✧ Refrain from consuming alcohol or taking any blood thinners (aspirin) at least 48 hours before your appointment. Zero caffeine intake on the day of your appointment.

✧ Any major facial treatments should be done 4 weeks before or after your procedure. These treatments include: Laser, peels, facials, waxing, plucking, botox, & so on. Any questions please contact us via email.

✧ If you use topicals in your skincare routine such as Vitamin C, Retinoids, exfoliants, glycol, etc. please stop use at least 2 weeks before your appointment. If you take fish oil or supplements containing fish oil, please also stop using it 2 weeks prior.

✧ Lip scrub is encouraged the week leading up to the session. Keep your lips healthy, moisturized, exfoliated, & in good condition. Drink lots of water. Dry, cracked lips are difficult to work with and will often result in poor healing.

✧ If you have EVER had a cold sore or a fever blister, you must take an anti-viral medication (such as Valtrex) every day beginning 1 week before your appointment, the day of, and continue to use 1 week after. This can be prescribed by your physician.

If you want to play it safe: According to the WHO, about two-thirds of adults carry HSV-1, the virus responsible for cold sores, often without realizing it. Lip blushing procedures can trigger this virus & lead to an outbreak. To help prevent this, consider taking lysine, an over-the-counter amino acid supplement, in the days leading up to your appointment.