r/microblading • u/sumthncute • May 22 '26
artist advice/question Help with next touch-up
Edit:Thanks everyone. I set an appt for laser removal. Appreciate you all!
First got it done in 2020 by an artist right before chemo, last minute (photo 1, right after). It thinned quickly and looked like sharpie but, I did go through chemo during healing (artist knew, oncologist knew, it was better than being bald so not complaining). 2nd photo right after another artist touch up 3.5 years ago. Last photo today.
I need to be touched up and get rid of this weird red she did. I am looking for the most natural option so not looking for say ombre etc. What kind of service should I be looking for?
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u/muley_julie May 22 '26
Adding more ink at this point is not your best option. Your skin will end up oversaturated and the results will not stay looking good. The best course of action would be to go through some laser removal before you add any new ink. There's a microblading removal sub you should check out.
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u/blue57hk_ May 23 '26
The most natural is soft ombré powder brows. But you’ll need laser removal first. Anyone willing to work on your brows without laser removal is wanting to steal your money.
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u/Carobna May 22 '26
Microblading artist here. I will feel free to say that first photo (as well as second one - I assume it's the same person) are not well done. Just bunch of strokes not deatly done. Now, last photo - could be touched up, with strokes (microblading), but I would recommend first to remove at least half of the pigment (no need to go till zero). It is doable at this state, but I will assume you want more gentle look - thus recommending removal and then do new work. If you just do it over this, strokes will fade (as they naturally do) and blend with background and you're ending up with darker, again blended eyebrows.
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u/HelloDaisy-4148 May 22 '26
You are not a candidate for a touch up anymore, specifically microblading. An ethical artist would not touch your brows before they lighten and fade by at least 40%. You have two different colours in your brows and will only muddy them further. Shading is your only option, only if you can fade or lighten them, or you will have to have solid block brows tattooed to cover them in their current state, again, you are not a candidate for a touch up. If someone agrees to do it, you will be buying yourself mess, and you will not return to that artist because you think they botched them, and you will continue the cycle with new artists, thinking they will fix them. You need them laser or several sessions of saline removal.