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Your first appointment with a practitioner should be a consultation to discuss your requirements and expectations from medical micropigmentation. Your practitioner should explain the treatment process and take notes on your medical history to make sure that there are no reasons why you shouldn’t undergo medical micropigmentation. You will also discuss your skin tone, in order to ascertain the correct choice of pigment. Make sure that you obtain as much information as necessary to enable you to make a fully informed decision about this procedure and whether it can achieve the results you’d like.
The procedure
On the day of treatment you would normally be asked to sign a consent form which means that you have understood the future benefits and possible risks associated with the procedure.
Photographs of the area to be treated may also be taken by the practitioner for a “before and after” comparison later. Depending on the area being treated, and your tolerance of pain, an anaesthetic cream may be first applied to help minimise discomfort. The selected pigments are blended and applied into the skin with a very fine needle via a small hand held electrical device. The initial appointment should take from ½ - 2 hours depending on the areas being treated and the skill/speed of the technician. There should always be one or in some cases two follow-up appointments, which should be included in the overall cost of the treatment. The follow-up appointments will take less time.
Repeat procedures
It is not possible to determine the length of time the pigment will remain visible in the skin as each person varies, however it is recommended that treatments are re-applied when necessary to freshen the appearance of the application; this may be anything from 6 - 18 months.