Lips Before and Aftercare

Pre-Procedure

• It is recommended to eat something before your appointment to make sure your blood sugar levels stay stable during the procedure.

• Avoid alcohol for 24hrs before your appointment. Alcohol can thin the blood, which can cause the skin to be hypersensitive, and bleed/ bruise easily.

• Avoid blood thinning medications for 72hrs before your appointment. This includes ibuprofen, aspirin and fish oil tablets. Please consult your doctor if this is an issue.

• If you have EVER had a cold sore (even just once in your life), you will need to take an antiviral medication prescribed by your doctor at least 3 days before and after your lip blush.

• You may like to take an antihistamine tablet before your procedure. This can help reduce the swelling. Consult with your pharmacist or doctor first.

• If considering lip fillers, it would be best to have your lips tattooed first and your fillers injected after. If you implant colour too soon you will be implanting colour above the natural line. When the lips shrink and return to normal size, the lip line will be off.
  

Immediately afterwards

Your lips will look more vibrant than they will heal, and they will be swollen. This swelling will subside over the next few hours. There may also be some numbness to the lips and mouth – so avoid hot beverages/ food until the numbness has worn off.

Apply aftercare balm every hour or as often as possible to keep lips moist for the first 10 days. This will help with tenderness, as well as holding in the colour. If you do not apply enough balm, your lips will become tight and pigmentation will come out.

Important Reminders

• Always apply your aftercare balm before showering to protect your lips from the water

• Do not pick, wipe or lick lips. They will exfoliate on their own, usually after 3-4 days

• Avoid greasy, spicy and oily foods as well as citrus fruits and juices for the first 7 days as this can change the lip colour

• Do not use citrus/fruit based lips balms or lipstick until your lips are completely healed (approx. 4 weeks)

• Be careful when cleaning your teeth for the first 7 days. Toothpaste can pull the pigment colour out of the lip vermilion

• No kissing or direct water for 3 days (drink through a straw)

• If you are taking cold sore medication, please continue to do so for 5 days post treatment

Important:

If a cold sore does start to come up/tingle, please treat is as soon as possible with patches and/or seek pharmacist advice regarding medication. Untreated cold sores will result in pigment loss. Although we cannot recommend this medically, some clients that are prone to cold sores do like to apply a cold-sore cream after the treatment for the following few days as a preventative.

Avoid:

Caffeinated beverages or alcohol on the day of treatment

Blood thinning medication on the day of treatment (nurofen, aspirin etc)

Kissing 10 days post treatment, this can cause infection and pigment not settling

Very spicy or acidic food at least 7 days (use a straw if drinking anything other than water)

Very hot (heat) food or drink for 7 days

Brushing teeth after the treatment on the same day (wait till the following day) – be very careful not to get toothpaste on the lips

Picking the crusts; allow to fall off in their own time

Swimming, sauna or spa/steam exposure for 2 weeks

Heavy exercise/sweating for 2 weeks

Cosmetic treatments like lip filler for 2 weeks

Applying lipstick or lip plumping serums for 2 weeks