Eyebrow microblading while breastfeeding is a procedure that some women cannot resist, although experts do not recommend it during this period. The fact is that this technique has not been fully studied, so it is difficult to predict exactly how it will affect the condition of a nursing woman and baby. Cosmetologists are of the opinion that it is better to refrain from this effect; we will try to understand what these restrictions are connected with below.
General information about eyebrow tattooing
Eyebrow tattooing is one of the types of permanent makeup. It consists of introducing a special coloring composition under the skin, providing eyebrows with rich color and durability for a long period. The paint is made on the basis of plant and mineral components.
But under the influence of the sun, the natural pigment is gradually destroyed: it brightens and then completely disappears. To maintain beautiful and neat lines, it is necessary to undergo timely correction by an experienced specialist.
Today, tattooing is one of the most popular procedures, as it makes it possible to significantly reduce the time required to apply daily makeup. Especially suitable for women who, due to their busy schedule, are unable to devote much time to their appearance. Other advantages of this type of permanent makeup include:
- The ability to correct the color and shape of the eyebrows.
- Concealing skin imperfections, scars and bald spots.
- Elimination of asymmetry.
- Long-term effect (up to four years).
To do or not
Hair loss after childbirth while breastfeeding
Without a consensus on the harmful effects of tattooing on the body during breastfeeding, cosmetologists often leave the decision to this issue to the woman herself. Here, when making a decision, everyone must weigh the pros and cons. Is it worth the risk, especially since feeding time is a fairly short period of time? In any case, not so big as to make rash actions. In addition, it is possible to correct the appearance, in particular eyebrows, with a cosmetic pencil. After all, you lived before without permanent tattoos, is it worth the risk at this crucial and wonderful moment?
However, if a woman decides to visit a salon, it is useful for her to know some recommendations. Let's name the main ones:
- You should absolutely not manipulate your tattoo in the first couple or three months after giving birth. This is the most hormonally unstable period;
- You only need to go to a good salon that is licensed to carry out such manipulations;
- Read the reviews about the master you signed up for, study especially biased negative reviews about his work;
- Clarify the procedure for disinfecting instruments, try to make sure the quality of processing of instruments, find out whether the pigments for tattooing are certified.
Dyes can be with synthetic or natural components
What is microblading
Microblading is a newfangled appearance correction procedure, one of the types of permanent makeup. Unlike classic tattooing, natural pigment is introduced under the skin using a thin blade, which allows you to apply neat strokes and create the appearance of natural eyebrow hair.
In this way, you can successfully solve such an unpleasant problem as the presence of bald patches or lack of hair in the eyebrow area.
The main differences between microblading and tattooing:
- Fast and easy rehabilitation period.
- Painless procedure.
- Since the pigment is introduced to a shallow depth, the risk of it spreading under the skin and the appearance of aesthetically unattractive streaks and stains is prevented.
- No unpleasant consequences (swelling, redness, etc.) after the procedure.
Reviews
A friend got a tattoo during breastfeeding. I still can’t get enough of it. 24 hours a day beauty! According to her advertisement, I went to restore my beauty.
Miyako
https://www.babyplan.ru/blog/121411/entry-183798-gv-i-tatuazh-brovej#ixzz5C9LaAU4y
After the completion of the GW, I did an eyebrow tattoo, I told the artist that I had wanted to do it for a long time, she told me that it was good that I waited, because it might either not take place, or unevenly, or in general the color would not be the same as I would like, due to hormones!
Natalie
https://www.babyblog.ru/community/post/krasota/1701530
I really want eyebrows, and only here, after reading the whole topic from the beginning, will I come and get it done! I called all the expensive and not so expensive salons, everywhere they refuse to take care of a nursing mother, the child is 6 months old, they say that the pigment will not be taken, etc.!... Everything is great! I really liked Natalia’s work, the color turned out natural, just what I wanted! I got a face. But it didn’t affect feeding at all.
Adeliya Shaipova
https://vk.com/topic-12577028_24373557
My master didn’t do it for me when she found out that I was breastfeeding. She turned around and left. She said that she uses anesthesia and all that, and in order to avoid the consequences, she will not do anything.
