Permanent Cosmetics
Additionally, until recently has our county, Butte County, began the process for regulatory enforcement from the Department of Public Health. At Le Beau Visage, we inform every one of our consultation clients this information. Why? Because Michelle was shocked as you probably are right now to learn of this information when she first began researching this industry in 2004. Fortunately for Butte County consumers, the Department is now actively planning to implement enforcement standards for tattoo shops and permanent make-up facilities by June 2010. In 2009 Michelle participated in the presentation of the upcoming regulation with county officials and is actively working to make the regulation successful by volunteering the facility at Le Beau Visage for inspection and protocol advice. What makes Le Beau Visage Permanent Cosmetics stand apart from the rest? Since 1989 Michelle has worked in the clinical dental field, where infection control practices are governed by state regulation and OSHA. Some of the skills used to protect you, the consumer, as well as the practioner, are skills which are learned through experience and time. For example, cross-contamination is a widely prevalent with inexperience, as one may reach up with gloved hands and touch their hair or reach down and open a drawer. With time, an experienced practioner learns to remove gloves before touching ANY environmental surfaces not part of the "work area". Because of over 20 years of experience in this type of setting, Michelle is proud of her second nature practices with disinfection and sterilization and brings these skills into her practice of permanent cosmetics. Additionally, Michelle has taken annual OSHA certification since 1996 which is required for her license as a dental hygienist, and this valuable information, which protects your health, has been learned and relearned since 1996. Because of this experience, Michelle has been able to provide valuable input to Butte County Environmental Health about standards which occur in industries exposed to blood borne pathogens. Le Beau Visage Permanent Cosmetics
The Truth about Permanent Make-Up Certification
Le Beau Visage Permanent Cosmetics have chosen to include this information on our website, because we strongly feel as a consumer you have the right to know about the permanent cosmetic industry. Most consumers seeking permanent make-up tattooing incorrectly presume that technicians practicing permanent make-up application are licensed and regulated. In California, there is not a "license" to perform permanent make-up procedures because it is considered part of the "tattooing" industry, and tattooists are not licensed in the State of California. There are however, permanent make-up technicians listing themselves as licensed practitioners; but because there is not a licensing agency, this information is very misleading. Most likely more accurately annotate by using the term "certified", a technician can indicate he or she has received a "certificate" of completion for training. However, just because a technician holds a "certificate" does not mean that they have a proven standard for proficiently for the services they are performing!
We urge prospective clients to be sure to ask to see a portfolio of completed permanent cosmetic application and ask questions of any technician you are considering working with. Unfortunately, because of the ease in which people enter this industry and therefore the inexperience, more and more are experienced practioners like Michelle are working with clients seeking services to correct permanent cosmetic problems. Receiving an unsatisfactory body tattoo is unfortunate, but receiving an unsatisfactory permanent make-up tattoo on the face is something that can be avoided by doing your research and learning about your practioner. Experience means something in this industry....
With the growing number of online courses that can be taken to learn "how to do permanent makeup", our industry is seeing many technicians displaying certificates for OSHA courses and as well as other areas of permanent make-up that "look official" but are nothing more than printed pieces of paper out of a computer at home. Does your technician speak intelligently and have experience protecting YOUR health? We want to share these things with you, and because you are here reading this page, you are already taking the appropriate steps to protect yourself and your choice about permanent make-up!
Le Beau Visage Permanent Cosmetics hopes that this information provides you with an insight of the permanent cosmetic tattooing industry. We invite you to come into our facility for a consultation, take a look around and ask questions. Your health is very important at Le Beau Visage, and we want you to be well educated in the choice you make for your practitioner regardless if you chose Le Beau Visage Permanent Cosmetics for your permanent cosmetic procedures or chose to seek services elsewhere. We feel that all consumers have a "right to know" about our industry; and we are pleased to part of your decision making process.
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