Permanent makeup is quickly becoming popular for those who wish to enhance their facial features, camouflage imperfections, or do away with the daily hassle of makeup application.  You can have your lips, eyebrows and lashes enhanced in this relatively easy procedure. Other exciting permanent makeup applications include camouflaging of scars and uneven pigmentation, or ‘reconstruction’ of the areola.

Permanent makeup is also referred to as micropigmentation, dermatography, permanent eyeliner, or cosmetic tattooing.

People pursue permanent makeup for reasons such as the following:

• To save time or do away with the inconvenience of daily makeup.
• To replace the appearance of hair in certain areas, especially the eyebrows, due to medical conditions like alopecia areata.
• To correct uneven pigmentation (such as vitiligo) who want ‘color matching’ done on their skin.
• To visually reconstruct the areola in patients who have undergone breast reconstruction.

The procedure involves the implantation of pigment beneath the skin surface with special, sterilized needles.  Lidocaine is often used to minimize discomfort.  There are several colors available and many patients choose to undergo light pigmentation as an initial treatment.
Then if desired, they return later for more pigment.

The Mandell-Brown Plastic Surgery Center is proud to have permanent cosmetics expert Anne Fierst available to our patients.

Anne Fierst’s experience in the field of permanent makeup is extensive, beginning in Europe where she received her training in cosmetology. She has been performing permanent cosmetic procedures for 17 years and is a Board Certified Diplomat of Micropigmentation. She has been a National Trainer in the art and application of permanent cosmetics.

Her expertise in permanent makeup includes eyeliner, full lips, lip liner, and eyebrows. She also does camouflage makeup following surgery, injuries and burns, facials, and skin care evaluation and treatments.

To make an appointment with Anne, please call 513-984-4700.

When performed by medical personnel, permanent makeup/micropigmentation is a safe, inexpensive, and satisfying procedure.  Be sure to choose a practitioner with the proper tools, who also adheres to strict standards of sterilization.