TATTOO PROBLEMS AND CORRECTIONS

HOW TO CORRECT IF YOU JUST COVERED UP THIS PINK SALMON OR PURPLE TONE WITH ANOTHER BROWN IT WILL LOOK GOOD FOR A FEW WEEKS OR MONTHS BUT ALWAYS THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM COLOUR WILL COME THROUGH! FIX THE FIRST PROBLEM CHOOSE A COLOUR CORRECTION PIGMENT LIKE AN OLIVE GREEN OR A PURPLE BROW OR RED BROW CORRECTOR (THESE ARE ALWAYS A GREEN TONE) RED/PINK/SALMON/PURPLE + GREEN = BROWN

THE REASON YOU MAY NEED TO CORRECT COLOUR CORRECTIONS CLASS THE CLIENT HAD UNREALISTIC EXPECTIONS THE CLIENT HAS NOT FOLLOWED THE CORRECT AFTER CARE A MIS COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN CLIENT AND THERAPIST BAD WORK FROM THE THERAPIST CLIENT WAS ON MEDICATION – DEPRESSION MEDICATION -HORMONE MEDICATION-BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICATION-CAN ALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR LOSS OF COLOUR AND CHANGE OF COLOUR WHAT TO DO FIRST: IDENTIFY THE BASE COLOUR OF PIGMENT AND SKIN TONE = RESULTS BROWS: CLIENT RETURNS SHOWING BASE ONLY OF PIGMENT SALMON PINK PURPLE (AS ALL BROWNS ARE MADE UP OF RED/BLUE/YELLOW THESE ARE THE BASE COLOURS OF PIGMENT) SO THIS CLIENT IS SHOWING THE BASE AS EITHER AB OR C WHICH ALL COME FROM RED THE REASON YOU MAY NEED TO CORRECT

HOW TO CORRECT OTHER COLOUR PROBLEMS BROWS SHOW BLUE GREY TONES USE A CORRECTOR COLOUR OF ORANGE BLUE + ORANGE =BROWN LIPS SHOW BLUE TONE USE A CORRECTOR OF RED/ORANGE BLUE +RED/ORANGE = BROWN/PINK

WHAT NEEDLE TO USE FOR CORRECTIONS 7 ROUND OR 4 SLOPED OR A SHADER HOW TO USE : CIRCULAR MOTIONS

BROWS REMEMBER YOU CAN ONLY GIVE YOUR CLIENT SISTERS NOT TWINS

PROBLEMS! WHY DOES MY CLIENT LOOSE COLOUR WITHIN FIRST 1-2 WEEKS YOU MAY HAVE GONE TOO SHALLOW (PIGMENT SCABS EASY AND LIFTS OFF USUALLY WITHIN FIRST 7 DAYS) CLIENT HAS NOT USED CORRECT AFTERCARE OF BEPANTHEN CREAM OR PROTAT SOME CLIENTS LIKE TO USE THEIR OWN CHOICE OF AFTER CREAM LIKE PAW PAW THE CORRECT AFTERCARE WAS USED BUT APPLIED TOO THICKLY CLIENT’S MEDICATION HAS REACTED WITH ION OXIDE IN PIGMENT (MEDICATION FOR DEPRESSION/HORMONE/BLOOD PRESSURE CAN ACT WITH PIGMENT) CLIENT HAS LOW IRON LEVELS IN HER BLOOD STREAM (THUS THEY TAKE THE IRON FROM OUR PIGMENT (IRON IS THE COLOUR) CLIENT HAS BEEN USING LASH ENHANCEMNT SERUM LIKE LATISSE (EYE AREA ONLY) THE CLIENT MUST BE OFF LASH GROWTH SERUMS FOR 4 WEEKS PRE AND POST PROCEDURES

PROBLEMS CLIENT COMPLAINS OF EXTREME SORENESS/REDNESS/WEEPING YOU WENT TOO DEEP WITH NEEDLE YOUR NEEDLE HAD A BURR ON TIP YOU OVERWORKED THE AREA YOU DID NOT STRETCH CORRECTLY CHEAP NEEDLES FROM INTERNET COMING FROM ASIA OR

PROBLEMS F) CLIENT HAS NOT FOLLOWED CORRECT AFTER CARE PROCEDURE G) CLIENT HAS TOUCHED WITH FINGERS AND INTRODUCED A BUG –INFECTION H) CLIENT HAS AN ALLERGY TO: NICKLE IN NEEDLES/ANAESTHETIC/CARRIER IN CREAM/LATEX GLOVES/AFTERCARE CREAM

PROBLEMS CLIENT COMPLAINED EYE SORENESS OR CANT SEE HAS TO VISIT DR OR HOSPITAL! YOU MAY HAVE GOT ANAESTHETIC INTO EYE YOU DID NOT USE EYE DROPS BEFORE/DURING OR AFTER PROCEDURES YOU MAY HAVE RUBBED TOO SERVERLY AND CAUSED A CORNEA RUB (DRY EYES WITH PIGMENT= CORNEA GRAZE OR

PROBLEMS D) CLIENT MAY HAVE PUT SOMETHING INTO EYE OR ON PROCEDURE (NO CREAM IS PERMITTED ON EYE AREA AFTER PROCEDURES) E) CLIENT HAS NOT FOLLOWED AFTER CARE OR USED FINGERS TO TOUCH (CAUSING INFECTION) CLIENT COULD HAVE ALLERGY TO: NICKLE IN NEEDLE/ANAESTHETIC OR THE CARRIER IN SUCH/LATEX GLOVES

WHAT TO DO? ANY TIME A CLIENT SHOWS THESE SIGNS YOU SHOULD: 1. TRY TO SEE THE CLIENT IMMEDIATELY TO EVULATE THE PROBLEM BUT IF YOU SUSPECT INFECTION THEY MUST VISIT THEIR G.P OR IF VISION PROBLEMS VISIT THE EMERGENCY DEPT AT LOCAL HOSPITAL. THESE THINGS ARE RARE BUT BE PREPARED AND HAVE A PLAN

PROBLEM HAIR STROKES NOT HOLDING ENOUGH COLOUR A) ALWAYS USE TWO SHADES DARKER THAN FINAL COLOUR REQUIRED B) HAIR STROKES ARE NOT A PROCEDURE BUT A PROCESS THEY REQUIRE MORE PERFECTION VISITS TO ACHIEVE BEST COLOUR RETENTION

PROBLEM CLIENT RETURNS FOR HER 4-6 WEEKLY CHECK UP AND THERE ARE LIGHT AND DARK AREAS IN THE PROCEDURE WHAT HAPPENED? USUALLY THE THERAPIST HAS NOT KEPT THE SAME PRESSURE WITH THEIR MACHINE OR THEIR HANDTOOL

PROBLEM WHAT PROBLEMS DO YOU EXPERIENCE? …………………………………………………………. COSMETIC TATTOO OR MICRO-PIGMENTATION IS ON ONGOING LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR EVEN THE MOST ADVANCED THERAPIST IT IS ON ONGOING LEARNING CAREER!