Kamfetochka
https://www.u-mama.ru/forum/women/fashion/577595/index.html
I did it for the first time when the child was 2 months old and was on breastfeeding. It took me a long time to get a tattoo. Then I made corrections. Then she gave birth again, and again the correction was due to breastfeeding.
dark
https://www.u-mama.ru/forum/women/fashion/577595/index.html
...tattooing is a painful procedure after all. I very often tell clients during the procedure: relax, relax your body. Because it hurts, the whole body tenses. When the body is tense, the muscles are toned, a state similar to light pushing.
Natalya Soboleva
https://vk.com/topic-12577028_24373557
I got the tattoo done while feeding my first daughter, it came off along with the scabs - only a trace remained. I gave birth to my second child, had microblading done when my daughter was seven months old, now the “scabs” are peeling off again, and pinkish skin is visible between them... it seems the pigment is coming off again... and the money was wasted.
Marina Nasibullina
https://vk.com/topic-12577028_24373557
I did (ed.: microblading). But after a month I corrected it as expected. One eyebrow was a little lighter. The master is very experienced and said that the pigment was applied perfectly, sometimes they make 3-4 corrections, instead of the classic one every month).
~Mira~
https://www.babyplan.ru/questions/141603-kto-nibud-delal-mikroblejding-brovej-vo-vremya-gv#ixzz5C9ZAfQBv
Is it possible to do procedures during breastfeeding?
So, is it possible to do tattooing and microblading while breastfeeding?
Microblading and tattooing, just like classic tattoos, are among the serious contraindications when breastfeeding. Therefore, most salons will refuse to perform procedures on a nursing mother, since this is undesirable during lactation.
A dye that can penetrate into mother's milk is injected under the skin; the procedures may have a negative effect on milk production, and therefore natural feeding of the baby will become impossible. Of course, not everyone experiences negative consequences. For some women, everything goes away without complications. However, you should not rely on chance and risk your health and the health of your baby.
Important Precautions
To reduce the risk of complications when performing eyebrow correction procedures to a minimum, a nursing mother should take the choice of a specialist very seriously. To do this, you need not only to listen to the advice of your friends (other people’s experience is, of course, important), but to pay attention to the following points:
- Make sure that the specific master has a license to provide this type of service.
- View the cosmetologist’s portfolio to evaluate the real results of his work.
- Pay attention to the observance of sanitary and hygienic conditions in the salon, ask employees about how equipment is disinfected, whether they use disposable needles, etc. (you should remember that dangerous diseases such as HIV, syphilis, hepatitis, papillomavirus, etc. are transmitted through blood. ).
- Get as much information as possible about the dyes used during the procedure, find out their composition, and familiarize yourself with quality certificates.
- Be sure to ask to test the coloring pigment in advance on some area of the skin (for example, the elbow) to make sure there is no allergic reaction. This should be done a day before the eyebrow correction procedure.
- It is better to avoid anesthesia so that fewer harmful substances enter breast milk. If you cannot do without pain relief, you should skip at least one feeding after the procedure, and first express the milk in order to feed the baby later.
- After tattooing and microblading, a nursing mother should carefully care for her eyebrows: treat them with special products, and do not tear off the scabs ahead of time.
Before going to the salon, the mother should pump as she may need anesthesia
Doctors are against
Most doctors are of the opinion that this type of makeup should be prohibited for women with breastfeeding. This is due to the following points:
- The natural coloring structure includes a sorbidol cream-gel composition that gets into the mother’s milk, which negatively affects the baby’s well-being. The substance often causes a severe allergic reaction and unpleasant consequences in the child, as a result of which it will be necessary to immediately consult a doctor.
- For pain relief when manipulating eyebrows, Lidocaine is used, which poses a certain risk to the baby’s health.
- During the procedure, wounds form on the surface of the skin; there is a danger of infections getting inside and infecting the mother and her baby. To avoid this, it is necessary to provide adequate care to the affected area. Unfortunately, it is not always possible for a nursing mother to find time for this.
- There is a possibility that breast milk production will stop. Often all this happens against the background of severe pain and stress experienced by the mother during the procedure. The fact is that a nursing woman is very vulnerable not only physically, but also morally. In addition, a woman’s pain threshold decreases, and therefore manipulation can become unbearable. Therefore, you should be especially careful to avoid worries and stress. The possible cessation of lactation is the main reason why tattooing is not recommended for a nursing mother.
Consequences
During the postpartum period, women's hormone levels change: the body produces significant amounts of prolactin, a hormone that affects metabolic processes. In this regard, the pigment introduced under the skin is poorly distributed in the skin, and in some cases it is even accepted by the body as a foreign body.
