Scar Revision

Softer Scars, Smoother Skin

Ready for your scars to stand out less?

At Flamingo Room, we specialize in scar revision—a skin-needling technique with medical-grade serums that softens tone, refines texture, and minimizes contrast, so scars are less noticeable and more in harmony with your skin.

Welcome to our multi-award-winning studio, trusted across Vancouver Island for precision, compassion, and care. With over 400 five-star reviews and more than 4,000 treatments completed, clients choose us for results that feel natural, supportive, and empowering.

Every service is tailored to your unique needs—whether it’s blending a surgical scar, refining an old injury, or restoring confidence after trauma. The goal isn’t to erase your history but to move scars out of the spotlight.

Scars Service overview

What Is Scar Revision?

Skin needling uses a precision device with ultra-fine needles to create controlled micro-injuries in the skin. These tiny channels stimulate the body’s natural healing response—without damaging the surrounding tissue.

As the skin repairs itself, it produces new collagen and elastin, two key components that make skin firm, smooth, and resilient.

To enhance your results, each treatment is paired with medical-grade serums from NUE Professional. Formulated with growth factors and peptides, these serums support cellular repair, encourage collagen regeneration, even-out pigmentation, and optimize healing.

Scars form when deep or severe skin injuries—like cuts, burns, or surgical incisions—lead the body to rapidly deposit collagen in a disorganized way, often resulting in thick, raised, tight, or sunken scars.

Skin needling works differently:

  • Controlled, Minimal Trauma
    Unlike the original injury, skin needling creates tiny, shallow channels without tissue loss or tension, allowing the healing process to remain calm and controlled.
 
  • Targeted Collagen Remodeling
    The micro-injuries from skin needling activate fibroblasts—the collagen-producing cells—without triggering excessive inflammation. This promotes organized collagen remodelling rather than chaotic scar formation.

 

  • Softens Old Scar Tissue
    Over a series of treatments, skin needling breaks down dense, fibrous tissue beneath the surface, improving flexibility, texture, and overall appearance.

  • Helps Blend Skin Tone
    Skin needling supports melanin regulation, helping scars blend more naturally with the surrounding skin.

Skin needling is safe and effective for many types of scars, including stretch marks, surgical scars, trauma or injury scars, and in some cases, burn scars. It can also help improve the appearance of hypo pigmented scars.

A series of sessions (typically 3–6) is recommended for best results.

Before proceeding with any tattoo or scar revision service Please review the following medical considerations carefully, as certain health conditions may require a doctor’s note or make you ineligible for treatment.

Not sure if you’re eligible? Contact us for a confidential consultation — we’re here to help.

General Precautions all services:

  • Discontinue blood-thinning medications for 3 days, unless advised otherwise by a doctor.
  • Avoid strong sun exposure/tanning 5 days before.
  • Post-Accutane: Wait 1 year.
  • Post-pregnancy: Wait 3 months post birth and breast feeding. 
  • Post-trauma / surgery to treatment area: Wait 1+ year.

Conditions that prevent tattoo and Scar Revision services:

  • Pregnancy or breastfeeding.
  • Being under 18 years old.
  • Current cancer or leukaemia diagnosis.
  • History of Keloid scarring. Note: People often confuse hypertrophic and keloid scars. Hypertrophic scars are raised but stay within the edges of the original wound. Keloid scars are also raised but grow beyond the wound, spreading into the surrounding skin.
  • In treatment area only: Dermatitis, rosacea, psoriasis, eczema, shingles, rash.
  • Current use of topical steroids in the area to be serviced.

Specific Service Considerations

Brows

  • Discontinue brow growth serum 3 months prior.
  • No facial treatments pre or post: 2 weeks for general, 1 month for laser/chemical peels.
  • Filler and Botox in temple/forehead area: Filler wait 30 days; Botox wait 14 days.
  • Stop Retin-A/Retinol near area 2 weeks prior.

