Houston woman devastated when microblading goes terribly wrong

When a mom of two goes wrong with a Microblading session, her “scary” eyebrows are ravaged by her face.

Crystal Weinstock, 37, from Houston, Texas, decided to try microblading and paid $340 for the privilege.

But she was shocked to learn that the makeup artist had made her eyebrows so big and bold that her little girl was too afraid to approach her.

Dental hygienist Crystal said: “I’ve been thinking about microblading my eyebrows for a while.

The mother-of-two was shocked to learn that the makeup artist had made her eyebrows much bigger and bolder, and that her little girl was too afraid to approach her.

Photographed before the procedure, the hygienist thought microblading was a good idea as it took so long to fill and shape eyebrows like a busy mom.

“As a busy mom, I realized that it took me a long time to fill in my brows and make sure they were the right shape. I thought microblading would be a great idea.

“I could not have imagined they would be like this in a million years. He was terrible. The next day, when my three-year-old daughter saw me, she was terrified and panicked.

“Now I have to do removal sessions to break up the pigment and I may need laser treatment. It may take a year for them to start looking better.

Crystal said that she attended her first microblading session last November, but the session was interrupted due to bleeding and the pigment did not adhere.

Four weeks later, in December, he tried the second session.

Crystal added: “I was so excited to have perfect brows and didn’t have to worry about doing it myself. I was shown a photo of how my eyebrows would look afterward and I really liked it. So I came back for my second session in December.

“The bleeding happened again, but this time we hoped the pigment would stay. I left the appointment happy with how it looked, but unfortunately it didn’t last because the pigment didn’t stick to my skin.

The treatment involves tiny needles that pierce the skin and add semi-permanent pigment to create a fuller forehead.

Crystal added: “The semi-permanent makeup artist said she did some research on how to improve the permanence of the pigment and talked about the nanoblading technique.

She feels humiliated by her bushy eyebrows and hopes that hair removal sessions, which may take up to a year, will yield results faster than she initially feared.

‘After a lot of back and forth, I didn’t have my next session until the end of April. He told me that his equipment has arrived and that he will meet him in the hall. “It was pretty late and last minute but I was hoping for better results.”

Upon arriving at the salon, Crystal said the couple chatted and the semi-permanent makeup artist mapped out their brows.

She claimed that she told the makeup artist that her eyebrows were too thick and wanted her new eyebrows to follow their natural growth.

Crystal said: “I said I wanted to fill in my brows rather than make them bigger. I assured them that they would not be too fat as it would fit the lines. I was in a good mood and couldn’t wait to see my eyebrows.

Crystal hopes to return to her original look (here), but that will cost a lot of money and she will travel 2,571 miles from her Houston home to attend relocation sessions in California.

But after a few hours, Crystal felt that too much time had passed and the make-up artist was going back and forth too often.

“After a few hours, it felt like a little too much. I felt like it was going back and forth too much.

“At the end of the session, he looked at me and told me not to panic. He thought it had gotten too high with the stroke, but that’s okay because he’d order a ripper to fix it.

“When I first looked in the mirror, I couldn’t believe my eyes. It was scary.’

Crystal said it would be better if the swelling was reduced. But the next morning she woke up and her eyebrows didn’t look any better than the night before.

“My daughter came into my bedroom to wake me up and she was terrified. He started firing. I saw the fear in my daughter’s eyes and it broke my heart.

“I tried to stay calm and do some research on how to fix them, but I was embarrassed.

“The lady texted me and said she had removed some and would be there in a few days.

“After I googled eyebrows, I realized that mine was much worse than what I had seen, so I panicked even more.

“I started contacting other semi-permanent make-up artists and was able to urgently remove it from Velvet Hands in Houston.

‘Botch Ink produces a saline solution that is poured over open wounds to try to break down the pigment. So you have to wait for the crusts to develop and the results.’

Crystal has now found a clinic in California, 2,571 miles from her home in Houston, and she has to take a plane to attend her appointments, determined to reverse the treatment.

“I recently had my second takedown session with Erica Kovitz of Beverly Hills Microblading in California. She is determined to help me on this comeback journey and even created a GoFundMe page for my travel expenses for the rest of the process.

“I am waiting for it to pass. It’s all a waiting game.

“I’m trying to figure out what to do next. It may take up to a year to be removed and lasered. Some of the harder lines seem to diminish, but they are still very clear.

“I didn’t think it would be this bad and require so much work.”

Crystal is embarrassed and embarrassed to share her story and photos, but she hopes her experience will help others.

“While it’s embarrassing to share my story, I hope it makes people understand the importance of checking testimonials and showing artists who enter the space that their clients are real people who have to suffer the consequences.”

The semi-permanent make-up artist has been contacted for the right to reply.

To donate to help Crystal, visit their GoFundMe page here †