Show patients their result before they treat.
Long-lasting cosmetic tattooing for brows, eyeliner, and lip color that wakes up effortlessly camera-ready.
Sarah Jenkins
Plan • Skin Treatment
Recommended Protocol
Permanent Makeup
Touch-up after healing, refresh every 1–3 years
Maintenance & Follow-Up
Ongoing plan
Permanent makeup is cosmetic tattooing that enhances brows, eyeliner, and lip color with a soft, natural, makeup-like effect lasting 1–3 years. Techniques include powder brows, lip blush, and lash-line enhancement, with a touch-up after healing to perfect color. It saves daily routine time and suits sparse brows, makeup sensitivities, or unsteady hands.
Permanent makeup (cosmetic tattooing or micropigmentation) implants pigment into the skin to enhance brows, eyeliner, and lip color in a soft, makeup-like effect that lasts 1–3 years. It saves time on a daily routine, suits those with sparse brows, unsteady hands, or makeup sensitivities, and includes techniques like powder brows, lip blush, and lash-line enhancement. A touch-up after initial healing perfects color and shape.
For a practice, permanent makeup is a premium, high-margin service with a built-in refresh cycle and a loyal clientele that often adds skincare and injectables. Because it's semi-permanent and on the face, previewing the result is the core of conversion. Showing the proposed shape and color on the patient's own photo builds the confidence needed to book a procedure they'll wear every day.
Permanent Makeup
Category
Skin Treatment
Typical cadence
Touch-up after healing, refresh every 1–3 years
Downtime
Mild swelling and scabbing for several days to a week.
Typical range
$300–$800 per area
From in-clinic procedures to at-home regimens, Afters maps the full range of options — so patients can see what each one would do for them, on their own photo, before they commit.
Each concern maps to its full range of options — and lets patients preview their result before they commit.
Thin, sparse, or patchy brows from over-plucking, aging, or genetics — restored to a fuller, defined shape.
Explore concernAdding volume, shape, and definition to thin, flat, or asymmetric lips.
Explore concernThin, short, or sparse lashes enhanced to look longer, fuller, and more defined.
Explore concernCommon questions patients ask about permanent makeup — and what practices should be ready to answer.
Despite the name, it's semi-permanent — lasting 1–3 years depending on the technique, pigment, skin type, and sun exposure — then gradually fading until refreshed.
Lip blush is a permanent-makeup technique that adds a soft wash of natural color and definition to the lips, enhancing shape and tone without the look of a bold lipstick.
Numbing is applied beforehand, so discomfort is usually mild. Eyeliner and lips can feel more sensitive than brows, with some swelling and tenderness afterward.
Expect mild swelling and scabbing for several days to a week. Color looks intense at first, then softens as it heals, with a touch-up to finalize the result.
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