Permanent lip liner can improve the appearance for all. Elaine's artistic skill will enhance your natural beauty by restoring color or reshaping the borders of lips or balancing lips that may be too thin or too thick. Since lips are more vascular, swelling is expected. Also, the color will be extremely bright until the exfoliation process begins. After the exfoliation process, the color will appear very light. The true color can take up to six weeks to surface; a touch up appointment is scheduled for that time.
Watercolor lips are more transparent since the pigment is applied in a pixilated manner by the technician. The edges are soft (vermillion border) and the color is not as concentrated therefore giving a more transparent look. It is ideal for clients that like wearing solely lip gloss and want that youthful look and softer color. This applicaton will need maintenance every 18 months to 2 years.
Blended lip liner is more defined at the vermillion border and has more color implanted. It is blended into the natural color of the lip creating a visual effect of fuller lips. It is ideal for patients with thinner lips and also patients with tremendous sun damage and thinner skin as well. Maintenance is required every 2 to 3 years.
Full lip color is for clients that desire the look of lipstick. More pigment is implanted to give the visual effect of lipstick. An array of colors can be achieved with this procedure. It is ideal for fuller lips and more mature clients. Maintenance is required every 3+ years.
All lip procedures offer a tremendous collagen stimulation, softening fine lines and rejuvenating the skin similarly to what a laser procedure would do for your skin. The downtime is approximately 4 to 5 days. A medical protocol is in place to hopefuly decrease the risk of an infection and an outbreak of cold sores, if you have a history.
"I would say to clients that the healing process is quite arduous and difficult but the outcome is always extraordinary and above all procedures, the most rejuvenating of them all."