DEPTH

DEPTH

DEPTH

THE IMPORTANCE OF DEPTH

  • Visible light appears to the eyes as white but is actually made up of multiple colours of light called wavelengths
  • Each wavelength penetrates the skin to a different degree of success
  • The deeper into the skin we work, the less wavelengths can reach our implanted pigment, therefore, the more distorted and less true our colour will appear.
  • The epidermis sheds / completes a full skin cycle on average every 28 days.
  • Therefore, we must implant deeper than this for any pigment to retain.
  • We must break through and implant just below the basal layer of the epidermis to retain pigment and for all wavelengths of light to reach and reflect our pigment.
  • Similar to the sea:

            – the deeper it goes, the darker it shows