Service Inquiries

Scar Camouflage

Scar camouflage is a specialized tattoo service designed to help scars blend more naturally with the surrounding skin. During this process, custom-blended tattoo inks are carefully matched to your skin tone and applied to the scar to improve its color and overall appearance. While scar camouflage does not remove scars, it can significantly reduce their visibility by helping them blend more evenly with the surrounding skin. A minimum of two sessions is always required.

There are two techniques used in scar camouflage, depending on the type of scar. Lighter scars are treated by color-matching your natural skin tone and gently tattooing over the area to improve blending. Darker scars require a color-neutralizing technique, also performed with tattoo inks, to help soften and balance excess pigmentation. Both methods are permanent tattoo techniques and use traditional tattoo inks, which differ from permanent makeup inks that are designed to fade within approximately two years.

Scar camouflage is performed on scar tissue, which behaves very differently than healthy skin. Traditional tattoos are typically done on healthy skin that retains ink more easily, while scar tissue can be unpredictable and often requires a more delicate, layered approach. For this reason, scar camouflage is a gradual process. Unlike traditional tattoos that fully saturate the skin in one session, pigment is built up slowly over multiple sessions to allow for proper healing and the most natural-looking result

 

Areola & Nipple Restorative Tattoos

Areola and nipple restorative tattooing is a specialized service for individuals who have lost their nipples due to mastectomy, gender-affirming surgery, or other medical procedures. This treatment is designed to help restore the natural appearance of the areola and nipple through customized, realistic tattooing.

Using traditional tattoo inks that are carefully blended for your skin tone, I create a soft, natural-looking result tailored to your body and preferences. This service is performed on healed scar tissue, which retains ink differently than healthy skin and requires a gentle, layered approach.

Areola and nipple restorative tattoos are completed over two sessions to allow for proper healing and optimal results. Every step of the process is done with care, respect, and attention to your individual journey.

Availability 

Lake Forest: Tue, Wed, Thu & Saturdays as well as every other Friday and Sunday 

Riverside: See Below

A quick note on Riverside scheduling. Riverside appointments are mostly on weekends, usually Sundays and some Saturdays. I do open a limited number of weekday slots, though they are very few, often just one a month, and they tend to fill up quickly. Because of this, I cannot guarantee a weekday appointment in Riverside. If a weekday might work, let me know and we can talk through it together. But if weekdays are your absolute only availability, you may be better off requesting your appointment at the Lake Forest location, where I have more weekday flexibility.