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MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Tattoo nightmares. They’re permanent and if you later regret it, it’s a lengthy and expensive process to get them fixed. Now imagine that mistake on your face. It happened to Cathy Ahern who had to endure a long and expensive journey to fix a botched eyebrow job. A quick online search reveals plenty of horror stories of permanent make-up gone wrong. Diane Makish has been doing permanent makeup for more than 10 years and she sees clients come in with big problems. “It’s got kind of a bad stigma attached to it,” Makish explained. Permanent cosmetics or cosmetic tattoos are colors tattooed into the skin, filling in your eyebrows, lips, or around your eyes, like eyeliner. “The whole point in doing permanent make-up is that it enhances facial features, it doesn’t take away from them,” Makish said. But she

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Adding permanent make up to your skin may sound easy and convenient, but like any surgical procedure, there are risks. Lovely red lips, perfectly shaped eyebrows, and flattering eyeliner. Permanent makeup holds the promise you’ll work all day,  go to the gym, dance all night and wake up with makeup- In the hands of the skilled person, the procedures are generally safe. But state regulatory agencies haven’t kept pace with the growth of the permanent makeup industry, and there are lots of unqualified people wielding needles. Disappointing results What if you walk into a salon wanting Jennifer Lopez’s eyebrows and come out with Groucho marks? The biggest risk in any cosmetic operation is disappointing results. Get it right the first time because the chance of getting it right the second time can be challenging. Correction work can be very difficult

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Permanent cosmetics has many uses that many women are not aware of. The majority of women that undergo a permanent cosmetics procedure are looking for convenience and confidence. The comfort of knowing that your lips will look plush and pretty all day long. The feeling of not being behind a mask that you must put on and take off every day. Micropigmentation also serves the purpose of making scars and blemishes look natural and in some cases, made to disappear altogether. Scar coverage is a popular choice for persons recovering from burns and accidents. With the proper pigments blended and a good technician, scars can be made to look as if they were never there. Blemishes due to age or illness can also be covered in a similar manner. However, it is important to note that permanent makeup can only cover, it

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MIAMI BEACH (CBS4) — Women love makeup because it makes them look younger and more radiant but imagine keeping that youthful look without having to reapply makeup every single day. It can happen thanks to permanent makeup. It might sound scary but at The Bauman Cosmetic and Research Center on Miami Beach, cosmetic tattoo artist Diane Makish has applied permanent makeup to hundreds of happy patients for years. “People who are getting later on in years are starting to see their lips shrink, they are prune like, their lips have lots symmetry”, explained Makish. “Permanent makeup just gives you perfect shape and the color is customized to clients needs”. Monica Harris Broome came to see Makish for eyebrows. “I didn’t have eyebrows. They were very blond and I had some hair loss at the outer edges which is a natural

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