Unsuccessful eyebrow tattoo. Photos before and after, how to fix it with or without shading, what to do, consequences

Eyebrows make the face - Coco Chanel bequeathed it, but did not give more detailed instructions. What exactly did unsuccessful eyebrow tattooing do to the faces of Russian and domestic show business stars - see in our photo selection.

Permanent makeup, or tattooing, is a real salvation for those who don’t have time to draw their eyebrows every morning using a whole arsenal of tools, from pencil to pomade and eyebrow gel. It is not surprising that this method of maintaining their appearance at the proper level is especially popular among show business stars with their busy schedules.

There’s just one catch - if the eyebrow tattoo is unsuccessful, you can’t erase it so easily. What's done is done, and you have to go as is.

Anastasia Volochkova

Anastasia Volochkova's eyebrows are an ideal example of how not to get a tattoo. They are too wide apart and pulled up, and their shade does not match the hair color. All this together creates the feeling that Volochkova’s eyebrows are from a completely different opera, or rather ballet.

The situation is further aggravated by the fact that Anastasia really likes to highlight her unsuccessful tattoo with white pearlescent shadows, applying them under her eyebrow. By the way, it’s better not to wear makeup this way at all; this technique is hopelessly outdated.

When can the situation be corrected?

Experts recommend coming for the correction procedure after 1 month, when the dead layer of the epidermis comes off and the result appears. When you contact a certified permanent makeup specialist, you are likely to get a good result.

It is better to correct the color and fill bald spots with pigment in the first correction sessions. The master can lighten too dark pigment, tint the eyebrow, evening out the color.

If the problems are more serious (asymmetry, inappropriate shape) or you want to part with the body image, you can turn to professionals at any time for advice and further removal of low-quality tattoos. It is recommended to contact certified specialists so as not to worsen the result.

Recommendations from experts

Before making a correction, you should consult a competent specialist and consider your decision. Unsuccessful eyebrow tattooing (photos and reviews from women confirm this) can be corrected and get the desired result. But this may require time and an integrated approach.

If the tattoo is fresh, it can be removed using gentle methods and new contours can be applied. The old permanent is removed with a laser.

This process takes a long time. The most dangerous thing, according to experts, is trying to remove permanent makeup at home. In this way, you can cause irreparable damage to your appearance.

Yulia Volkova

How to recognize a bad eyebrow tattoo?

Often photographs of craftsmen demonstrate impeccable work. The photo shows an eyebrow with an ideal shape, beautiful color, even shading or hairs drawn like natural ones. This captivates and makes women decide again and again to take a rash act.

Why photos look perfect, but the result does not live up to expectations:

The photograph is taken immediately after the work is completed, when the damaged skin shrinks in response to injury and clear lines or perfect powder are obtained.
The fresh pigment added has the perfect color. But it can change after 3 weeks.
The photo shows only one eyebrow, but does not show whether the shape of the eyebrows matches the person’s face type and color type.
The pigment applied during the first session is visible in the photograph, but it is not clear into which layer of the skin it was applied. This becomes clear after the crust comes off. If the paint only gets into the top layer, it will come off along with the dead epidermis.
A photo of one eyebrow is not indicative, since the second eyebrow may be asymmetrical.

An example of an unsuccessful eyebrow tattoo
Tattoo artists, knowing the entire list of problems, warn in advance about the need for correction and about a whole list of precautions that must be observed before and after the procedure. Perhaps the cup of coffee you drink in the morning will cause your eyebrows to turn out unattractive. How to understand that a tattoo was done incorrectly?

Signs and descriptions below in the table:

Sign	Description
Uneven distribution of pigment over the surface of the eyebrow.	This is a consequence of the unprofessionalism of the master, whose movements have different forces. In some places the color turns out darker, in others there is no pigment at all.
Blurred eyebrow outline	It is formed as a result of improper use of a tattoo tool and the application of pigment to different depths.
Fast color change	This effect is observed when using cheap pigments or due to improper tattoo application. If the skin bleeds during the procedure, the chemical dye is mixed with the iron-containing pigment of blood breakdown and a bluish tint is obtained.
Broken lines instead of straight hairs	The unprofessionalism of the master leads to the fact that when making an incision, part of the paint gets into the dermis, and part into the epidermis.
Inconsistency between eyebrow shape and face type and overall appearance	Drawing the ideal shape of an eyebrow according to the principle of the golden ratio using a ruler and compass leads to the fact that a person’s face and its expression changes beyond recognition and brings psychological discomfort.

Correcting a failed tattoo by a non-professional artist can lead to more disastrous consequences. Thus, it is very difficult to repeat the contour of a failed hair using a cutter. In this case, you will get another scar and a thick, shapeless stripe.

How to avoid an unpleasant outcome

There will be no unpleasant consequences if you choose a good clinic with experienced specialists. The specialist will recommend the most suitable shape and color for your face type, create a symmetrical sketch, accurately introduce the dye, tell you about all the intricacies of care and persuade you to carefully take care of your hair after the session.

