Dry Tattooing scar treatment. Tight, restricted scars, sensitive and numb scars all being to normalise texture and colour. Flat and sunken scars, the sooner they are treated the better the results
Dry Tattooing Scar Treatment
Graphic images on this page, viewer discretion is advised. Some of the following images are immediately after treatment. The area will be red and swollen as blood has been brought into the area, how much varies by person and area treated. Effective numbing creams are used
Scar & Stretch Mark Treatments in Manchester
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- Prevention – RégimA Scar Repair & Anti-Stretch
- Less than 3 months old – RégimA Scar Repair & Anti-Stretch
- Alternative treatment – RégimA ‘Peel & Heal’
- Over 3 months old – You’re on the right page
- Many years old – You’re on the right page
- Learn to Dry Tattoo – Courses & Workshops
Improving Scars & Burns
Are you looking to smooth, relax and reduce scars or burns ? I offer a treatment called Dry Tattooing, also known as MCA Micro Needling
- No tattoo pigment is used
- Suitable for all skin colours
- Effective numbing cream used
- RégimA Scar Repair aftercare
- Honest advice given. Initial consultation by phone
Achievable results:
- Relaxing tight restrictive scars
- Softening hard scars
- Normalise sensitive scar tissue
- Naturally repigment white scars
- Normalise red/pink scar tissue
- Smooth and fill loose and thin tissue scars
- Smooth and fill sunken and acne scars
- Soften and flatten raised hypertrophic and in-active keloid scars
Treatment Prices
I use my hand size to calculate prices (my hand’s not small!), and using this simple method you can work out your own price
Area size of 1 hand – £200 – £300
Each extra hand size – £100 – £200
- Soft – loose – thin – small scars have a lower price
- Hard – tight – wide – large scars have a higher price
Plus essential aftercare. Price per session, 20% discount for a pre-paid course of 3 (see below for details)
If you would like to spread the cost of any treatments over £250 using interest free credit, please get in touch
Booking length: Each hand size area of scars takes approximately 60 minutes to dry tattoo i.e an area of 3 hands takes about 1.5 hours plus numbing cream time and consultation
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Hands |
Paying Per Session |
Pre-Paid Course of 3 |
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small scar |
POA |
POA |
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1 |
£200 – £300 |
£480 – £720 |
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2 |
£300 – £500 |
£720 – £1200 |
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3 |
£400 – £700 |
£960 – £1680 |
Surgical scar pricing guide:
- Facelift scar – £200
- Tummy tuck scar 1cm wide – £300
- Tummy tuck scar thin – £200
- Breast reduction scars – £250
- Arm lift scars 1cm wide – £300
Maximum 3 hands in first session
Before & After Scar Treatment
Before treatment: Dry tattooing 3 month old scar, post plastic surgery
- After first dry tattooing treatment
- Flat, loose and sunken scars can be treated after 3 months of healing, prior to this use RegimA scar repair
- Click on photo to large version (photoshop free zone)
Facelift scar – Before first visit. Treatment area size 1 hand (soft, thin scar), £200 per session or £480 for course of 3. Pain factor, none reported
Facelift Scar Reduction, improvement after one visit, second visit was carried out. Scar tissue in front of ear almost returned to normal, area behind ear achieved less of an immediate result. Treatment area size 1 hand (soft, thin scar). £200 per session or £480 for course of 3
Please Note:
The photos and text on this website show my understanding of the treatments, my ability and the results achieved for my clients
The only person offering a comparable service with comparable results will be someone trained by me
If you visit someone else offering any type of skin needling to improve scars or stretch marks, check their understanding and ability to carry out treatments so your expectation for results can be achieved
Whatsapp
You’re welcome to make contact using Whatsapp, for messaging and sending photos. Beautiful Ink is a private company with me your only technician, so your photos will remain private. My number is 07530 978856, I’m there as Beautiful Ink – Lisa
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Expected results for scars
Stretch and loose scars – Dry tattooing causes new collagen growth to this thinned and stretched tissue, helping to create firmer skin
Mis-coloured scar tissue – Purple and brown scars achieve a more natural tone, white scars begin to naturally repigment. No pigment is used, shades of brown and red scars are allowed to gently re-heal, and pigmentation cells usually return to normal action
Relaxation of tight scar tissue – Dry tattooing breaks up the fibres of tight scar tissue allowing a much larger range of movement. This treatment has been exceptionally successful on scars caused by burns and operations
Atrophic and Hypertropic scars are smoothed – Dry tattooing breaks up the fibrous scar tissue, so new collagen growth can smooth and repair the damaged skin
Active and Inactive Keloid Scars – Active keloid scars cannot be treated. Inactive keloid scars can be treated with discretion. Not all raised scars are keloid. Active keloid scars grow, cause pain, itching and numbness. Inactive keloid scars do not grow and their colour is pinkish or normal skin colour
Dry Tattooing V Laser Treatment
Laser is essentially a liquid burn of the lower layers of skin. Laser can firm thin and loose tissue scars and remove the surface layers of a raised scar, but Dry Tattooing will always break up tight and hard scar tissue in a far more gentle manner, with less trauma and less aftercare of damaged laser burnt skin.