After the crust disappears from the surface of the affected area, the woman discovers that there is practically no trace of the pigment left, or it is present only in parts. As a result, money and time are wasted.
Tattooing and microblading during breastfeeding are definitely prohibited if the baby is allergic. Despite the fact that the pigment most often includes natural elements, even in small quantities they can have a negative effect on the child. The baby develops a rash and redness on the skin. Therefore, it is better to wait a little with permanent makeup.
Thus, experts do not recommend tattooing while breastfeeding, as well as microblading, because these procedures have a bad effect on the quality and production of milk in the mother. In addition, tattooing is prohibited during this period. It is better to wait until the child completely switches to regular foods, and then visit an experienced specialist in a beauty salon to correct his own appearance.
What is tattooing and what not to do?
Not all cosmetic procedures are allowed during breastfeeding. Tattooing is a minimally invasive technique that allows you to change the appearance of your own eyebrows. A special dye is injected into the upper layers of the dermis, with a depth of up to 0.8 mm, because of this the effect is not long-term, it lasts for a year or two. The specific timing depends on many individual factors, the technique used, the dye, and the personal characteristics of the female body.
There are several types of tattooing:
- hairline: the master creates strokes that imitate natural vegetation;
- shading: give shape and a beautiful tone to the eyebrow meadows, being as natural as possible;
- soft shading: saturates natural vegetation with color;
- shooting: drawing is carried out taking into account the individual relief of the face, the drawing is laid in layers;
- microblading: the dye is injected with a special manipulator with a needle at the tip, which allows you to achieve the effect of your own hair.
During lactation, such manipulative interventions are not recommended. This condition is on the list of contraindications for tattooing. There is always a risk that after the pigment enters the body of a nursing mother, it can provoke an allergic reaction in both the woman and the baby.
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Biotattooing of eyebrows with henna during guards. Step-by-step instructions for biotattooing eyebrows with henna
This entire procedure can be divided into several stages: applying paint, consolidating the result, removing henna from the skin, then from the hairs.
Eyebrow tinting done at home is a structured process. To ensure it goes smoothly, you should carry out some simple preparatory procedures:
- use protective rubber gloves to avoid staining the skin of your hands;
- when carrying out the biotattoo process itself, you need to cover your clothes with a special apron;
- collect all the necessary ingredients near the workplace and place available assistants: brushes, dry and wet wipes, a mirror, cotton pads, a container for paint, towels;
- According to the instructions, henna needs to be dissolved in acidified water in advance - it should sit for a while;
- To prevent the main areas of the skin near the eyebrows from becoming stained, it is necessary to treat this area with a fatty serum or face cream;
- Before the procedure, remove excess hairs with cosmetic tweezers or other usual methods.
After the preparatory work, you can safely proceed to the cosmetic procedure itself. First, we determine the shape of suitable and desired eyebrows, and only then, we proceed to the intended process.
So, let’s look at the process of biotattooing at home step by step:
- First stage. Let's draw the correct and desired shape of eyebrows on the face. At the same time, maintain straight and symmetrical lines. Afterwards, evaluate the sketch and the adequacy of the completed sketch of the contours of both eyebrows.
- Second phase. If the contour meets the style decisions and has a clear and ideal proportion, you can apply a pre-prepared henna mixture. The mixed mass must be distributed evenly and consistently on both bends. It is better to use a cosmetic brush to start from the tip of one, and then the second eyebrow. Next, we work on the centers one by one, and finally we thoroughly apply paint to the heads of the eyebrows.
The mixture should lie thoroughly, without gaps. The thicker the coloring layer, the stronger and richer the eyebrows will be after the procedure.
- Third stage. Having completed applying the mixture, carefully place special cellophane pieces over the eyebrows.
- Fifth stage. Use a damp cloth or cotton swabs moistened with water to completely remove the dried paint. The use of soap or alcohol lotions is prohibited. Do not rip off the unsoaked mixture - this can lead to tearing out of the fibers and cause severe irritation of the skin.
Fourth stage. Leave the dye for fifty to sixty minutes. After all, the longer the time for dyeing hair with henna, the more colorful the final result will be.
For women with blond hair, it is better to dye their eyebrows in light colors, for redheads and brown-haired women – in brown, and for brunettes, shades of black and dark chocolate are suitable.
