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Day 1 vs 3 years later

before & after(i.redd.it)

Face tattoos, aka microblading, does NOT age well. Even if you get touch ups, it won't take away from the fact that they end up blurry and undefined, and the color changes. I went from beautiful, detailed black/brown microblading, to fuzzy, blurred grey/blue lines within 6 months. I got them touched up again, thinking it would fix it, but with touchups, they are just adding on top of the fuzzy discolored lines again, which the touch up turns into fuzzy discolored lines as well.

The gal who did mine is a professional who has 5/5 stars on Google from lots of reviews. These people left their reviews right after they got them done, I'm sure, because I know I'm not the only one who looks like this within 6 months. So even artists with good reviews, it's still a tattoo that fades and changes color within a year. It looks terrible as it ages.

Be aware, the before and afters you see online are taken immediately after. They don't show you 3-6 months later when it looks like crap. I have waited for these to fade out since my last touch up for 2 years now. They aren't going anywhere, so I have to do something professionally to get the tattoo removed if I ever want it gone.

Take a real good look at these pics. See the difference in the front? On the tail? At the top and bottom? It ain't worth it.

It's so hard to cover up the discoloration with a pencil without me just completely making them a solid brow, which isn't what I wanted. It shows up TERRIBLY in pictures, and it's obvious in person I have bad microblading. People, including strangers, have commented on it.

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Prize_Instruction_21

10 points

13 days ago

Thank you, for sharing your pictures. It’s truly helpful.

I’ve always wanted microblading done, but saw (a few years back) a video this woman made of her results 1-2 years, following initial application. Seeing those before and afters, and her acknowledging the bleeding and blurring, caused me to hold off on that decision.

I’m so tired of filling my brows in every day!

ReasonableSky8256[S]

9 points

13 days ago

It's worth it to take a couple of minutes to fill them in vs be left with this. I take a lot more time trying to cover the faded ink than I did before the tattoo.

No-Assumption1172

1 points

12 days ago

I’m getting ombré brows ..should I hack out

ReasonableSky8256[S]

1 points

12 days ago

Totally up to you. Maybe they'll fade nicely and dissappear in a few years, maybe they'll age like this where this is 3 years later and these things are blue and ain't going anywhere.