Aftercare Guide: Stay Connected with CYAN via LINE
The procedure's done, but the color looks too dark, or the scab is starting to come off and you're afraid the color will go with it — many of you lie awake at the mirror at night. It's even more so once you're back home, with no one nearby to ask. So let me lay it out — whether what's happening now, day by day, is normal, and how you stay connected with CYAN over LINE even from far away. Don't suffer alone.
Why I put aftercare in writing
Even when I say in the consultation "I'll pack the care instructions on paper for you" and send them off, once you're home that paper is nowhere to be found. And people coming from overseas tend to have questions pop up exactly after they've returned. "Why has the color gotten so dark?" "The scab came off but the color's patchy — is it ruined?" — these worries usually well up at night, looking in the mirror. I know you keep it bottled up inside. So let me bring it up in words in advance. The day-by-day progress I'm writing from here tells you ahead of time "this is normal." Knowing what will happen makes it less scary when it actually comes. And the truly important thing — even from far away, you're connected to us over LINE. Send one photo and we'll look together, in English, at whether it's a normal process now or a signal to watch.
Days 1–3 — handle the just-treated area like a baby
For the first few days after the procedure, the skin is healing a very shallow wound on its own. So remember just two things now. Keep it clean, and don't touch it. Apply the aftercare ointment we gave you very thinly, in an amount about half a pinky nail. Thick doesn't make it better — it actually can't breathe and gets stuffy. "Thin" is the key. And for these few days, avoid water and sweat. When you wash your face, go slightly around the treated area, and don't aim the showerhead straight at it. Take a short break from spicy food, saunas, sweat-inducing exercise, and alcohol, and the color settles far more beautifully. "It's just a few days," you think, but these few days set the next year.
Days 4–7 — don't be alarmed even if the color looks dark
Here everyone gets startled once: "oh my, isn't this too dark?" Let me tell you in advance — this is the period when the color looks darkest and thickest. It's a similar principle to a fresh scar looking dark, so this absolutely isn't what remains. And a thin scab (flaking) gradually forms. The hardest moment to bear comes here. When the scab lifts, your hand keeps going to it. But forcing it off pulls the color out with it, leaving it patchy. The one thing to engrave in your mind — "I don't take the scab off; it falls off on its own when it's time." A little clear fluid showing or itching is also a natural healing signal in this period. Don't touch it; just leave it be.
Days 7–14 — don't be disappointed when the color suddenly lightens
Once the scab has almost all come off, this time everyone gets startled the other way: "wait — hasn't the color gotten way too light?" Dark one week, light the next — of course it throws you. At this stage the color fades to about 30–40% lighter than at first. We design it that way on purpose. If the color were packed in dark from the start, you'd need laser removal to take it out if you didn't like it — far more of a hassle. So the first procedure goes in light, at a natural density. That's the principle. Lips especially can look as if the color has nearly disappeared once all the flaking is off — but around the two-week mark, the color rises back up from within. Really — you can relax. During this period, send one progress photo over LINE. We'll check together whether this is the normal progression.
Days 14–30 — when your real color settles in
From now the color and shape gradually stabilize. For a while after all the flaking falls off, the color may look uneven in spots, but that's a normal process of settling evenly as new skin covers over, so don't worry. Around day 30, the flow of "darkening → scab → fading → settling" wraps up and your real color starts to show. Seeing the color settled at this stage, we set the touch-up (refinement) timing together if needed. It's fine even if you've returned home. Send a photo and we'll look at the progress together online, taking care at each stage — "this has settled well," "let's fill this a touch more at the touch-up." It doesn't end the moment you step out the procedure-room door.
If there's a concerning symptom, don't hesitate — reach out
Everything above is all "normal healing." But occasionally there are signs that need a clinic visit. Knowing them in advance means you won't panic. If redness keeps spreading beyond the treated area, if there's yellow-green cloudy pus or foul-smelling discharge, if the pain instead worsens over time, if fever or chills come with it, or if a hard lump is felt — stop self-care and get seen at a nearby clinic. If a blister rises after a lip procedure, or vision blurs after an eye-area procedure, go straight to a clinic. These cases are rare, and caught early, most recover well. And in any case, let us know over LINE too. Even a small question like "is this normal?" is fine. Send a photo and we'll look together in English. That said, we're not a medical institution that diagnoses or treats, so when something matches the above signs, be sure to also get seen at a local clinic and share that progress with us. We won't leave you alone while you heal.
Three-line summary
1. The day-by-day progress is a "darkening → scab → fading → settling" flow. Never force the scab off, and the color lightening is also a normal process designed on purpose. 2. Even after you return home, you're connected over LINE. Send a photo and we'll look at the progress together in English, taking care at each stage up to the touch-up timing. 3. If there are signs like spreading redness, pus, worsening pain, or fever, get seen at a nearby clinic first, and be sure to let us know too.