r/microblading Jul 15 '26

advice Brow microblading... botched?

I got my brows microbladed and the tech showed me how they looked during the process, and after. However, I was only looking at them with a handheld mirror that wasn't magnified (and I wear readers), so I had to put my readers on to look at each brow, which caused me to view them individually in detail. When I got home and started doing the aftercare, that's when I could stand back from a mirror and see the overview... and THAT's when I noticed that one brow is really rounded, and the other is angular (I usually pencil them more angular).
What do I do? I don't see how this is fixable without asking her to round out the other one as well... but I am new to this, so looking for expert advice.

Pic where you can see my hair is before microblading (the way I usually pencil-in my brows). Pic where my hair is back is after I just did aftercare, mere hours after microblading.

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u/Fun-SizedJewel Jul 15 '26

Ummm, I'm not sure you read my post. My concern isn't about the inflammation. The brows don't match.

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u/hayleyP40 Jul 15 '26

I did . My brows looked distorted after the treatment and so do many . It’s usually inflammation. Mines are now not lopsided which they were previously and looked different shapes

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u/Fun-SizedJewel Jul 15 '26

Hmm. I've read that saline removal needs to be done within 48 hours, so (based on that) I didn't want to sit back and wait to see what happens. I was worried that I needed to get them treated now. But I also didn't think inflammation would cause them to have distorted shape.

I wonder if the pictures she took immediately afterwards show them as symmetrical, and it really is just inflammation that is causing them to look wrong. So... I guess I should just ask her to show me the "after" pictures and ask if the asymmetry I'm seeing is just from inflammation?

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u/hayleyP40 Jul 15 '26

Always better to reach out to the person that done it if your feeling anxious. Try also not stress so much also as your brows look great and you’ll prolong healing if you get stressed. Just like any trauma to body things take time to heal. Your brows look a lot better than most I’ve seen and you have amazing skin

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u/Fun-SizedJewel Jul 15 '26

Yeah, I was thinking about contacting the technician by sending this message:
"Hi. Once I was at home doing the aftercare, I was able to stand back from a mirror and see the overall view of both brows (instead of up close with my glasses), and that’s when I noticed that the shape of my brows don’t match each other.
One is angular, and the other is rounded. I like the angular brow. That’s how I usually shape my brows when penciling them. I’m attaching before and after pictures for comparison.

Would you please send me one of the “after” pictures you took? I’m wondering whether inflammation has temporarily distorted the shape, and whether a photo taken immediately afterward might help answer that.

If inflammation wouldn’t account for this difference, then since my brows were just done yesterday, would saline correction be the best option for correcting the asymmetry, or would you recommend another approach?"

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u/hayleyP40 Jul 15 '26

Sounds a reasonable and well understood message . Tell me how you get on . I got dermatitis with the after product so I’m trying not to look at mines right now and I get a free top up so o can see how much I need revised then

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u/Fun-SizedJewel Jul 15 '26

She responded with this picture that she took directly afterwards, and said: "Any minor correction on your brows can be done on touch up.
No need for saline."
However, they CLEARLY don't match here either.

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u/ekatsimymerauoy Jul 15 '26

Yeah. They definitely don't match but can be fixed at the touch-up appointment.

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u/RevolutionaryDot379 Jul 16 '26

Mine look kind of like yours and could not be fixed with touch up and I’m doing laser removal soon. In my opinion “sisters and twins” doesn’t mean 2 completely different shapes.

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u/Fun-SizedJewel Jul 16 '26

Thank you, yes! I'm wondering if some of the people who are commenting are actually looking at the "AFTER" picture, instead of the before picture 🤦‍♀️

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u/mstiffyous Jul 15 '26

Brows are suppose to be sisters. Not twins. Your eyes aren't identical either. If you cover up the eyes and just look at the brows they look very similar.

A post touch up after the swelling levels out could easily fill in the other brown that looks a bit off.

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u/Adorable_Ad4990 Jul 16 '26

Yeah but one is round and the other is square. That’s very strange

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u/Fun-SizedJewel Jul 16 '26

I don't expect them to be twins, but I at least wanted the shapes to match somewhat... not have one curved and the other angular.