Dry Tattooing causes and breaks down collagen from the surface to the deep layers, so new melanin cells are also formed, meaning the return of natural pigmentation to the area. With laser there will be no return of melanin pigmentation to the area, so the mark will remain mis-coloured or light and shiny.
Skin Colour
Dry Tattooing works for all skin colours and is very successful on darker skins, especially when helping to normalise dark or light coloured scars. Clients prone to hyper-pigmentation must purchase Laser Azu-Repair as an additional aftercare product, 15ml costs £22.95, 100ml £64.95. This product helps prevent post treatment hyper-pigmentation
Skin Camouflage Makeup
Perhaps you don’t feel ready or suitable for skin treatments, or during Dry Tattooing treatments you may want to begin showing a previously hidden area, I offer Camouflage Makeup Consultations
Camouflage Consultations (click image for details)
Tattooing (body art) over scars
Most tattooists recommend you don’t tattoo over scars. However after 1, 2 or 3 dry tattooing sessions, depending on the type of scar, the skin begins to respond more normally. Scars don’t always swell, but pigment doesn’t implant easily or cleanly, and if it does the colour usually heals differently. After dry tattooing the scar tissue improves, it begins to smooth and becomes less noticeable. After a few dry tattooing sessions scars become more suitable to tattoo
Number of sessions needed and how long in between sessions
Expect to need 3 sessions to give the best result. I give a 20% discount for a pre-paid course of 3 sessions, or you can pay each session without the discount (prices below photos)
I’ve found the best results are achieved when the second session is taken 4 to 6 weeks after the first, and the last session taken 6 to 8 weeks later. This is gentle and controlled stimulation, allowing healing and collagen growth before stimulating again. Leaving too long between sessions allows the skin to fully settle before being stimulated again
After 3 sessions, allow the area to fully settle and develop for a period of 6 months before considering more treatments. Results will be developing for up to a year !
Large Areas of Scarring
For most accident and operation scars Dry Tattooing is the treatment of choice, but for large areas of burns or skin grafts, combining RégimA Peel & Heal and Dry Tattooing could be more suitable
Immediately after first session – Operation scar: (her review is below) Treatment area size 1 hand (soft, thin scar). £200 per session or £480 for course of 3. Pain factor, my client found the ends of the scar very ticklish, no pain reported
Scar development 17 weeks after first session, second treatment carried out. Scar is now totally smooth and redness has gone. Scar looks whiter as it is now firmer, gentle sun exposure over the coming months will return new tissue to normal colour
Client reviews for Dry Tattooing:
“There is no pain, in fact already they feel less tight which is amazing after nearly a year feeling restricted, so I’m amazed!”
LB. FTM top surgery scars. Quote by text 4 days after treatment
“I new bout Lisa on Facebook , was not sure if I go for it , because I have lots of scar from a car accident , but I say I will try , my life has change ! I am on my third treatment , and I feel amazing ,thank you so much for helping ,
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Nema. Car accident scars – Brighton
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- Before – Stretch marks, tummy operation and scar from several cesarean sections. Combined Dry Tattoo and Derma Roller. Scar treatment area size 1 hand (wide, tight, hard scar) £300, or £720 for course of 3 sessions + £100 derma roller on stomach. Derma Roller is a one off price when taken on same area in same session
- Client reported cesarean section scar was tight and pulled
- Before – Stretch marks, tummy operation and scar from several cesarean sections. Combined Dry Tattoo and Derma Roller. Scar treatment area size 1 hand (wide, tight, hard scar) £300, or £720 for course of 3 sessions + £100 derma roller. Derma Roller is a one off price when taken on same area in same session. Pain factor, nor real pain tho could feel derma roller on upper tummy.