The master must show you the cap, the needle, the paint. You have the right to see the dye certificates.

Before choosing a specialist, it would be useful to study reviews from real clients. The institution’s website may delete negative reviews, so it’s worth looking for responses in independent groups on social networks.

During your preliminary consultation, pay attention to the situation in the clinic: cleanliness, the presence and use of a sterilizer for instruments, the friendliness of the staff. A competent craftsman must be attentive to details, help in choosing shapes and colors, and communicate kindly.

After permanent treatment, you need to follow the rules of care: treat the skin with antiseptic agents and apply healing preparations.

Until the skin is completely restored, it is necessary to avoid sports activities, visiting places with high humidity and temperature, sunbathing, and using cosmetics.

What should you not do if your eyebrow tattoo is unsuccessful?

Unsuccessful eyebrow tattooing (photos and descriptions of possible consequences are described in the article) can be caused by the unprofessionalism of the artist or the reaction of one’s own body.

If the expected result does not coincide with reality and you want to urgently take some action, it is recommended to read these tips:

You can’t go to the first salon you come across to remove the consequences of unsuccessful permanent makeup. You can do even more damage and then you will have to correct the consequences with the help of plastic surgery clinics.
Next steps should be carefully considered. Study existing correction methods and choose the most gentle one.
Consult with a competent, certified permanent makeup specialist on possible actions in this situation. Study manipulation techniques, the number of procedures required and their consequences.
Avoid removing tattoos on your own. Illiterate use of chemicals can cause unexpected reactions in the body: from changing the color of a tattoo to deep burns and facial disfigurement. Severe allergic reactions that are life-threatening may occur.

The desire to always be attractive and spend less time on makeup brings women to beauty salons to create ideal eyebrow shapes using tattooing. Very often the result obtained does not coincide with the ideal. A clear indication of this are photographs of unsuccessful experiences obtained when applying permanent makeup.

Eyebrow care after the procedure

How long eyebrow tattooing takes to heal depends entirely on the care and type of skin - it is important to regularly smear the area with moisturizers and rinse. In fact, if everything is done correctly, healing will not cause any trouble.

Post-procedure care:

In the first days, ichor will appear on the surface of the edges. It must be carefully washed off with soapy water, and then apply a healing cream or ointment;
The next day (or a few days later, depending on the body), crusts will appear. They cannot be torn off, but must be intensively lubricated with Panthenol;
In the first week after the procedure, you need to limit bathing, not visit the sauna, solarium, or swim in open water.

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But if the tattoo is not properly cared for, then negative consequences . The most common of them: infection and suppuration. It is also the most dangerous. After such inflammations, the shape of the eyebrow often changes irreparably, and even microblading cannot fix anything. If you use alcohol-containing products to wash your face during the healing process, you can remove the paint, causing the makeup to become dull and faded.

Whether permanent makeup is worth doing is something everyone decides for themselves, but in any case, if you don’t like the result, you can remove eyebrow tattoos with a laser. There is no need to try to remove the pigment yourself; it is better to immediately contact a specialist. Only then will you get a guaranteed result without complications.

Procedure information

Another name for eyebrow tattooing is permanent makeup. The procedure is similar to getting a tattoo. But, unlike a real tattoo, permanent makeup disappears over time. During the session, the master carefully makes microscopic incisions on the eyebrows using a special sharp device. Coloring pigment is poured into these wounds. As a result, the paint ends up in the dermis. There she stays for 2-5 years.

Before starting the session, the master discusses with the client the desired shape of the eyebrow area and color. A sketch diagram is drawn on paper. Next, the image is transferred to the eyebrows. It is drawn with a pencil. If the client agrees with the design, the specialist starts working with a machine with a sharp needle and pigment.

Note! The procedure cannot be performed during pregnancy, cancer, herpes, allergies, hypertension, or if there are wounds on the skin. The procedure is indicated for healthy people who have reached the age of majority.

There are several technologies for injecting paint under the skin. Among the most popular:

powder tattoo;
hair tattoo;
microblading.

The powder technique involves permanent make-up, which looks like spray paint. Eyebrows appear well-groomed, lightly lined with shadow.

Hair technique is drawing each hair. The work looks natural. Suitable for girls with sparse natural eyebrows.

Microblading also involves the technology of drawing each hair, but the master performs the work with a 3D effect. From the outside, eyebrows look thick, healthy and neatly shaped.

Color correction to correct a bad tattoo

One of the methods for correcting an unsuccessful tattoo, when the shape of the eyebrows is asymmetrical, or different in thickness, or has acquired an unexpected color, is color correction. The pigment is affected locally using a special chemical corrector.

Correctors have different colors, which when combined with the color of the tattoo gives a natural shade. So, when you apply an olive corrector with the addition of yellow to a blue tattoo, you can get a gray or light brown tint. A yellow or orange corrector can help get rid of blue eyebrows.

The sequence of the procedure is as follows:

The area for color correction is prepared: treated with an antiseptic and anesthetic gel.
With an integrated approach, part of the dye is removed with a remover. Then the shape and color of the eyebrows are corrected by adding pigments.
The chemical composition is introduced under the skin using micropunctures.

