If you are having medical tattooing on your face, please arrive without makeup or camouflage cream on, or arrive early and remove your makeup 20 minutes before your treatment time. This gives your skin time to calm down and return to its normal colouring.

Refrain from alcohol or caffeine in the 24 hours pre-treatment.

If you have had even ONE COLD SORE in the past, and are having a lip treatment or the area of concern goes onto or close to your lip, use an anti-herpes medication 5 x daily before your treatment and for 5 days afterwards. This will help prevent a breakout which could cause you discomfort and scarring. You will need to obtain this from a chemist or your doctor.

Please keep the area to be tattooed as you would on a day to day basis. If you regularly shave the area, please make sure it is shaved. If you do not shave the area, please DO NOT shave it.

No, you can go into work the same day if need be.

For Medical Tattoo either a dressing may be needed for the first 48 hours. If no dressing is needed, the area may look red and/or slightly swollen.

Lips and eyes are the areas that may swell, so it is advisable to have your treatment at least 48 hours before an important event.

Medical tattooing will last anywhere between one year to five years. This is dependant on the number of treatments you’ve had, your pigment retention, the pigment colour, aftercare, exposure to UV rays, medication, immune response especially heightened response from Vitiligo / Alopecia and/or Lupus.

A patch test for sensitivity is there to text whether the pigment or anaesthetic reacts to your skin. It is performed as a light scratch behind each ear. You will need to wait at least 24 hours to see if you have a reaction.

A reaction will cause the area behind the ear to become:

Red

Raised

Itchy

If you have any of these symptoms let your practitioner know as soon as possible, and note which ear is reacting. If you are reactive to the pigment you cannot proceed with medical tattooing. if you are reactive to the anaesthetic, you can continue with medical tattooing but without the anaesthetic.

This is a is a free of charge service in clinic, and takes 5 minutes.

If you prefer a patch test to be posted to you, there is a fee attached.

A colour analysis test is performed if your practitioner thinks you could be at risk of hyperpigmenting from the treatment. Your skin tone will be matched by mixing pigments and a few different configurations of needles will be used. A couple of discreet areas will be chosen to test out the needles and colour mixes. You will then need to follow the aftercare and wait four weeks to see the results. A review at 4-6 weeks is essential to see the results and to determine whether you can continue with medical tattooing.

There is a cost for the colour analysis test.

A patch test is for sensitivity is a free of charge service in clinic to test for reaction to the products used in your treatment. A Colour analysis test is a skin tone test for hyperpigmentation.

There is a cost for the colour analysis test.

Generally, Medical Tattooing is not advisable for use over anything that is darker than the surrounding skin. If you have an area of hyperpigmentation, it is a high risk that medical tattooing will cause more hyperpigmentation.

It is inadvisable for cafe au lait patches, congenital moles or melanocytes naevi, haemangiomas, hyperpigmentation, under-eye circles, melasma, blue grey spots and pigmented birthmarks OTHER THAN port wine birthmarks.

Camouflage cream is a great, safe and easy alternative solution.

The best treatment for broken blood vessels is IPL – Intense Pulse Light. This can permanently get rid of them rather than trying to camouflage. Please seek professional advice and treatment for IPL.

Camouflage cream is a temporary solution that can conceal them by adding a skin coloured cream over the top. This is temporary and needs to be applied daily or as and when required.

It is not advised to tattoo over dark circles. The skin is quite thin under the eye and the pigment will not cover it realistically.

Camouflage cream is a temporary solution that can conceal them by adding a skin coloured cream over the top. This is temporary and needs to be applied daily or as and when required.

No, Medical Tattooing is not advisable to try and make areola look smaller, but it doesn’t have to make them look larger either even with circular scarring around the areola. There are ways we can manage to disguise the scarring without making the areola look bigger.

Yes you can. Depending on how indented, you may be advised to have microneedling first or go straight for medical tattooing.

Medical tattooing works in a similar way to microneedling and can stimulate the collagen, flattening indented scars.

This is assessed on a case by case basis. Some hypertrophic scars can be tattooed and some not. Depending on how the scars look, you may be offfered alternative treatments.

Yes definitely.

