Microblading Healing Process: Everything You Need To Know
The Microblading Healing Process Is Quicker Than You Think
If you are in good health, you should be pleasantly surprised at how easily and quickly your microblading heals. We’re going to go over how your microblading will look as it’s healing and the two most common and popular methods of microblading aftercare.
The Microblading Healing Process Day By Day
Day 1: You’ll love your new eyebrows!
The color is perfect and the shape is everything you’ve dreamed of.
Days 2-4: Your color will darken slightly and temporarily.
This is because the fresh color goes through a period of oxidation. This does not last longer than 7 days and is minimal. You should not experience heavy scabbing. Any scabbing will be thin and light. You should feel comfortable going to work the very next day.
Days 5-7: Your microbladed eyebrows begin to flake as part of the healing process.
This lasts 1-2 days. You want to avoid picking or itching your brows.
Days 8-10: Flaking has finished and you will feel fully healed.
You finally treat your eyebrows normally. Keep in mind that even though your eyebrows feel normal, your skin is technically still in the healing process. Your eyebrows will temporarily look lighter than they will when fully healed at 6 weeks. This is because you have new, baby skin and it needs a few more weeks to finish healing.
Days 14-28: Your eyebrow color and shape has fully bloomed.
The color and shape should be just right and soon you will be invited back for your follow-up appointment.
Day 42: It’s time for your follow up.
During your follow up you have the opportunity to adjust anything you’d like about your new eyebrows. Sometimes clients are nervous during their initial service and later wish they had gone darker or fuller. This is your opportunity to make sure you are 100% in love with your beautiful new brows.
Aftercare: Microblading Dry Healing vs Wet Healing
Here are the two most popular microblading post care methods:
You’ll clean your microblading every 15 minutes to 1 hour immediately following the procedure using cotton pads and water.
Dry Healing
Dry Healing predates Wet Healing. It’s how microblading artists used to have their clients heal, and how some still do today. Dry Healing is exactly how it sounds. You don’t get your microblading wet, ever. After your microblading appointment you do not touch your eyebrows. You let your eyebrows heal on their own with no assistance.
PROS: There’s nothing for you to do and no aftercare kit required.
CONS: You’ll have heavy scabbing during healing and you’ll lose more color.
Wet Healing
Wet healing is how most microblading artists have their client’s heal today. Your microblading artist will have you clean your eyebrows every 15 minutes to 1 hour following your appointment. Depending on your artist’s preference, you’ll do this for 1 to 3 days.
You’ll also be asked to clean your eyebrows morning and evening with a gentle, permanent makeup-approved cleanser and told to use an appropriate healing gel to keep your skin from drying out.
PROS: You’ll have no scabbing and your color will heal much more evenly.
CONS: You’ll have some work to do and an aftercare kit to keep on you.
Dry healing is still a common method even though wet healing has proven to have the most promising healed results. You can speak with your artist about their healing method and what they’d like from you when healing.
Wet healing is the #1 way to achieve your best Microblading results
What You Need For Your Microblading Wet Healing Aftercare
Wet healing is the #1 way to achieve your best Microblading results. Here are the top aftercare items you’ll need.
Cotton Pads
You’ll clean your eyebrows every 15 minutes immediately following the procedure using cotton pads and water.
Microblading Approved Cleanser
You’ll use your cleanser to wash your microblading morning and evening.
Microblading Healing Gel
Microblading gel is specially formulated to help your eyebrow color heal with longer-lasting and more brilliant color.
Eyebrow Blotting Pads
If you have oily or combination skin then you should be using blotting pads to soak up excess oil. This will help your microblading to heal with more color.
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