The things
people actually ask.

Less than most people expect. Topical numbing cream goes on before we start and is topped up during the appointment. Most clients describe brows as a scratching sensation rather than pain — lips are the most sensitive of the treatments. Plenty of people fall asleep.

Not if it is done properly. For the first few days it will look bolder and darker than the final result — that is the healing process, not the outcome. Once healed, the intention is that it reads as your own brow.

If you want something more defined and makeup-like, say so at the consultation. That is a completely valid choice, just a deliberate one rather than an accident.

It depends on your skin more than your taste. Oily skin holds ombré powder or combo brows far better — fine hair strokes tend to blur as they heal. Sparse brows suit nano or microblading, because individual strokes rebuild the illusion of hair.

You do not have to decide in advance. Book any brow treatment and it can be changed at the appointment once Ana has seen your skin.

To rule out a reaction to the pigment. It is a small application behind the ear or in the hairline, done at least 24 hours before your treatment, and it is required for every first-time client.

It is booked as a 20-minute Patch Test & Consultation for £20. That £20 is your booking fee and it comes off the cost of your treatment on the day.

Treatment is not carried out if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, taking blood thinners or Accutane, undergoing chemotherapy, or have keloid-prone skin, an active skin condition in the area, or uncontrolled diabetes.

Some of these are permanent exclusions and some are just a matter of waiting. Ask, and you will get a straight answer.

Yes, but timing matters. Leave at least two weeks after Botox before a brow treatment — brow position can shift and that would change the mapping. For lip filler, leave four weeks either side. Mention it at the consultation either way.

No — it is charged separately at £90, booked 4–8 weeks after your first appointment.

Brows are genuinely a two-step process. Skin does not take pigment evenly the first time, and the second session is where density and colour are finished properly. Budget for both from the start.

Past 8 weeks the £90 rate no longer applies and you would book a yearly colour boost instead, which needs more time.

Typically 12–18 months before a refresh is worth doing, though this varies a great deal. Oily skin, sun exposure, exfoliating skincare and how quickly your skin renews all shorten it.

It fades gradually rather than disappearing, so there is no awkward stage. Daily SPF over the area once healed is the single biggest thing that extends it.

Give at least 48 hours of notice and your booking fee transfers to a new date, once. Inside 48 hours the fee is lost. A same-day cancellation or no-show is charged at 50% of the service price.

Monday appointments need changing by 2pm on the preceding Friday.

Often, yes — but not always in one session, and not always without removal first. Send a clear, unfiltered photo in daylight before booking and you will get an honest answer about what is realistic.

Please do not book a standard appointment for a correction; the time needed is different.

Days 1–2: bolder and sharper than the final result. Normal.

Days 3–5: colour peaks, then a fine scab starts to lift. Itching is normal. Do not pick — this is where results are lost.

Days 6–10: the ghosting phase. Brows can look far too light, or as if they have vanished. Pigment is still settling under fresh skin. Wait.

Weeks 4–8: colour resurfaces and evens out. This is your real result, and the point at which the top-up is booked.

For ten days: no picking or peeling, no swimming, saunas, steam rooms or long baths, no heavy sweating, no makeup or acids over the area, and no direct sun or sunbeds.

Long term, a daily SPF 30+ over the area adds months to how long the work lasts. Sun is what turns warm pigment cool and cool pigment patchy.

Almost certainly not, but message the studio rather than sitting with it. Most things that look alarming at day four or five are normal stages of healing, and you will be told honestly if it is not.