Is Permanent Makeup Like A Tattoo?

Is permanent makeup like a tattoo?

I get this question several times a week and sometimes daily. I have found that when I explain that no matter what you call it, tattooing is permanent makeup, that I get a shocked response. Micropigmentation, dermal implanting, semi-permanent makeup is all a tattoo. I get some shock and sometimes disbelief. Clients are being informed by some permanent makeup artists that it is not a tattoo and permanent makeup is a totally different thing all together. Fancy and creative names have been designed and make an age old art seem like something new. This is unfortunate and it is misinformation.

Permanent makeup or cosmetic tattoo dates back to almost the the beginning of man. Tattooing has existed for thousands of years in various forms for various reasons. It could be used for tribal reasons, to tell a story or just for aesthetic value. Once mankind discovered ways to feed and shelter himself, self expression and the desire to implant pigment on a canvas of human skin evolved.

Permanent makeup is without a doubt, a tattoo. Micropigmentation, dermal implanting, and semi-permanent makeup are just a tattoo. Permanent makeup technicians may like to separate themselves from the word "tattoo" and replace it with "micropigmentation" but it is all the same thing. Permanent makeup is implanting pigment into the dermis and that process known as tattooing, has been around a very, very long time. The tools and pigments are generally interchangeable. In 2006 a study conducted by the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology states that about 24% of American adults 18-50 are tattooed. This survey also determined that approximately 36% of American adults between 18-29 have at least one tattoo. Even though the popularity of cosmetic body tattooing is apparent, there are still social taboos and a stigma in general toward tattoos and the type of people who wear them. Many permanent makeup professionals try to sever the relationship between permanent makeup and body art cosmetic tattoo because there still is some negative emotion by the public about tattoos. What the individual permanent makeup professional feels is socially appropriate will determine how she promotes and explains what permanent makeup is. However, no matter the professionals opinion, the fact is, permanent makeup is a cosmetic tattoo.

With the constant rising popularity of the artistic body tattoo and permanent cosmetics, new and more advanced pigment delivery devices have emerged. It is not likely that one will encounter the primitive jabbing of charcoal into the skin by means of knives, slivers or sharpened wood picks at the local tattoo shop. Today there are various advanced machines and digital power supplies to aid in implantation. There are machines that cost thousands of dollars and employ a variety of safety features.

Tattooing is currently the sixth fastest growing retail business in the United States Of America. With the single fastest growing demographic group seeking tattoo services being middle class suburban women.

So let us take a moment to thank our traditional tattoo artists at the local tattoo shop. It is because of body art tattoo artists, manufacturers and the patrons sporting a full sleve dragon that we have the cool stuff today for permanent makeup. Thanks to the body art tattoo popularity, permanent makeup artists reap the benefits of the advancing tattoo technology.

So call it what you will. A rose by any other word would smell as sweet. A rose tattoo called micropigmentation is still a tattoo.

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