Permanent Eyeliner Aftercare

Proper aftercare is essential for beautiful healing and long-lasting color retention. Follow these Permanent Eyeliner aftercare instructions carefully during the first 10–14 days after your appointment to achieve the best possible results.

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Questions During Healing?
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After Care General Guidelines:

• Apply after care ointment 2 times daily. 
• Ointment for 5 days or until micro-Q-Tips run out.                          
• 7-10 days nothing should disturb or touch your eyes.
• After flaking has gone away or at the 14-day mark you may resume normal life.

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• Only a thin layer of ointment needs to be applied.
• Always use a clean Q-tip to apply ointment and never your fingers. 
• You will be given aftercare ointment and micro-Q-tips.
• Do not let your eyeliner dry out the first 5 days!
• Do not over ointment! 
• If you see scabbing starting to form discontinue ointment, as application could prematurely bump out the scab and create a bald spot.
• DO NOT disturb the scab or flaking over the eyeliner tattoo.  Let it come off at its own pace, otherwise color could be lost. 
• Do not allow any water, soap, sun, tanning bed, make-up creams, contacts or mascara on your eyes until scabbing has gone away. (Usually 7-10 days)

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Sleeping:
Sleep on your back and elevated for the week. Elevation helps with swelling.  Sleeping on your back is for best color retention and reduces the chances of bacteria getting on your eyelids.

• Using a travel neck pillow.
• Cradling yourself with pillows to help simulate side sleeping.

Showering:
It’s not the end of the world if water comes into contact with your eyes, it’s what you do with the water.  If you try and wipe it off, that’s what will do the damage.
Don’t touch your eyes, dab around and let them air dry.

• Do not put your face directly underneath the shower spray, just let it hit your chest.
• Tilt your head back when washing your hair to let the water go down your back instead of the front of your face.
• I like to have a washcloth and hold it on my forehead while I’m rinsing my hair.  That way when I bring my head back to level, I have the washcloth there to catch any water.
• We tend to over complicate things, don’t over think it!
• Do not allow the direct shower spray to hit your eyes for 7-10 days or until the flaking has gone away.  

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• Avoid sweating and intense exercise for the next week.  
• Do not tint, perm, or get eyelash extensions for two weeks after the treatment.
• No swimming pools or Jacuzzi for 2 weeks.
• From the moment, you leave the salon, and over the next few days, your eyeliner will start to oxidize and go EXTREMELY DARK and look like liquid liner, this is normal.
• Once the healing process is done your eyeliner will be significantly softer and lighter (30-60%)
• The sunshine will fade pigment over time.  After eyeliner is healed, putting a moisturizer with at least SPF 30 daily on your eyes will help with color retention.
• If you see prolonged redness and swelling this could be a possible allergic reaction.  Contact me directly for guidance.  More than likely, you will wipe off ointment and discontinue for the rest of the healing process.
• If you see prolonged redness, swelling, and puss this is signs of an infection. Please call your doctor. 
• No other ointments should be used as some contain antibiotics and/or alcohol, that tend to pull color out of the treated area.  

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What to Expect
Eyeliner is a multi-session process, and we are growing your eyeliner.  Due to the delicate nature of the application process, the first round will result in a thin to medium line.  If it’s medium in thickness it is normal for the line to be a little pixelated due to swelling.  If this is your first initial treatment do not stress.  At your next session I will look at the retention and adjust technique according to how the skin has taken the first treatment. 

The Ugly Duckling Phase
The first round we are building the foundation of your liner. The second treatment is where the real magic happens, where we can put pigment into the skin, balance out symmetry, and really fine tune everything.  Remember that your liner will go through and “ugly duckling” phase before they become a “beautiful swan.”

​Your Perfecting Session
Remember, sometimes the littlest pigment stroke can make the biggest difference in your liner. Most clients achieve their final healed results after their perfecting session.