In 2020, The Hustle named paramedical tattooing the next big business.
Earlier that year The New York Times published an article, Ink Rx? stating that “needles and pigments are helping medical patients heal emotionally”.
par·a·med·i·cal
/ˌperəˈmedək(ə)l/
relating to services and professions that supplement and support medical work but do not require a fully qualified physician – such as nursing, radiography, emergency first aid, physical therapy, and dietetics, and now tattooing!
Paramedical tattooing is undoubtedly growing in popularity… But what is it?
Paramedical tattooing means different things to different people, but at it’s core it’s all about healing.
At Jody Stoski Paramedical Tattoo Academy and my clinic Cinnamon Girl Tattoo the terms “Paramedical Tattoos” and “Healing Tattoos” are synonymous.
Using microneedling and micropigmentation, PMU artists can learn how to camouflage skin irregularities, trauma reminders from medical and elective surgeries, accidents, burns, skin grafts, and totally normal skin conditions like birthmarks, acne, wrinkles, stretchmarks and more.
- For the client who is sick and tired of the blue radiation marker tattoo they’ve been left with after kicking cancers butt – turn it into a freckle.
- For the client who has self-harm scars reminding them of a difficult period in their life they’re ready to let go of.
- For the client who has always hated their large, dark, visible birth mark.
- For the client who has major scarring after surgery, making them self-conscious and holding them back from full mental recovery.
- For the client who has deep acne scarring and dreams of softer, smoother skin.
- For the client who got a body art tattoo lasered off, and the tech burnt their skin.
Our skin is like the clothing we never take off.
Skin is the largest organ of the body and can directly correlate to feeling confident.
A lot of emotions can be felt when looking at a scar, skin graft, or burn. It might be a birthmark, acne scar, or stretchmark that impacts self-confidence, or a small blue dot from radiation therapy.
For paramedical tattoo artists, there is no better gift than seeing a client re-gain their confidence. When people look into their eyes instead of their scar. When they look into the mirror and feel normal. Being comfortable and confident taking off their shirt at a swimming pool…
You can be a part of their healing journey!
Paramedical tattooing is different from PMU because most clients just want “progress” and not “perfection”.
For many, it’s a last resort, a final hope.
Revising and concealing Skin Grafts, Burns, Surgical Scars, Self Harm Scars, and other skin traumas can be the final chapter in a healing journey.
Areola tattoos can be the last step in returning to normalcy for breast cancer survivors who have undergone a mastectomy and are looking to restore the beauty of natural-looking breasts, for individuals who have scarring from breast implants, or anyone wanting to enhance their areolas in shape or colour! 3D Areola + Nipple Tattoos are also life-changing and truly transformative undergoing gender reassignment, or have had any other breast surgery.
In many paramedical tattoo cases clients have tried various products and services to treat their scarring and skin conditions without finding the results they deserve – simply because they do not know that paramedical tattooing is the best option for them!
As a paramedical tattoo artist, you can give them results they have been waiting for with most of the equipment and skills you already have!
My courses are designed with one goal in mind; to share my expertise from years of learning through trial and error and thousands of client cases so that you can make an even greater impact in your own community, helping clients heal, while also growing your business.
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