Scar Camouflage Artist

Also called: Skin Camouflage Tattooist

Uses skin-toned tattoo pigments to blend scars, stretch marks and skin conditions like vitiligo.

A day in the life

She mixes custom pigments to match a client's skin, tests them on a small area, and carefully tattoos over a surgical scar so it nearly disappears.

Pay over a career

Starting
$35k
Typical
$60k
High
$110k

Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.

Training

Certificate, about 2 years after high school. Permanent-makeup or tattoo training plus paramedical certification.

Ways in: Certification, Apprenticeship. Training cost: Under $15k.

Majors to look at: Esthetics (trade school).

Outlook

Growing faster than average.

Will it last? Our AI estimate

Low risk for 10 years. Color-matching tools help, but blending pigment into scarred skin is careful, licensed hand work.

Start now, in high school

Classes: Art (color theory), Biology, Health-science CTE class.

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