The journal
The long answers.
Some questions do not fit in a text message. When I find myself typing the same three paragraphs to a stranger for the fourth time, it ends up here.
Written by Ella Rozhko, paramedical tattoo artist in Santa Barbara, California. Scar camouflage, areola restoration after mastectomy, stretch mark camouflage and belly button restoration. Answers first, then the reasoning.
Quick questions are answered on the FAQ page, and the honest guide to scar camouflage candidacy is free to read.
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How to choose a paramedical tattoo artist: questions to ask
Healed results, color matching, the touch-up, what an artist turns away. The questions I would ask before trusting anyone with permanent pigment, and how I answer them.
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Is areola tattooing covered by insurance after mastectomy?
Some clients have had partial reimbursement. What I can and cannot do about billing, and the questions to ask your insurer before you book.
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Scar camouflage vs microneedling: which one is for what
Camouflage is for color and microneedling is for texture and the surface of skin. How to tell which one your scar needs, and when they work together.
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Belly button restoration after a tummy tuck or hernia repair
Yes, a belly button can be drawn back in pigment on healed skin. When to ask, what the session is like, and what a drawing can and cannot do.
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Does stretch mark camouflage work?
Yes, on pale, matured marks. Who is a candidate, why red and purple marks have to wait, and the part where I tell you what pigment cannot change.
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Why scar oils cannot fix a white scar
A white scar is missing color, and an oil cannot put color back. What oils and silicone are for, why a healed white scar stays white, and what camouflage does instead.
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Does scar camouflage work on old scars?
Yes, and old scars are often the best candidates I get. Here is what actually decides it, why waiting worked in your favor, and the part where I tell you what camouflage cannot do.
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Areola tattoo after mastectomy: what to expect
What the session is, when you are ready for it, what it feels like, what healing looks like, and what it does and does not do. Written for the person deciding whether to ask.
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More on the way. If there is something you wish somebody had written down before your first appointment, text me and I will write it.
The last stop
Whatever it is, it starts with a text.
Two photos, fifteen minutes on the phone, and an honest answer. Nobody has ever regretted asking, and I have never once made someone feel silly for wondering.