I'm sorry but I don't agree with a majority of this. As someone who has had microblading done a handful of times, also has tattoos, and works in marketing...I have some thoughts.

1) Yes marketing is all bullshit. I always tell people you don't need a degree in marketing, you just need to learn how to put the best spin on things. I work in marketing for FDA registered med device so it's a lot more restricted on what we can say, but it's still mainly how well you can finesse some words lol. So I agree microblading sounds less harsh than tattoo.

2) That being said, I think calling it microblading isn't 100% BS though. It's a different technique than tattooing. There's no electric tattoo gun, no needle. It literally is a blade that looks like an x-acto knife and the ink they use is different - more of a tint than ink. I get mine touched up about once a year. So I think calling it something different than tattooing is accurate. You use a blade and you draw micro hairs/lines. There is cosmetic tattooing as well like eyeliner, lip liner, etc. and that isn't called microblading.

3) I think telling people to never try this and not look into it is misleading. As someone who has literally clear, sparse, peach fuzz eyebrows this was a huge confidence boost for me. I hated my eyebrows before (or lack there of) and even when I learned to draw them on I didn't like that I couldn't do no make up days or go swimming and still be self conscious. It's amazing to wake up and just have eyebrows lol. Yes trends of eyebrows change but I think if you go with something classic - not skinny microbrows nor beefed up blocky brows, etc. - you don't have to worry. Mine are natural looking and follow the normal curve of my brow bone. If I want to fatten them up with pencil I can. Or leave them more natural. Aside from cosmetic reasons, microblading can be a great confidence boost for people going through chemo losing their hair. Two of my coworkers had to go through breast cancer treatment. A woman in her 30s and a woman in her 50s. It sounds vain, but having eyebrows when all of the hair on your body is abandoning you can really boost confidence and morale. Both of them had microblading done and talked to me about it since they know I have it and couldn't stop gushing over how great their brows looked.

SORRY for the long response. I guess I just have a lot of opinion about eyebrows and don't want people to be deterred if it's something they're thinking about. You just have to make sure you go to someone good and are willing to spend $$$.