Mary Arnold-Ronish CPCP is owner of
Professional Permanent Cosmetics, an now Tattoo Vanish, Inc and
brings more than 30 years of experiences as a registered nurse to
the permanent cosmetic industry.
Prior to starting her own permanent cosmetics
business in 1992, Arnold had decades of experience in the medical
industry. She began her nursing career in 1969, working in area
hospitals and physicians offices. Arnold also served as a business
and front office manager, and dermatology nurse for a dermatology
practice in Las Vegas. Later, she was the director of marketing and
operations for a large home health care organization with locations
in Utah, Arizona, Nevada and Colorado.
Arnold founded Professional Permanent Cosmetics
in 1993, employing her years of experience as a nurse and knowledge
as a medical practice manager to create a quality permanent makeup
practice in the Las Vegas Valley. With a complete understanding of
the procedures and consistently using only the strictest
sterilization techniques, Arnold quickly became one of the city’s
most respected in the medical community for her high quality work.
Since founding her company, Arnold has had
extensive training and continuously updates her skills. Today, she
has a reputation in the Valley as a specialist in color adjustments
and corrective procedures, such as lip color, eyebrows and eyeliner.
More than 70 percent of her practice consists of correcting other
professional permanent makeup technician’s mistakes or working with
their unsatisfied clients.
By being forced into being the “go to person”
in Southern Nevada for corrections, Ms Arnold developed a new and
better method of removing ink or pigment from the skin. With more
than 7 years experience removing tattoos with a non laser method,
Arnold has now launched Tattoo Vanish, Inc.
Tattoo Vanish employs a method of removal
similar to the skin as when the tattoo or permanent make up was
applied, thus minimizing the damage to the skin. This new method has
become so successful that it is now superior to any type of LASER
removal. Tattoo Vanish is less painful, requires 75% LESS
treatments for complete removal, so the cost is much less and is the
ONLY method that will remove all colors where LASER cannot.
Arnold, who adheres to the Clark County Health
District’s requirements, offers numerous professional permanent
makeup procedures including eyebrows, eyeliner and lip color. She
also provides advanced procedures such as scar camouflage, skin
re-pigmentation, hair simulation and areola restoration and
coloration following breast reconstruction from mastectomies or
other breast surgery. In addition, Arnold now offers tattoo removal,
called Tattoo Vanish.
In 2005, Arnold wrote and sponsored a bill with
the help of State Assemblywoman Valerie Weber, to raise the level of
entry into the permanent cosmetic profession. After testifying
before the Nevada Legislature, the bill passed unanimously in the
Nevada State Assembly before being dropped in the Senate. Arnold has
consistently fought to raise the standards in the profession and has
argued for tougher regulations in the state, citing that Nevada
currently lacks strict regulations and allows for essentially anyone
interested to get into the profession.
The professional makeup artist has been a
member of the Society of Permanent Cosmetic Professionals, an
organization requiring all members to meet the highest standards of
safety and technical ability, since 1993. She also is a past board
of director (2003 – 2006), serving as director of health and safety.
In her time on the board, Arnold was instrumental in orchestrating a
special meeting with the approved pigment vendors of the
organization to enforce higher standards for pigment manufacturers
to ensure consumer safety. Arnold was also responsible for gathering
information, revising and rewriting and researching all of the many
references needed to provide a defensible, non-biased exam for
anyone wishing to become internationally certified as a “Certified
Permanent Cosmetic Professional” for the organization. Today,
hundreds of practitioners have received this designation worldwide.
Arnold is also a member of the National
Cosmetic Tattooing Association, American Academy of Micro
pigmentation, Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, Nevada Woman’s Chamber
of Commerce, National Association of Women Business Owners, Las
Vegas Social Register, Better Business Bureau of Nevada and Desert
Springs United Methodist Church. She also served on the board of
directors for My Hope Chest, a non-profit organization dedicated to
raising funds for uninsured and underprivileged woman in need of
breast reconstruction following mastectomies from breast cancer.
A constant philanthropist, Arnold donates her
services to numerous causes. She provides pro bono areola and nipple
recreation and repigmentation for any woman that cannot afford the
procedure, ensuring that their psychological healing takes place in
additional to physical healing following breast cancer. Arnold also
provides no-cost ex-gang tattoo removal to any young person in the
Las Vegas community wishing to start a gang-free life. In the past,
she ran “Smooches for Pooches,” a campaign in which she donated
money from lip procedures to local animal shelters to help defray
the cost of care.
An expert in her field, Arnold has written
numerous articles on permanent cosmetics locally. She recently
completed a manuscript, “How to do Lips for the Permanent Cosmetic
Professional,” and “Preventing Cross-Contamination for the Permanent
Cosmetic Professional. Both manuscripts are currently pending
publication.
Revised 6-08
Mary Arnold-Ronish, CPCP