During your procedure you want to avoid any excessive bleeding, which can drastically affect your ability to numb and the overall results.

Avoid the following 24-48 hours before your procedure:

-       alcohol

-       caffeine

-       blood thinning medications (aka: Aspirin, Niacin, Vitamin E, Fish Oil, Ibuprofen, etc)

You will want to start a lip scrub once a day for 3 days before your procedure so that your lips are prepped and don't have a rough texture, which will prevent proper pigment saturation and a poor healed result. Use the morning of your appointment. Do not over scrub to the point that you have raw or compromised skin.

-       You may buy a lip scrub from any local drug store or make a sugar lip scrub at home (google sugar lip scrub) in order to exfoliate off dead layers of skin.

-       Use moisturizer often on your lips in the days prior to the procedure to maintain smooth texture.

No tanning/excessive sun exposure 2 weeks before the procedure (and 2 weeks after).

No Lip Filler/treatments 3 weeks before procedure (or 4 weeks after)

Plan your procedure with your schedule/vacations/events! Do not schedule when you have an incoming event that conflicts with healing. You will need 5-7 days to heal. Expect an additional "perfecting" touch-up 6-8 weeks after the first appointment (the perfecting session is free).

Please eat before the procedure, since you want normal blood sugar levels for any tattooing procedure. You will not feel like eating after (and you have to wait 3 hours before eating any food)

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VERY IMPORTANT:

If you have a history of cold sores you'll need to start taking an antiviral prescription (Valacyclovir, Denavir (penciclovir), Valtrex or acyclovir (Zovirax)), at least a week BEFORE your proposed procedure.

Cold sore outbreaks are often triggered by stress or trauma to the lips and skin. Therefore if you are a carrier, lip blush will likely cause an outbreak if you do not take an antiviral medication prior. Your appointment WILL be canceled if you have had a history of cold sores and do not follow this instruction. This is because cold sores will affect the healing/results and can lead to scarring.