Message Boards Again

Every so often when I feel like getting pissed off, I look at some of the message boards for the industry. This time I saw a posting done by a doctor talking about injecting anesthetics for lips and brow as being fine but that "some patients get unacceptable bruising with the eyeliner due to the injectable local." YA THINK!!??

Why in the world these docs (and their tattooers) think they need to inject anesthetics is beyond me. I truly believe the "offerning" is a slick marketing ploy to get people in the door to make them think you are not going to hurt them - wonder how many eyeliner referrals you all get from those who you mess up with that gig?

If you keep your first pass shallow and just break the skin - you can lay in some anesthetic gel - OTC strength designed specifically for this industry- and within seconds, you can do another pass, repeat the anesthetic, and go to town. It is not rocket science - it hurts like hell having the anesthetic injected and the bruising is horrific for many. When they leave my studio, they are minorly puffy - they look like they just sat through a sad movie. I wish people would truly LEARN what is appropriate for this industry.