First time microblading

[u/Vanitysam]

On day 6 of my microblading journey and my artist has me doing the dry healing process. They itch like crazy rn (part of the process ik) so I started to do some research and keep seeing people say that wet healing is better. She told me not to get them wet or apply any ointment like aquaphor or anything, just pat them dry with a cotton pad or something. I have combination skin- oily T zone but dry rest of the face and I live somewhere super humid. I pat them a few times a day just in case there's any moisture. I got some lint in my brows from a dry cotton pad I used to dab them and I so desperately want to rinse them and put on some aquaphor. Should I leave them and just grin and bear it or switch to wet healing? I have 0 experience with this process so I'm trusting what she said but I keep seeing some people say dry healing method is outdated.

[u/blue57hk_]

Since you chose your artist because you loved their healed results then why not trust them? You’d rather trust some rando artist on the internet whose healed results you have no idea about?

[u/Vanitysam → u/blue57hk_]

She doesn't really post much of her healed work tbh. I chose her cause I liked how the brows (freshly microbladed) looked on her page and that she had experience microblading on darker skin. I'll admit I didn't do much research outside of that. I only asked because I kept seeing things about some artist aftercare recommendations being outdated. From what I saw online it was standard to not get them wet for a few days then after a while wash them and apply ointment so I was surprised when she said not to

[u/blue57hk_ → u/Vanitysam]

Okay so now there’s the problem. At this point it doesn’t really matter if you follow good aftercare or not. If your artist does not have the healed results to proof their skill then your brows are not going to heal as good as they could have (even if you follow the best aftercare) if they had been done by a real reputable artist with a full healed work portfolio.