Also know as skin color tattooing, scar camouflage is a needle and pigment technique that blends scars into the surrounding natural skin using permanent makeup pigments. Performed by a paramedical tattoo artist, skin re-pigmentation has become increasingly popular for its ability to improve the appearance of scars, stretch marks, and others areas affected by hyperpigmentation (darker) and hypopigmentation (lighter).

When evaluating a scar for corrective micropigmentation, the source of the scar is not as important as its look and feel. Once fully healed, typically one year, scars, stretch marks and areas lacking pigmentations, like vitiligo can benefit from micropigment color correction.