allow you to perform fine technical work (hair technique, shading of the arrow, etc.), and also will not allow you to work on “heavy” skin, into which pigment is heavily applied.

Consumables: important little things

But that's not all. Next, you need to buy consumables (needles, nozzle tips, etc.), which, in most cases, you will purchase from this manufacturer or dealer. As you know, the price of consumables is not the last value in the formation of the cost of the procedure.

It is worth asking if there are interruptions in the supply of consumables, if there are still sellers of this equipment and consumables on the market. Equally important is the possibility of servicing the device, and the possibility of delivering consumables to the city where you work or live.