Nano browses before and after: i tried it

I’ve always had lovely eyebrows. Dark, full, glossy – really, my only complaint was that they had a bit of a Frida Kahlo Vibe towards the center. There was nothing any strategic tweezers could not handle. I would also clean up the strays under my forehead, but I was never one as an overpower.

And yet one day in the 30s, I looked at a photo of myself and realized that my brows had kinds. . .disappered. No longer dark or bushy, they were now just sparse and gappy. I had no idea what happened.

I got my thyroid controlled. (Healthy, Whew.) My Derm prescribed Latisse. (It did nothing.) My friends and family assured me that the loss of the brown is hardly noticeable. I appreciated their kind words, but my sad, sparse brows were all I saw when I looked in the mirror.

So I learned to fill them with Pan products Like powder and pens and fiber gels. Every day I would wake up and pull on my brows; It didn’t matter if I were to go to the gym, the beach, on a hike. It felt very high, but I refused to be seen without compound bows.

I was thinking about MicroblowingBut it seemed so permanent. What happens if i hated the form? What happens if the color faded from dark brown to a strange purple color over time (like an old black t-shirt)? I also heard that it hurts, and I am allergic to pain. Also, everyone had an opinion: “It’s like a bad tattoo on the face, why would you do it?” “Penciling in your brows is cheaper!” And then it was my downfall searches after “microblading that have gone wrong” – the results did not inspire exact confidence.

But then I heard about the Nano pan technology, or nanoblading. As I quickly learned, there is no leaf involved, and I was immediately fascinated. Continue reading to hear about my experience.

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Michelle Wu is a master therapist on Evertue microblading salon.

Nano brow versus microblading

The treatment is similar to microblading, by depositing and absorbing the pigment in the upper layer of your skin (upper skin) in brush -like strokes. But where a microblad specialist uses a tool with 14 small blades to manually apply the pigment, the nano boiler is made with an electric pen that has a single needle.

Because of this, there is less pain, less bleeding, more accuracy and shorter downtime. Like microblading, nano pan treatment can be done on any skin color and in a shadow that blends in with any boiler color. Individual accuracy also means that Nano browses the treatment chosen for people who are prone to bleed or have sensitive skin, or specific skin conditions such as oily skin, large pores or laxity.

The results look more “sharp” than micro -blowed eyebrows, explains Michelle Wu, master therapist on Evertue microblading salon (where I ended up). Crisp was good, but I was really looking for “no pain” and “accuracy”, so everything seemed very promising. The results for both treatments are expected to last for six to 18 months, but I was told that the nano brows could last as long as 24 months. (Fun Tip: Do not use retinoids on treated brows, as current that increases cell turnover can cause the pigment to disappear faster.)

How much is the nanobrys?

It’s really not cheap. The treatment starts at $ 1,050, compared to $ 650 for microblading. The time engagement is in line with the cost: Nano eyebrows can take two and a half to three hours, while microblading takes an hour and a half. The only leaf may be more accurate, but it also means that the process is slower. There is also a common addition to additions for both treatments called “Microshading” (about $ 200), which is a stip -like process that adds definition and looks more like powder than individual hairs. For some people it is more of an aesthetic preference for some people. But for example, if you have dark pan hair in some places but not others it can help and with things, visually.

In the end, Nano felt brows as it could be for me and I decided to try it.

My nanoblading eyebrow consultation

I booked my consultation at Evertue Microblading Salon in NYC and met a senior specialist named May. She listened when I shared my story about Pannolest and noticed when I showed her photos from a few years back when my brows still lived their best Italian-American life, along with a picture from high school before I ever picked up a pins.

She took some “before” photos, made me lie so that she could use a nice boiler pen to sketch what my nanobrows would look like. She pulled small, hair -like blows over the few foreheads I had left and explained what she did when she walked. We agreed that my new brows would be closer to each other over the nose than they were currently, and that the shape should overall be thicker (especially based on my old pictures). She suggested that the tapered ends would be a little higher than they are of course; When I looked at her finished results in the mirror, I agreed.

