Scar camouflage: important to know!

Currently, permanent makeup is used not only as a “leave-in cosmetics”, but also as the final stage after surgical interventions, which allows masking postoperative traces.

K - Scar camouflage

Recall that the camouflage technique is widely used, for example, for dyschromia (discoloration of the skin), vascular skin changes , such as rosacea and wine stains, as well as scars, including after acne and postoperative.

A scar is a dense connective tissue formation that has arisen as a result of tissue regeneration after surgery, damage or inflammation (for example, on the skin after wound healing).

Scar camouflage is of two types:

- applying a permanent;

- collagen stimulation (dry technique)

The first method is that the master selects the pigment to match the color of the client's skin and applies it to the problem area.

When stimulated with collagen, the master acts on damaged skin with a needle, as with tattooing, but without the introduction of pigment. To do this, use a special tool, at the end of which 20 very thin needles are placed. They stimulate the production of collagen in the upper layers of the skin, do not injure healthy skin and do not make it thinner. After this procedure, you can apply a camouflage permanent.

Both the first and second methods have an extremely low degree of injury, which allows you to protect the skin from unwanted damage and reduce the period of care for it after the procedure.

It is important to know

• A camouflage master must use several shades of corrector pigments, which helps to get the most natural result.
• The camouflage process consists of several procedures: the main one and a couple of corrections, which are carried out at intervals of 21-30 days
• During the entire time that the camouflage is on the skin, it is necessary to protect the treated area from the sun's rays using sunscreen.
• You can not apply a tattoo on keloid (tumor-like) scars. The tendency to form keloid scars is a direct contraindication to tattooing.

A keloid is a bluish or reddish-brown scar resulting from the formation of too much connective tissue. Such scars are capable of constant growth. Most often, keloid scars form after injuries in the upper chest and back, on the shoulders, and earlobes. With such scars, tattooing is prohibited - this is fraught with additional trauma to the scar, that is, aggravating the problem.

• It is not necessary to apply camouflage on hypertrophic scars, because this type of tattoo is intended only for pigmentation, and not for combating the relief of a particular zone.

Also, you should not camouflage heavily retracted (atrophic) scars, since the disturbed relief distorts the color of even the most professional camouflage.

Specialists in the field of PM advise camouflaging only those problem areas whose age is from 1 to 9 years. It is also believed that you should not apply a permanent on pink scars. This color of scar tissue indicates that the process of regeneration continues in it. Having processed such a scar, the client risks getting a new one.

If the type of scar allows you to apply a tattoo on it, then this can be done no earlier than a year after healing. This will avoid stretching the scar or distorting the pattern.

Recall that camouflage in permanent makeup is used to disguise:

• vitiligo;
• dark circles under the eyes;
• scars and scars;
• areola of the chest;
• stretch marks