Medical tattooing is not a quick fix – Try Camouflage Cream while you are waiting to complete your treatment!

 

try Camouflage Cream

Medical tattooing is not a quick fix. For larger areas, you may be in treatment for up to a year. For most medical tattoo treatments between 2-4 sessions are required, however for specialist treatments such as skin grafts, port wine stains, and vitiligo, as well as certain conditions that can affect retention, this can extend to 3-6 sessions. With each treatment being 4-8 weeks apart this is not a quick fix. 

So how can you manage the visibility of scarring, hypopigmentation, port wine stain, skin graft over this period.

Try Camouflage cream!

Camouflage cream can be used from three to seven days after your Medical Tattoo treatment to conceal the area as it finishes healing. The top layer of skin must be healed, it is NOT to be used on broken skin because of the risk of infection, but as soon as that top layer is healed, camouflage can be worn.

Camouflage cream is specifically designed to help cover discolouration:

Burns, scars, birthmarks and pigmentation. This is a temporary solution that is safe, effective and economical.

Camouflage cream is waterproof and transference proof if applied correctly. It can last up to 3 days on the body, and 24 hours on the face. Generally, the powder is needed to set the cream, but many patients find the cream alone works.

Camouflage cream was designed initially after World War 2 to help the servicemen that came back from the war with serious wounds, scarring and burns. 

Due to the improvement of medical services and medicine more men were surviving from previously deadly wounds. However, they were left with extensive scarring, so Camouflage cream research and production began in order to conceal the scars as much as possible.

Mr. Max Factor, back in the First World War had worked with plastic surgeons to create a suitable cosmetic for performers with scarring and dermatoses, but also for veterans who had been severely burnt. Makeup at that time was mainly used in the theatre. 

At this time, Lydia O’Leary had used her knowledge of chemistry and love of painting to develop a makeup foundation that would conceal her port wine stain. This became the brand Covermark.

A few decades after this, Mr Archibald McIndoe, born in New Zealand, came to the UK and was appointed consultant to the RAF in 1938. In 1939 when war broke out, he chose the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead as his base. 

He knew that his patients needed to regain their self-esteem to enjoy a happy and fulfilled life, his philosophy being that treatment should be 50% medical and 50% psychological, and introduced camouflage makeup to his team of veterans, then named ‘the guinea pig club’ to assist with reintegration into the world outside of the hospital. 

He worked with Thomas Blake, his friend an analytic chemist to create the skin-coloured topical cream that to help conceal burn scar tissue.

It is with thanks to McIndoe and the other men and women involved that this treatment is so readily available today. There is a huge increase of colours and products available today, and the ease of use of the products, mean so many people choose Camouflage cream to help cover their visible difference.

CAMOUFLAGE APPLICATION

 

try Camouflage Cream

Make sure the area for camouflage is clean is dry.

If moisturiser has been added leave at least 20 minutes in between application of the moisturiser and camouflage cream.

Water-based suntan lotion (SPF 50) can be added before the camouflage cream and after.

Apply the camouflage with the press and roll method, covering the area concerned without going too far onto the surrounding skin. 

Blend the edges with your fingers or a smooth sponge so you cannot see where the camouflage cream starts and finishes.

Wait 1-2 minutes for the Camouflage cream to sink into the skin.

Apply the powder (if needed) with a cotton pad, using the gentler press and roll method. 

Make sure you tap the excess powder off before you apply it to the area.

Add a few very fine layers of powder.

Wait 30 seconds to 1 minute.

Use the clean end of the cotton pad to dust off the excess powder.

Leave for 2 minutes.

Look in your mirror standing approximately half a metre away. Can you see any areas that are not covered. If Yes, repeat the above steps just on these areas, not over the whole area as before.

Your camouflage will look more natural after 30 minutes to 1 hour.

try Camouflage Cream

Take a look at Veil Cover Cream ‘Rae Denman Range’. These were designed with the mid range skin tones in mind, which tend to be the colours that are most difficult to find a perfect match in the shops today.

Don’t continue to stand out for reasons that make you unhappy. Camouflage Cream is a flexible, manageable and successful solution, one which can make a real difference to your life.

 

If you would like to book a free of charge phone call or a Camouflage Cream Colour Analysis and Application Lesson please use this direct link to read the FAQ’s and book your appointment online with Rae Denman.