Cosmetic Surgery & Beauty #73

cosmetic tattoo
LIFE-
CHANGING
RESULTS
WITH
MEDICAL
TATTOOING
MEDICAL TATTOOING IS
RESTORING THE SELF-
CONFIDENCE OF THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE, IMPROVING
THEIR APPEARANCE AFTER
OVERCOMING CANCER
OR SEVERE BURNS,
MANAGING ALOPECIA OR
TACKLING BALDNESS.
Tattooing is more than just creative expression. It
can also be used to camoufl age scars, create the
look of hair for alopecia suff erers and even repigment
an areola.
Sydney cosmetic tattooist Rita Porreca pioneered one
of Sydney’s fi rst cosmetic tattoo clinics and has worked
with more than 10,000 clients from around Australia since
opening in 1991. With more than 25 years of experience,
Porreca has today become a highly sought after expert in
certifi ed medical tattooing.
MEDICAL TATTOOING
According to Porreca there has been a 50 percent increase
in medical tattooing bookings over the past two years.
She attributes this to growing awareness of the lasting,
realistic-looking results that her techniques can achieve for
many men and women aff ected by cancer or other medical
conditions aff ecting their appearance.
Used to disguise scars and to give patients a new sense
of confi dence after having a mastectomy or reconstructive
surgery as a result of an accident, medical tattooing can be
a life-changing procedure.
Porreca and her team of highly qualifi ed and experienced
practitioners work together with leading surgeons in
delivering eff ective post-operative care treatments for
clients who require areola re-pigmentation and corrective
camoufl age.
‘Doctors and cosmetic surgeons will regularly refer their
patients to see me once they have the all-clear after, for
example, fi nishing chemotherapy treatment for cancer.
Patients come to us feeling self-conscious after eyebrow or
hair loss, and leave feeling amazing again,’ she says.
AREOLA RE-PIGMENTATION
Areola reconstruction can greatly improve the lives of
women who are uncomfortable with the appearance of
their nipples, especially if they have undergone breast
reconstruction after a mastectomy.
Areola re-pigmentation is the fi nal stage of breast
reconstruction and is also considered by those with areola
colour loss. After the nipple reconstruction is completed,
the tattooing process may begin, 6-12 weeks post surgery.
Considered one of the relatively simpler medical
tattooing procedures, a natural areola can be mimicked
using a tattoo gun or pen to apply the colour on a carefully
measured region on the top layer of the skin.
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