Week 1

Day 1-2: Color is 20-40% than what it will look like healed. Color is more solid, strokes are crisper. Mild swelling, light bruising, redness, and discomfort will subside. Apply aftercare lotion, don’t touch otherwise. Day 3-7: Outer skin healing and exfoliation begins where top layers of skin shed causing excess pigment to flake away. Don’t pick at the peeling skin or scabbing. Skin starts to itch. Don’t scratch, tap lightly around the area to alleviate itching. Color may appear gray. Keep applying Aquaphor. 

Week 2

Day 8-10: Flaking is in the final stages. Apply aftercare lotion until day 14. Color may look gray, light or spotty and in some cases, may temporarily disappear only to reappear later. Day 11-14: Skin begins to take on normal characteristics again. 

Week 3

Inner skin healing begins. Color starts to come back after disappearing or looking gray, light and patch. Color and strokes begin to soften.

Week 4-8

Inner skin healing reaches final stages. Color and strokes continue to soften. Time to schedule a perfecting session!.