Permanent makeup In fact, what gives permanent makeup meaning and meaning is a medical, beauty and safety method called micropigmentation. The word pigment is actually the pigments used for makeup. And the micropigmentation action of injecting this pigment with its special tool is under the skin layers. Note that this is not a tattoo operation and there are many differences from it, from the type of depth penetration, to health and safety and tools are different from tattooing. In the field of cosmetics and medicine.