It’s normal for there to be patches and the pigment to have faded after the first session.

Darker pigment and a different configuration of needles can be used in your second session.

Occasionally a third and a fourth session is required to get the desired outcome.

Vitiligo is an immune response that causes the body’s immune system to process and remove melanin from the dermal layer of skin.

If pigment is introduced into those areas, the body’s immune response can also remove the pigment.

One session will be enough to inform you whether medical tattooing will work for you and your vitiligo.

Medical Tattooing works on 40-50% of people with Vitiligo.

That is dependant on each persons requirements and the size of the area of concern. If it covers an area larger than 3” by 2”, we can discuss your preference. It can all be covered in a session but the amount of coverage you get in each area will be less. Or, we can concentrate on a smaller area and get more coverage and spread the coverage over each session. This will be discussed during the consultation, and can remain flexible during the treatment process.

You need to plan in advance. If you want medical tattooing fully finished for this special occasion start at least 3-6 months before. At the very least make sure your last appointment is two weeks before your special occasion so you have a chance to heal.

You will need to wait until the top layer of skin is healed before wearing camouflage cream or makeup. This will take between 3-10 days depending on how quickly you heal. The majority of patients find they heal between three to six days. You can then wear camouflage cream and/or makeup over the area.

This is dependant on each individual, anywhere from 1-5 years.

The majority of patients come back for a colour boost every one to two years. Don’t let the tattoo fade more than 50% otherwise your colour boost will involve two sessions.

You need to plan in advance. Book your appointment at least 10 days pre or post your holiday. No swimming, sauna, sunbed and jacuzzi for at least 10 days post treatment.

Exposure to UV rays can fade the pigment quicker than normal, so it’s advisable to wear Sun Protection Factor (SPF )50 on the area when it’s exposed to the sun. This isn’t necessary when clothing is covering the area.

Be very careful not to burn the area.

The chlorine has no impact on the pigment retention. No swimming for 10 days as part of your aftercare is to prevent infection from the pool. You need to wait at least 10 days post treatment for swimming, sauna, sunbed and jacuzzi.

Yes you are able to have medical tattooing but wait two weeks pre or post Botox. If it is in a completely separate area, there is no need to wait. Let your practitioner know you have had Botox, and when.

Yes but it is VERY IMPORTANT to be aware you must take antiviral tablets for 5 days pre and post treatment.

You must be at least 3 months post your last cold sore.

This is imperative even if you have only ever had ONE coldsore in your life. The virus stays in the nerve ending and will be stimulated by medical tattooing over that area.

Yes, lip treatment can make your lips look larger by going to the edge of the vermillion lip line. In some cases of scarring and asymmetry it is possible to tattoo onto the skin to give the illusion of symmetry. This will be done in a different colour to blend in and look realistic.

Yes, once your lips are fully healed. Wait at least 5-10 days for the top layer of skin to be healed. Make sure your lipstick is clean or use a new one.

Yes, this is a specialist procedure. It will take approximately three sessions to achieve results. You need to book a ‘Lip Lightening’ treatment.

Yes, but make sure the filler appointment is at least two weeks BEFORE your medical tattoo appointment OR 4 weeks after your medical tattoo treatment has finished.

Absolutely not. Pets are not allowed in the clinic or the treatment room. This is for the safety of everyone, and for the management of your treatment.

We are not insured to have children or pets in the reception area or the treatment room. If you do arrive with either, you will not be able to go ahead with your treatment and full payment will be charged.

No. Children are not insured to be in the clinic or the treatment room.

Children are not allowed to be left in reception or a waiting area on their own or with a receptionist. This is for the safety of everyone, and for the management of your treatment.

We are not insured to have children or pets in the reception area or the treatment room. If you do arrive with either, you will not be able to go ahead with your treatment and full payment will be charged.

If you are over 18, you will be able to have one person accompany you as long as they are also over 18 years old.

Due to the nature of the treatment if you are under 18 your parent or guardian must be in attendance.

Please do not arrive for your medical tattoo treatment with your child. They are not allowed in reception on their own, and they are not allowed in the treatment room. This is for the safety of your child and the management of your appointment and treatment.