Permanent Eyebrow Makeup: First Numbing Agent

Series Summary

Tattoos have been a part of human culture since long before recorded history, and this ancient practice of dermal pigmentation is practiced worldwide. Tattoos have played various roles in numerous cultures from rites of passage and signs of religious devotion to sheer desire to ornament oneself. Recently, we have seen a relatively new form of tattooing emerge. Originating in the early twentieth century, a tattooist named George Burchett developed a technique that tattooed permanent makeup on the skin. Using vegetable dye under the skin, permanent makeup as come a long way since its beginnings. Today, there are many different ways to get makeup permanently tattooed on skin, and for many, the convenience of this process beats a lifetime of buying cosmetic products and constantly applying them. In this free video series, learn about permanent eyebrow makeup. Our expert, Karen Marlise Cowle, has been doing permanent makeup for more than twenty five years. She shows you everything you need to know and expect when getting permanent eyebrows. Learn how numbing agents are used. Also, watch how Karen uses sterilized needles. She even shows you the process of stapling eyebrows in. So, if you are curious about permanent makeup, take a moment and learn about permanent eyebrows today!

Video Transcript

"Now I'm going to take a few moments and I'm going to numb my client. This is a topical numbing agent, which doesn't take out all the discomfort but what it does do, is give me the capacity to go in and start to do the work and when I break the skin, I'm always, every movement I make with the client, is to apply color. Then I'm going to put in, once I break the skin, I got a product, that I put into the skin, that totally numbs her. It's a compound but this product only works on the surface of skin. As you know, tattooing, which permanent makeup is a form of, goes down into the skin. We're putting product into the dermis. I'm going to put this on and let my client relax, for a little while, to some soft music and then we'll get started putting in the color of choice. She has auburn colored hair and she wants red colored brows."