Got a beard transplant just a few days ago. Everything went well and my skin will be all healed up in a week or two. However, some parts of my face will most likely be covered in some redness for 3 - 6 months, esp my cheeks and chin area.
What would be a simple and straightforward way to conceal this redness by using makeup? :)
Thank you!
Beard transplant? Is that like a hairline reconstruction with tons of open wounds on your face? I wouldn’t touch it with makeup
You need to counter redness with green. Sounds mad but it’s colour theory and they sell little anti-redness kits. Then concealer goes over the top.
Once healed green colour corrector under concealer/foundation
If you look up the colour wheel, opposite colours balance each other for colour correcting
Honestly? A mask is easier and cheaper and more stress free than learning how to color match and get the texture right and get quality products. It takes time, practice, and $$$ to get makeup to look good/natural (which I’m assuming is something you want).
What’s your skin color?
Caucasian.
The discoloration will probably change over time, so your best bet is to get a color correction palette with multiple colors and go by what it’s looking like that day. NYX makes a really good affordable one.
Google color wheel and choose the opposite color of the one you need to correct. For example, the opposite of red is green, so if you have a lot of redness, that is the color you would use. Likewise, the opposite of purple is yellow, which will come in handy if you have bruising.
Blend the color corrector in, then put a foundation or concealer that matches your skin tone on top of that.
The best way to find your foundation is to go to a makeup store like ulta or Sephora and test them out. Make sure you wait a little while before choosing because a lot of them will get darker or change color when they dry. It may also be helpful to bring a friend or ask someone who works at the store to help you. I find it always helps to have a second pair of eyes and getting the wrong color can make your skin look like a mess.
Edit: for grammar
TIL there are beard transplants.
I’m not sure if you can use medicated creams and stuff on your face, but I have rosacea and use a mix of prosacea which is a sulfur cream you can get at the drugstore, and azeliac acid 20% which is prescription, but 10% would likely work too which you can get otc. This combo kills all redness in my skin. I would talk to your doctor tho since you don’t want anything hindering your beard transplant, but this works far better for me than colour correcting. That all said a green primer is also something I use to counteract the redness if I have any before makeup.
Dr jart har this green cream that might work for you. No need for makeup.
Thanks. I’ve checked it out and it seems great. Is there anything else that I could together with this product? Like a CC cream? I will try with only Dr Jart first, but I suspect my redness might need an extra layer of some sort.
Maybe a little bit of color correcting in green on top, but I think that if it’s a little redness underneath it’ll look natural.
I would recommend the Jane Iredale Color Correcting Serum. It has a pale green color, so it will cancel out any general redness. This is probably the easiest one-stop shop item to deal with redness, especially if you don’t already know a lot about makeup.
My coworker has a lot of general redness on his face. He tried this when we were in a cosmetics training, and it worked wonders. Dont panic the instant you put it on, it took a couple minutes for the product and absorb into his skin and modulate the color. Also, it worked over bare skin and beard stubble.
Check out Wayne Goss on YT. He has numerous tutorials and has two channels. His videos are usually fairly short and to the point and he has addressed skincare and redness.
Don’t underestimate the power of thermal spa water sprays. They are great at reducing redness caused by inflammation. I swear by them. There are a few out there but the two I know of are Avene and La Roche Posay. They are sold at pharmacies. I would spray it on and leave for 3 mins then very gently tap or massage it into the skin, you can tissue off any excess at this point, then apply whatever other products you’re gonna be using.
Don’t be fooled into thinking it’s just the coolness of the water that does the job. The Avene one has a high amount of silica, which is a very effective anti inflammatory. I don’t know what the active ingredient in the La Roche is. I use the Avene one, I find it very good for reducing the redness of acne.