How To Prepare For My Lip Blush Appointment & Aftercare

What is lip blushing?

Lip blushing is a popular cosmetic tattooing technique that involves using a tattoo machine and needle to add color to the lips. The process involves gently opening the skin on the lips to allow for the implantation of pigment, resulting in a beautiful, natural-looking lip color. This technique is used to enhance the lips with a range of soft, natural shades such as pinks, corals, and mauves that can brighten up the face and give a more youthful appearance. This method is a form of tattooing, as it uses similar techniques of implanting color into the skin.

How to prepare for your lip blush appointment:

14 days before the appointment:

1. Apply any lip balm or Vaseline before bed leading up to your appointment.

2. Exfoliating your lips with any lip scrub product or you can make your own scrub by mixing a tbs of brown sugar, honey and bit of lemon juice till it becomes a paste.

3. Stay hydrated by drinking water because moisturized lips will heal more evenly in color.

Disclaimer - If the lips are dry and uneven in texture the color will not implant properly which can lead to patchy, uneven lip blush healed results.

7 days before your appointment:

1. If have EVER had a cold sore or shingles in your life proceed to step 2.

2. Schedule an appointment with your doctor for Valtrex medication.

3. Take Valtrex as directed by the doctor prior to the appointment. This is to prevent the chances of developing cold sores during the healing process.

Disclaimer - Lip blushing is a form of tattooing and causes stress to the body. During the healing stages there is a potential risk that the body will produce cold sores.

Day of appointment:

1. Come prepared with examples of lip blush pictures you like.

2. Bring your fave lipstick colours.

3. If you don’t know what you want we can always recommend color for you during the consultation portion your appointment.

4. Eat before coming to the appointment as the appointment can take up to 4 hours.

5. Take a Tylenol if you are not good with pain.

The next few days:

1. The lips can be swollen for up to 48hours

2. For the first day use provided cottons to clean the lips every 1-2 hours.

3. The lips will feel tight and dry. Use the provided ointment as needed to keep the lips moisturized.

4. The color will be bright and not the real results until 14 days after the initial appointment.

5. Refrain from eating spicy food.

Things to keep in mind:

1. We can choose a very natural color. The final result always look bright at first but will heal 50% lighter after 5 days.

2. Tattooing the lips will make them swollen especially the first day. Don’t schedule any important events or meetings for next 2 days.

3. You will come back for a follow up appointment after 30 days. We can adjust the shape and color during the second appointment.

4. For the most natural results we can only go outside of the natural lip line by 2mm.

5. We do not recommend tattooing the corners of the lips because it will give illusion of clown like lips and does not age well.

6. Numbing is offered after the first pass is complete.

You may NOT be a candidate for tattooing if you answer YES to any of the following:

Within the last 30 days:

- Radiotherapy

- Chemotherapy

- Laser eye surgery

- Facelifts

- Pregnant or breastfeeding

- Taking Accutane medication

- Laser or Saline tattoo removal

- Undergone a major surgery

- Undergone an intensive skin resurfacing facial

- If you have a previous Lip Blush we must approve first before booking.

- If you have dark pigmentation on the lips please send us a photo before booking an appointment.

Aftercare

1. First 6 hours after the Lip Blush procedure use the provided cottons to wipe the lips every 1-2 hours to get rid of any blood or lymph fluids.

2. The lips will feel tight and dry. Use the provided ointment as needed to keep the lips moisturized.

3. First day drink liquids through a straw and stay away from spicy foods.

4. Your lips can be swollen for up to 48 hours.

5. The color will be bright and not the real results until 14 days after the initial appointment.

6. No sweating for 3 days, No tanning for 7 days and no makeup on the lips for 7 days.

7. Scabbing is normal and you will start to noticing the scabbing happening at around 5-7 days. Do not pick or peel the scabs as it can lead to patchy healed results. Let the scabs fall off naturally and continue to use the ointment for hydration.

Healing Process Starting from Day 1 to 14 days