The Beau Institute of Permanent and Corrective Cosmetics in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, offers a six-day, 100-hour course. The program includes 35 hours of home study. Graduates must pass an online blood-borne pathogen test. The school offers an areola tattoo training program that teaches how to select the proper color and needle to create the illusion of a nipple in one’s absence or to extend a nipple. Other programs are offered by the Eyebrow Whisperer of Celebration, Florida; Derma Medical International of Kempton, Pennsylvania; Perfect Touch Permanent Makeup of Calabash, North Carolina; and the Nicol International Permanent Cosmetic Institute of Jupiter, Florida.
Lynn Duncan Permanent Cosmetics and Training Institute in Delafield, Wisconsin, offers a five-day, 100-hour class. Students practice with the most modern needle configurations. Classes cover color theory, sterilization, blood-borne pathogens training and marketing strategies. Each student will tattoo two eyebrows, two applications of eyeliner and one of lip liner to a live model. Other schools in the central U.S. include Facial Designs Permanent Cosmetics of Osage Beach, Missouri; Dermatec International of San Antonio, Texas; the Guastella Institute of Permanent and Corrective Cosmetics of Metairie, Louisiana; and the Midwest Center of Permanent Cosmetics in Hartford, Kentucky.
Faces by Design in San Jose, California, has a fundamental training course with 100 hours of training, which includes 35 hours of pre-class preparation and 65 hours of in-class instruction. Classes cover workplace safety, color theory, and handling clients' worries about discomfort. For fees and class schedules, you must contact Faces by Design. Other classes are offered by Dermal Source of Portland, Oregon; the Northwestern Institute of Aesthetics and Permanent Cosmetics in Eugene, Oregon; Wyclif Beauty College of Indio, California; and the Sacramento Permanent Cosmetic Clinic of Fair Oaks, California.
The Micropigmentation Training and Equipment Centre at Retford, England, offers a course covering wound management, skin and eye anatomy, skin diseases and the application of eyebrows, eyeliner and lip makeup. No more than two students can take a class at one time. Other international programs include Top Elegance of Tokyo, Japan; the Micro Pigmentation Centre of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada; and Cosmetic Tattoo Australia of Brookvale, New South Wales, Australia.