Permanent Makeup Training

What Should You Look for to Obtain Quality Training?

A. First and foremost you will want to check with your State Board of Education as to local and state laws concerning post secondary education. Check to see if the school is required to be licensed to teach and is the school licensed by the board of Education.

B. Check the schools credentials; does the instructor have a complete knowledge of all types of tattooing to include methods, techniques and equipment? Does the instructor teach barrier control and sterilization and safe tattoo techniques? How long is the instruction? The student should completely understand that you cannot truly become knowledgeable or learn the art of cosmetic tattooing in 40-60 hours. You should avoid schools that are going to put you on the human face in the first few days. It takes time to learn how to tattoo eyeliner and the other procedures safely.

C. What are the instructor’s credentials, what organizations is he or she a member of? How many years have the instructor been teaching?

D. Can the instructor show you before and after photos dating back five years? Can the instructor show you continuing education classes they have attended for tattooing as well as barrier control and sterilization?

E. What type of technical support will the school provide and for how long? Does the school provide training that will get you proficient regardless of how many hours it takes you to learn the techniques?

F. Will the student work on live models when ready?

G. What equipment is included or offered with the permanent makeup training package and what type of warranty is included with the equipment.

Quality training will take a degree of study; the instructor should know all types of tattoo methods and equipment, have knowledge of pigments and topical anesthetics and their proper use. *Note there are no pigments or topical anesthetics approved for the purpose of tattooing by the FDA.

One of the most misleading and largest problems in the permanent cosmetic industry is the training. A good class will consist of hundreds of hours of instruction and practice sessions and then on to the human face.

It should be understood that scar camouflage as well as areola reconstruction coloring are the most complex techniques and methods and should not be attempted until the artist or technician has studied with a master artist that has preformed hundreds of these cases. This type of instruction is not something that can be taught in just a few days.

Regardless what you may be told just because a person is listed as an instructor by profit and non-profit organizations does not necessarily mean they are a quality instructor.

Words such as permanent makeup, Micropigmentation, derma implantation are nothing more than a mask for the word tattoo.

A Tattoo is:
Tattoo \Tat*too"\, n.; pl. An indelible mark or figure made by puncturing the skin and introducing some pigment into the punctures; Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

It is important to understand that cosmetic tattooing, permanent makeup, Micropigmentation, derma implantation is widely unregulated within the United States. There are many quality trainers in the industry but there are more bad training facilities than good.

The very best trainers are Conventional tattoo artists that specialize in cosmetic tattooing or Cosmetic artists that have been trained by conventional artists and have been teaching and practicing within the industry for 10 years. It is equally important that the potential student ask plenty of questions and do the necessary research to find the true experts in this growing field.

John Hashey’s Advanced School of Cosmetic Tattooing

www.hashey.com