Cosmetic and Medical Applications of Tattooing

Cuyper, Christa De

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-03292-9_5

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“…Permanent makeup, also named cosmetic tattoos, is used for different indications, such as tattooing eyebrows, eyeliner, or the lining of the lips. It offers a solution to individuals with allergies to cosmetic products or physical incapability's such as arthrosis or visual impairment . Although permanent makeup is common and regarded safe, it may still cause adverse skin reactions, including infections, allergic reactions, and autoimmune diseases such as sarcoidosis.…”

Section: Five Cases Of Granulomatous Reactions In Permanent Makeupmentioning

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Granulomatous tattoo reactions in permanent makeup of the eyebrows

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Wolkerstorfer

et al. 2018

J of Cosmetic Dermatology

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Section: Five Cases Of Granulomatous Reactions In Permanent Makeupmentioning

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Granulomatous tattoo reactions in permanent makeup of the eyebrows

Huisman

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Wolkerstorfer

et al. 2018

J of Cosmetic Dermatology

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“…The PMU machine gives better results with inorganic colors while the manual PMU has a more "natural" result with organic colors. Every tattoo or PMU artist has to be informed about the different types of pigments and their ingredients in order to choose the right pigment color based on the technique used and the skin tone [20].…”

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Safety of Tattoos and Permanent Make up (PMU) Colorants

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The art of tattooing is a popular decorative approach for body decoration and has a corrective value for the face. The tattooing procedure is characterized by placing exogenous pigments into the dermis with a number of needles. The process of creating traditional and cosmetic tattoos is the same. Colorants are deposited in the dermis by piercing the skin with needles of specific shape and thickness, which are moistened with the colorant. Colorants (pigments or dyes) most of the time include impurities which may cause adverse reactions. It is commonly known that tattoo inks remain in the skin for lifetime. It is also a fact that the chemicals that are used in permanent makeup (PMU) colorants may stay in the body for a long time so there is a significant long-term risk for harmful ingredients being placed in the body. Tattoo and PMU colorants contain various substances and their main ingredients and decomposition components may cause health risks and unwanted side effects to skin.

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“…The removal procedure is the same as the PMU application, but instead of PMU colors, the PMU remover is applied [13,14].…”

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“…Today, a wide range of PMU inks or decolorization products are available. In some cases, they are based solely on plant extracts or claiming to be "totally organic", a marketingdriven rather than chemical nature characterization [13][14][15][16]. Unfortunately, because these products are not under cosmetics legislation, the reference of the list of ingredients on the product's label is not mandatory.…”

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Permanent Make-Up (PMU) Inks Decolorization Using Plant Origin Materials

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Permanent make-up (PMU) has become a very popular application over the last few years. The ingredients of PMU inks, used over the face area, are organic and inorganic substances very close to the chemical composition of tattoo inks. As the application rates increase, the demand for PMU removal rises. The aim of this study is to assess the decolorization of PMU inks using preparations originating from different plant sources. The leaves of Pelargonium zonale (PE) were extracted with water for 48 h. The Total Phenolic Content (TPC) of the extract was determined using the Folin–Ciocalteu technique reaching 201.34 ± 4.57 μg Gallic Acid Equivalents (GAE)/mL of extract. The antioxidant activity of the extract was 20.87 ± 0.36 μg of Trolox equivalents (TE)/mL and 3.56 ± 0.43 mg FeSO4×7H2O mL of extract when assessed by 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) or ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) assay respectively. The decolorization potential of PE leaf extract on five commercially available PMU inks of different hues was assessed by UV-Vis spectrophotometry in comparison to polyphenol oxidases enzyme (PPO). The results demonstrated higher absorption reduction that indicates decolorization potential for the inks that have mainly ferrous oxides as colorants.

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Cosmetic and Medical Applications of Tattooing

Cited by 4 publications

References 30 publications

Granulomatous tattoo reactions in permanent makeup of the eyebrows

Granulomatous tattoo reactions in permanent makeup of the eyebrows

Safety of Tattoos and Permanent Make up (PMU) Colorants

Permanent Make-Up (PMU) Inks Decolorization Using Plant Origin Materials

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