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Directions

Some tips to avoid getting lost:

  • THERE ARE TWO SECOND STREETS.  Second Street NW is at the Omni Hotel end of the Mall, and NOT near Wachovia/ Wells Fargo Bank.
  • You’ll find me just off the Downtown Mall between the Regal Cinema and Fellini’s (Market Street), in the red brick Hook building (The Consignment House is the Mall storefront for this building).  There’s an Eyebrow Renovation sign next to the door; a Hook sign hangs over the door.
  • I am upstairs on the second floor, 3rd office on the right.
  • I now have a dedicated parking space. It is just behind our building, with its entrance on Market Street, on the corner opposite Fellini’s and McGuffey Art Center.  Mine is the 2nd space on the left, prominently marked.

Intersection at Second Street NW and Market Street

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FROM INTERSTATE 64, arriving from points East such as Richmond, take the Rt. 250 West exit, and proceed into Charlottesville (it’s a Right turn from the exit).  Follow Rt. 25o to McIntire Road, where you’ll turn Left at the traffic light.  Follow McIntire Road to the second stoplight at Market Street / Preston Avenue, and turn Left.  Go to the first traffic light and turn Right into the parking lot just beyond the traffic light (enter from Market Street).  Mine is the 2nd space on the Left–prominently marked.

FROM INTERSTATE 64, arriving from points West, take the 5th Street exit and proceed toward downtown.  Cross Main Street at the statue of Lewis & Clark and Sacagawea, and down the hill to Preston/ Market Street.  Turn Right onto Market Street.  Go to the first traffic light and turn Right into the parking lot just beyond the traffic light (enter from Market Street).  Mine is the 2nd space on the Left–prominently marked.

100 Second Street NW, ground-level entry. This street travels one way, from the Water Street side to the Market Street side. Our parking lot entry opens onto Market Street, to the left of the door in this image.

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Recent News

Roanoke permanent makeup and paramedical clinic TBD in June

I plan to be back in Roanoke  soon, the date still to be determined (possibly June 15). The location is  Medical Grade Skin Care, Inc., 4523 Brambleton Avenue SW.  To make an appointment please contact Betsy McClearn at 540/774-3223.

New York Times: “Tattoos as Makeup? Read the Fine Print”

Thanks to a recent caller who referred to this article from February 2011.  It is a well-stated and apt warning for anyone considering permanent makeup, and, I believe, presents a more balanced report than the NPR story.   As noted before, I welcome all questions about my materials, my methods, and my qualifications.  Please read the About page on this website, which includes references to my training and to my relationship with the medical community and with highly respected, local aesthetic practitioners.  I frequently consult with them in the case of skin conditions and scar management, and I have been honored by their continuing referrals.

Responding to “Tattoo Ink Stained by Safety Concerns”

I’ve been alerted to a recent NPR story and its FDA reference.  Readers and listeners should make the distinction between tattoo inks and permanent makeup pigments–their formulas are very different; beyond that, I can’t comment on tattoo inks.  As others have pointed out, the same color compounds that are used in permanent makeup pigments are the ones used in food, which we ingest in far greater quantities, and prescription drugs.  They are approved for these uses, as well as in topical makeups that are applied every day.  To these are added either alcohol or distilled water (and sometimes glycerin), as vehicles for the pigments.

In answer to the question of pigment and MRI safety, I am not aware of any actual cases of MRI difficulties, and  I quote from my professional organization’s website (www.spcp.org):
” According to Dr. Frank Shellock of Tower Imaging in Los Angeles, CA, a top expert in MRI safety, [out of the thousands who have had permanent makeup applied], only a handful of people have reported minor problems around the eye area and no problems around the lip or brow area. … Test studies have confirmed that the ‘iron’ particles in pigment are too microscopic to react as true metal pieces but rather are more accurately compared with ‘metals’ which already exist microscopically in the body.”

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