Lips

  • If you’ve ever had a cold sore (herpes simplex virus), obtain a medical prescription for preventative treatment.
  • Wait 30 days after the last lip filler, 14 days if received Botox around the lips.
  • Wait 1 month after the last lip wax or derma-planing service.

Eyeliner

  • Not suitable for those: using prostaglandin analog eye drops for glaucoma, has glaucoma, those with Blepharitis.
  • Lash Extensions: Long-term use of lash extensions may impact tattoo results. Clients who’ve worn extensions for several years have a high probability of poor and uneven pigment retention resulting in underwhelming results This is due to repeated mechanical trauma and glue-related irritation, which can create microscopic scarring and reduce pigment uptake.
  • Remove lash extensions 2 weeks prior; can’t be re-applied until 5 weeks post-touch-up.
  • Wait 1 weeks after the last lash lift or tint service.
  • Discontinue eyelash growth serum 3 months prior.
  • Wait 9 months or more post-surgery in or around the eye.
  • Considering Blepharoplasty surgery in the coming year? We recommend doing the surgery first.

Cover-ups or Corrections:

For touch-ups on work done at another studio, we require an evaluation—either by phone or in-person—before booking. Arriving with previous tattooing or microblading not disclosed in advance may mean we can’t proceed, and your booking fee will be forfeited.

tattooing is not recommended if you:

  • Use tanning beds without protecting the tattooed area.
  • Suntan without using sunscreen to protect your tattoo.
  • Don’t want to commit to touch-ups.
  • Expect tattooing to fully replace makeup makeup.

Your Experience

Consultation

A studio consultation is required. We’ll review your goals and apply small test spots to see how your skin responds.

Healing Period → You’ll allow the test spots to heal for ~2 weeks.

Follow-Up Call → After healing, we’ll check in by phone to assess results and confirm if scar revision is right for you.

Healing

Scars are bright and slightly irritated looking for 5-10 days 

For 30 days avoid exposing the scars to direct sun as this can cause hyperpigmentation. 

About Your Artist Meredith

I’m a multi–award-winning tattoo artist specializing in cosmetic and medical tattooing—where science, precision, and artistry meet. My first career was as a custom furniture maker, followed by sculpting in the film industry. Both trades sharpened my eye for symmetry, proportion, and detail—skills I now bring to every client I work with.

Since 2018, I’ve helped more than 4,000 people feel at home in their own skin. My philosophy is simple: enhance what you love, restore what you’ve lost, and always keep results soft, natural, and timeless.

Outside the studio, you’ll usually find me turning up the music for a dance break, or hanging with my husband and our two dogs.

If you’re looking for results that feel right, personal, and timeless—you’re in the right place.

Meredith‘s Certifications and Training

Cosmetic Tattooing Certifications
• Hoi – Nano Hair Strokes
• StudioKollective – Powder Brows
• Nataliya Yeremenko – Combo Brows Masterclass
• Hannah Sturtevant – Super Natural Brows
• 3RS / Phuong Phan – Nano Masterclass
• Phi Brows – Microblading
• Tess Marti – Lip Blush & Dark Lip Neutralization
• Carla Ricciardone – Lip Colour & Pigmentology
• Kristina Melnicenco – 5 month Eyeliner Accelerator
• Teryn Darling – Advanced Eyeliner Tattooing

🩺 Paramedical Tattooing Certifications
• Ink Boutique – Scar Revision & Camouflage
• Ink Boutique – Areola Tattooing / 3-D Belly Button / Scar Camouflage         
• Shay Danielle – Areola Realism & Advanced Texture (Melanin-Rich Focus)
• Jody Stoski – Paramedical Tattooing: Areola

🛠 Additional Training
• Li-FT – Saline Tattoo Removal
• Girlz Ink – Colour Correction Mastery
• Phi Skin Expert – Skin Health & Cosmetic Tattooing
• Bloodborne Pathogens Certification