Permanent makeup

Permanent makeup is a cosmetic technique which employs tattoos (permanent pigmentation of the dermis) as a means of producing designs that resemble makeup, such as eyelining (eye shadows and mascara) and other permanent enhancing colors to the skin of the face, lips and eyelids. It is also used to produce artificial eyebrows, particulary in people who have lost it as a consequence of old age, disease, such as alopecia, chemotherapy or a genetic disturbance, and to disguise scars and white spots in the skin such as in vitiligo. It is also used to restore or the enhance the breast's areola, such as after breast surgery.

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Cosmetic - Tattoo - Makeup - Mascara - Skin - Face - Lip - Eyelid - Eyebrow - Alopecia - Chemotherapy - Genetic - Scar - Vitiligo - Areola

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Other names used are dermapigmentation, micropigmentation, permanent cosmetics and cosmetic tattooing. These procedures are regulated in many countries and states, many of them requiring a registered professional, such as an aestheticist, dermatologist or plastic surgeon to perform it. In the USA and other countries, the inks used in permanent makeup and the pigments in these inks are subject to FDA regulation as cosmetics and color additives.

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Regulated - Aestheticist - Dermatologist - Plastic surgeon - USA - Ink - Pigment - FDA

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