MICROPIGMENTATION: The Journal of the American Academy of Micropigmentation

Editors: Zwerling & Goldstein, MD
published in the USA,  1998

The journal contains articles about Topical Anesthesia, Iron Oxide Color, non grafted areloa tattooing, MRI update, photographic case studies, camouflage makeup, legal issues and insurance updates, training and certification as well as a section on international news.

Semin Cutan Med Surg 1997 Mar;16(1):3-14

Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA.

PMID: 8919386, UI: 97078462

J Dermatol 1995 Jul;22(7):533-4

MICROPIGMENTATION: 
State of the Art,

Zwerling, Charles, MD FACS et al.
copyrighted, printed in the USA
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 93-061357

 The official textbook of the American Academy of Micropigmentation. The book, 2nd edition,  published in 1994 discusses the medical legal and scientific applications of Permanent Makeup, permanent cosmetics, and tattooing. Methodology, Post procedural Consideration, Basic/Advanced Techniques, Indications/Contra indications, Complications/Management, FDA and State  Regulations, History of Tattooing, Instrumentation - Description and Development, Anesthesia, Role of the Assistant, Blepharopigmentation Techniques, Brow Pigmentation Technique, Lip Pigmentation Techniques, Breast Areolar Pigmentation, Advanced Dermalpigmentation Techniques, Psychological Considerations, Practical Clinical Anatomy, Morphology, Photography, Patient Selection, Clinical Evaluation, Preprocedural Consideration, Artistic Technique: CLIMB, Complications of Tattooing, Pigments, State of the Art, Quality Assurance

[Article in Slovak]

Southwest Plastic Surgery Center, Fort Myers, Fla. 33901.

Cosmetic micropigmentation for implanting pigments into the skin is a relatively new and beneficial procedure. We have found patient satisfaction to be high and complication rate low. We do stress that the help of an aesthetician is necessary in determining the color of pigmentation.

PMID: 8356137, UI: 93361602

Dermatol Nurs 1993 Aug;5(4):289-94, 332

A clinical methodology involving consultation, assessment, plan, implementation, and evaluation is important in meeting patients' skin care and cosmetic needs. Part III of this three-part series examines how this systematic and practical approach was used in camouflaging a burn survivor's appearance permanently.

PMID: 8363932, UI: 93371941

Plast Reconstr Surg 1993 Apr;91(5):942-5

Division of Plastic Surgery, Allentown Hospital, Pa.

Even partial areolar loss following breast reduction must be considered an aesthetic disaster for which there are few surgical options for correction. Tattooing, as directly borrowed from postmastectomy techniques for nipple-areola creation, permits reconstitution of a reasonable facsimile of the areola. Discoloration or loss of nipple contour as may also occur in composite nipple-areola grafts may be enhanced and/or an illusion of nipple projection achieved by appropriate regional micropigmentation. Tattooing provides another simple method that can be repeated with virtually no morbidity for salvage of an unacceptable result following breast reduction.

PMID: 8460199, UI: 93212039

J Dermatol Surg Oncol 1989 Oct;15(10):1092-8

 Surgery of the Eye
Waltham et al editors, Churchill & Livingston, 1988.

Zwerling and Christensen: Blepharopigmentation, chapter 47. A synopsis and review of the micropigmentation. Included is the survey results and discussion by American Society of Micropigmentation Surgery. The retrospective survey of ophthalmologists lists the major and minor complications resulting from eyeliner surgery from almost 8,000 cases nationally.

MICROPIGMENTATION

Zwerling, Charles, MD FACS et al.
copyrighted 1986, printed in the USA
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 85-61708
Published by Slack Inc. New Jersey
ISBN: 0-943432-55-3

 The first textbook  of Micropigmentation. The book, 1st edition,  published in 1986 discusses the medical legal and scientific applications of Permanent Makeup, permanent cosmetics, and tattooing. Methodology, Post procedural Consideration, Basic/Advanced Techniques, Indications/Contra indications, History of Tattoos Complications/Management, FDA and State  Regulations, Instrumentation - Description and Development, Anesthesia, Role of the Assistant, Blepharopigmentation Techniques, Brow Pigmentation Technique, Lip Pigmentation Techniques, Breast Areolar Pigmentation, Advanced Dermalpigmentation Techniques, Psychological Considerations, Practical Clinical Anatomy, Morphology, Photography, Patient Selection, Clinical Evaluation, Preprocedural Consideration, Artistic Technique: CLIMB, Complications of Tattooing, Pigments, State of the Art, Quality Assurance

Howard University Hospital, Vitiligo Center, Washington, D.C. 20060.

A technique of permanent dermal micropigmentation using a nonallergenic iron oxide pigment to cover recalcitrant areas of vitiligo is described. The areas included in this study were the distal digits, the lips, hands, wrists, axillae, elbows, hairline, perioral area, and lower legs. The immediate postmicropigmentation results invariably showed dramatic aesthetic improvements. There was a moderate degree of fading in the majority of cases, most of which occurred within the first six weeks. The pigment that remained usually persisted with minimal to no further fading. Short- and long-term complications, which were few, mild, and resolved fully, are discussed. No allergic reactions to the pigment or koebnerization of the vitiligo have been noted.

PMID: 2794206, UI: 90009622

J S C Med Assoc 1986 Aug;82(8):505-6

PMID: 3463829, UI: 87013117