Sharing my confusion and frustration
I wanted to do microblading, as my brows never really recovered after the chemo, but got told that due to me being on tamoxifen I cannot as it increases the risk of infection by 2 beautician I contacted. To be fair, they were both from the same microblading "academy-school".
On Monday I checked about it with the clinical nurse that performed one of my regular checks and she confirmed that this is an option for me now that the chemo has been finished a while ago (last year) and I have recovered from it. She actually is a medical tattooist herself and, among other cosmetic tattoos, does with brows for people post chemo and was surprised to hear this feedback. I also has recently done my blood test that confirms that my immune system is as fine as any. I also know that some charities also offer this to women after treatment. I checked with a clinical nurse of one charity and she also confirmed the risk is the same as with anybody. A friend of mine is a beautician and does this things as well. She said that I definitely can do this and she volunteers herself supporting cancer patients. Unfortunately she lives pretty far from me and I cannot use her services.
How come there is this contradiction, as the beautician I went to had to check this with their "academy" doctor. The question was in general if I was on any kind of daily medication, to which I answered Yes, and it went from there. It seems like they get it confused with chemotherapy drugs...
Did anyone else had the same experience or can advise anything? I live in Leeds, can somebody maybe recommend a good semi-permanent brow artist here that are OK working with ladies on tamoxifen.