- Client update: After just 3 weeks of healing the C-Section scar no longer feels as tight, happy to leave results develop without further treatment
- Effective numbing creams are used before and during treatments
Before – 5+ year old Self Injury scars. Treatment area size 1.5 hands (soft, thin scars), £250 per session or £600 for a course of 3.
Immediately after first treatment – 5+ year old Self Injury scars. Treatment area size 1.5 hands (soft, thin scars), £250 per session or £600 for a course of 3. Pain factor, during the treatment my client found this area a bit twitchy, but not really painful. She reported her arm was a little painful the next day, and was very itchy, itchy is good, new life into the area.
Effective numbing creams are used before and during treatment
Six weeks after first session on 5+ year old Self Injury scars. Scars look whiter as they are now firmer and smoother. Gentle sun exposure will help the new tissue to naturally re-pigment over the coming months and the scar will blur into the surrounding skin. Second treatment was carried out
Before – 6 year old Self Injury Scars on Upper Arm. Treatment area size 2 hands (soft, thin scars), one on each size. £300 per session or £720 for course of 3. Pain factor, none reported.
Immediately after first visit – 6 year old Self Injury Scars on Upper Arm. Treatment area size 2 hands (soft, thin scars), one on each size. £300 per session or £720 for course of 3. Pain factor, none reported.
After first session – 6 year old Self Injury Scars on Upper Arm. Treatment area size 2 hands (soft, thin scars), one on each size. £300 per session or £720 for course of 3. Pain factor, none reported
Here you can really see the difference gentle sun exposure has on the treated scars. Second treatment carried out
Immediatedly after second treatment – 6 year old Self Injury Scars on Upper Arm. Treatment area size 2 hands (soft, thin scars), one on each size. £300 per session or £720 for course of 3. Pain factor, none reported.
Note how the scar responds differently after the second treatment, this is because new skin has developed within the scar
Before & After First Visit – 6 year old Self Injury scars – Initial results after 5 weeks of healing and development
Three treatments are recommended over a period of 3 months, then leave the area to settle and develop over the coming months. Although positive changes are seen after one treatment, full results take several months to develop, just like the scar or stretch mark initially did
Effective numbing creams are used before and during treatments
Before – Arm lift surgery (Brachioplasty) scar reduction. Treatment area size 2 hands (both sides)(soft, wide scars). £400 per session or £960 for course of 3. Pain factor, none reported
Immediately after first session – Arm lift surgery (Brachioplasty) scar reduction. Treatment area size 2 hands (both sides)(soft, wide scars). £400 per session or £960 for course of 3. Pain factor, none reported- Whilst the above photo does look alarming, it has to be remembered that scar tissue behaves very differently to normal tissue. This level of redness was achieved by gentle stimulation as in places the scar was very thin. On the other arm the scarring was thicker. Tissue needs to grow and colour normalise, 6 weeks have been recommended before my client returns for her second and later third treatment.
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- Client update one month later: Already a lot smoother and much of scar now pink. Booking next session after summer as finally enjoing wearing short sleeved tops ! (Ideally should re-visit after 4 to 6 weeks to continue scar stimulation, but my client is happy and that’s ultimately what matters)
- Effective numbing creams are used before and during treatment
Before – FTM Top Surgery Scars (Bilateral Mastectomy, Breast Removal). Treatment area size 1 hand (soft, wide scars). £250 per session or £600 for course of 3. Pain factor, none reported
Immediately after first session – FTM Top Surgery Scars (Bilateral Mastectomy, Breast Removal). Treatment area size 1 hand (soft, wide scars). £250 per session or £600 for course of 3. Pain factor, none reported
Before – FTM Top Surgery Scars (Bilateral Mastectomy, Breast Removal). Treatment area size 1 hand (soft, tight, wide, thin scars). £250 per session or £600 for course of 3. Painfactor, none reported
Immediately after first session – FTM Top Surgery Scars (Bilateral Mastectomy, Breast Removal). Treatment area size 1 hand (soft, tight, wide, thin scars). £250 per session or £600 for course of 3. Pain factor, none reported
7 and a bit weeks after the first session my client has reported the scars don’t feel so tight, and the raised hypertropic scars are flattening with some areas beginning to return to a more normal colour. Second treatment was carried out
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