As someone who had Microblading done that I had removed to get nano brows I want to share why I removed them, and when I would recommend them getting removed or corrected. Some of the main questions I would ask are:
- Do I like the shape of my brows?
- Do I like the color?
- Are my brows too dark?
- How long ago did I get my brows?
- How much money am I willing to change my brows?
- Do I like the style of brows I chose, and would I want it to be different?
These main questions are the ones I help to figure out if someone's old tattoo, microblading, or PMU work should be removed or can they be color corrected? first question one of the main questions I would ask is do I like the shape or do I significantly want the shape changed. If you want a big difference of your shape to be changed and your brows are too thick or too long or too high or too low, and we can't work within the shape you already have than I usually recommend getting them removed either through laser, saline, or glycolic solution or a mix of both.
If we can work with the shape and the color is not too dark than I would say we could add to it and or color correct depending on what we need. If you don't like the color either its gray, blue, red, pink, orange or whatever color we can do a color correction. That usually means we use a color that is opposite color or undertone of what your brows are to neutralize it and, than we can do a normal hair color over it. Depending on how drastic the color is on your face now a lot of times I recommend doing a color correction in one session not doing any additional color so it can heal completely than in 6-8 weeks we can either do combo, nano, powder brows with a color you want it to be. When we give the full healing time to just the one color correction color it doesn't have to fight any other pigment, and you usually get a better result. If the color discoloration is slight that you usually can do a slight color correction and do nano strokes or other shading on the same appt.
If you got your brows done recently and I mean within a couple days and you are freaking out they are so bad than you can get emergency removal done. It does work better and faster if you do it that fast, but if you have waited past that point don't worry its not like you can't get them removed or fixed it can just take more sessions sometimes.
One of the other main questions you need to ask yourself is how much money and time am I willing to spend. When you remove and start over that will always cost more, because you will most likely pay for more than one session of removal whether laser, saline, glycolic and, than you will start the process of doing your brows and letting them heal so after each session of removal depending on who you get it done from I have heard some people will let you come back after 3-4 weeks up to 6-8 weeks. Think about needing to do that 2-4 times and, than 2 more appt for getting your brows done. All of those appt can add up in money and time for healing, not wearing makeup, or not swimming and hot tubbing. So all of those things might play a role on whether you want to remove or color correct.
Usually if they aren't horrible in shape or darkness I would say we can work within the shape and color correct and then possibly do nano or shading over it. One of the things you need to know is when you color correct usually its a solid area that you are correct the block of gray, blue, etc so when you add the warmth color you still will have color behind the new hair strokes so they won't ever look as crisp and clean unless you start from scratch because you won't see your skin behind it because there is already a base color. Which a lot of people are totally fine with, but I want to help you make the best decision for you.
For most people they did like their past results for the most part otherwise they would have removed them, so when a client comes to me alot of the time I will recommend color correction, and sometimes just doing that with no other hair strokes etc makes them love their brows again and they don't have to do anything else. But sometimes they do want to tweak the shape or darken the color etc so than we schedule nano brows after. I usually won't guarantee doing Nano or combo brows until after they have done the color correction and know they want something different about your brows.
If you live in the south jordan, utah area and want a consult to see if you are a good fit for color correction or nano brows, or removal let me know and I would love to connect and figure out what would be the best fit for you and your beautiful brows.
Angela Lealaogata
Professional Makeup Artist
and Permanent Makeup Artist