Electrocoagulation

The pigment is destroyed by electric current. This method was popular because of the quick results (in one session) and low cost, but with the advent of more modern methods, masters are increasingly abandoning it.

The disadvantage of electrocoagulation is that the skin gets burned during the procedure and it takes at least a month to recover.

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Correction and removal methods

The beauty industry is a vicious circle. Having decided to do one procedure, others will certainly follow. So, in response to an unsuccessful tattoo, two options are given: adjusting the result or removing it. Both options are painful and expensive.

Lightening

If the problem is only in color saturation, a specialist will solve this issue by injecting hydrogen peroxide under the skin. It is strictly not recommended to do this procedure on your own.

The process of an in-office lightening procedure goes like this: a cosmetologist uses a syringe to inject hydrogen peroxide under the skin to the depth of pigment injection. Peroxide partially breaks down the dye, reducing its saturation.

At home, you can try to lighten your tattoo using castor oil. It will take a long time, but it is safe for the skin and will strengthen the eyebrow hairs. Another home option is clarification with iodine or celandine. These substances cause skin burns, they must be used very carefully and if there is the slightest doubt, refuse this procedure.

Chemical agent

Unsuccessful eyebrow tattooing (photos and reviews indicate the effectiveness of the methods) is removed using chemical removers. These are active substances containing metal oxides, benzoic acid, n-propanol.

Sequence of the procedure:

The surface of the skin is degreased and treated with an antiseptic.
An anesthetic gel is applied to the tattoo site.
Using a tattoo needle, a chemical is injected under the skin to break down the pigment.

The advantage of this method is that it can be used on a fresh tattoo. It is applied precisely and does not damage clean skin. Using a remover, you can partially remove the pigment by adjusting the shape. The disadvantages are that chemical components can cause allergies, severe peeling and crusting.

You should not agree to use a powerful remover that involves removing paint in 1 session. The skin may become seriously burned and scars may remain on the face.

The procedure requires compliance with precautionary rules, such as:

Before the procedure, do not drink alcohol or medications that affect blood clotting.
do not eat foods that increase blood pressure;
do not visit the sauna or steam bath;
do not be in the sun;
Do not tear off the crusts of dead skin particles.

Dermabrasion

If you translate the name, you get “skin resurfacing.” This method is used to lighten tattoos. It is unlikely that it will be possible to completely remove the pigment. Resurfacing, or removing the top layer of skin, is done with a rough sea salt scrub. This is a painful procedure that must be performed regularly for 3 months.

To prepare the scrub, take salt (sea and food) in equal proportions and mix with a small amount of water. The skin is treated with laundry soap and the area where the permanent is applied is scrubbed for 20 minutes. In this case, you should be careful not to get salt on the mucous membranes of the eyes.

After the procedure, inflammation and abrasions remain. Therefore, damaged skin should be treated with healing agents at least 2 times a week. It is not safe to use such methods without the supervision of a specialist.

Electrocoagulation

Unsuccessful eyebrow tattooing can be removed using electrocoagulation. This is the effect of electrical impulses that break down the tattoo pigment. Photos of women who tried this method confirm the effectiveness of the technology.

The procedure looks like burning a layer of skin using a heated electrode. Therefore, after electrocoagulation, a burn forms on the skin. Along with its high effectiveness, this method has the disadvantage that after exposure to electric current it takes about 1 month to restore the appearance of the skin.

Cryotherapy

Cryotherapy is a method of exposing the skin to liquid nitrogen. Very low temperatures of liquid nitrogen cause local freezing and subsequent tissue death in the treated area. After processing the tattoo, the pigment comes off with a crust.

The procedure does not take long. The site of exposure is anesthetized with novocaine. After the procedure, the skin must be treated 1-2 times a week with wound-healing agents, protected from ultraviolet radiation, temperature changes (visiting a sauna) and aggressive environmental conditions.

Laser removal

The most popular, effective and expensive method for removing the consequences of an unsuccessful tattoo is laser therapy. The essence of this method is the splitting of pigment through exposure to a light beam of a certain intensity.

The most popular is the neodymium laser. It is effective in removing all types of eyebrow tattoos (powder spraying, microblading, classic tattooing). Laser removal can be used for partial correction or complete removal of an unwanted result.

The procedure is painful and expensive. Please note that complete tattoo removal may require 3 or more procedures. The number of impacts depends on the depth of the pigment and the freshness of the tattoo. A gap of 1 month should be strictly observed between sessions.

The most difficult thing to remove is an old tattoo caused by an unknown dye. It happens that when a laser is exposed to paints containing metals, the color of the tattoo does not disappear, but changes to the radically opposite (green, red).

The temperature of the laser is not so high as to cause skin burns. Therefore, if the procedure is performed correctly, the skin is not damaged. But if skin care conditions are not followed after the procedure, inflammation and crusts may form. They should absolutely not be torn off, so that scars do not form later.