Nano browses before and after photos

My brows looked good: dark, full, clean. And faithful to their natural condition they were not entirely symmetrical. I have always felt that my brows were sisters not twins, and can honor it while they were still framed my face. She suggested that I also got micro -injured as an addition to better integrate the bald (UGH) parts of my brows with the hairy areas.

I was ready. I booked my three-hour nano-pan meeting followed by an hour of micro-hating chaser and left happy and hopeful.

Nano pan treatment

Four hours is a long time to put on their back while someone moves with their face. I wasn’t sure how I would tolerate it. But I dressed comfortably and brought a protein rod and water because May promised that we could take breaks. She applied stunning gel to both brows for 20 minutes and then came to work.

Since my eyes were closed all the time, I can only tell you what I felt and heard. Nano Brow Pen sounded like a dentist drill, which was initially high and annoying but quickly became neutral background noise. Thanks to the stunning gel, the electric needle pen that cuts hair -shaped slices over my forehead felt like nothing more than a nail gently (but still repeatedly) that pulls over my skin. The biggest feeling I felt throughout the session was the periodic pressure from May’s handled fingers that dried off excess ink. (Confession: Right now I totally feared that it was blood and got a little panic. Because I am a folk tease, I said nothing. But I emailed the salon after the fact and heard nope, just ink.)

I couldn’t even tell when the Nano pan work ended and the micro injury started – it was so painless the whole thing. When I was finally done, May gave me the mirror. . . And I had the eyebrows. They were a little thicker than we discussed, but she had already told me that they would shrink when he cured. In the same way, they were at first darker than they would eventually turn out to be.

My Nano Brow Recovery Experience

I left a bunch easy to follow instructions: don’t get brown wet (rain, tears, sweat-nothing) for 24 hours; Do not get makeup or sunscreen near them for next week (the chemicals and minerals can change the color of the pigment until the skin is completely healed); And avoid facials, retinols and other intense skincare products for two weeks.

It was a Wednesday. My brows looked fantastic. In the next few days I rolled out of bed and went straight to the mirror and admired my full, dark brows. Then I packed and went on a holiday to Ireland, where I woke up shocked on day five: My brows peeled, but not at all in the way I expected them to do it.

You see when May told me to expect scaling when the traumatized skin shed and a new skin grew under it (basically like a scab), I expected something like retinoid or tan scaling – white, flaky, dry skin. I thought it would be annoying but manageable and not too noticeable, especially with the little pot with healing conditioner that she gave me. Instead, I peeled in dark pigmented flakes and skin that was left was obviously easier. I looked like I melted. Sweet, right?

It took everything in me not to take a pure spool brush and scrub at my flinging brows. May had warned that the rush of the process could lead to uneven pigment saturation, and I definitely did not want to. Instead, I gently sprinkled water and mild detergent on my brows when I washed my face and made peace with what I called my sebra arches. Fortunately, after a few days, the shed was over, and I was rewarded with beautiful, natural stylish eyebrows.

Why I love my nanobrows

After four weeks I booked a microshading touch-up because there were some places that did not look perfectly mixed. This time I was only at Evertue for two hours, and when I jumped off the table I gave a big hug. I was so happy with my brows.

I went home and dramatically threw all my forehead makeup in the trash. May told me that the salon would automatically follow up in six months for a touch-up meeting but that I probably wouldn’t need it in a year or more. Honestly, every day has been a big, beautiful head gift. I’ll take it as long as it lasts.

For me, the result is perfect. My browns look natural, with a subtle ease at the inside that gets darker to the tips. Even better, I had to remind my partner and friends that I had even done the treatment – they did not notice anything else about me. Everything they saw was I, and now when I look in the mirror, that’s all I see too.

Melanie Mannarino (She/her) is a writer and editor who specializes in lifestyle and wellness content, including beauty and style. In addition to PS, her work has appeared in really simple, cosmopolitan, Marie Claire and other media brands, and she is the author of four books, including “The (almost) zero waste guide.”