FAQs
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In September 2025, Michigan updated its body art rules. Topical anesthetics, including over-the-counter products, now require a prescription from a Michigan-licensed physician, and that prescription has to be documented in your client record. StudioMeds makes getting one fast and affordable so you can still use numbing products and your artist stays compliant. Full MDHHS rules here.
Not currently. Eyeliner and lip blush use a different category of professional in-procedure numbing products that aren't part of our current prescription. We're developing a separate prescription option specifically for lip blush and permanent eyeliner artists. Launching soon.
Yes. Every prescription is reviewed and issued by a Michigan-licensed physician. Same standards as any telehealth visit: ID verification, medical intake, physician review. Your prescription is real and your artist can accept it with confidence.
A married couple. A tattoo artist/shop owner, and a telemedicine physician, who built this for her shop when the new rules hit, then opened it up to the rest of Michigan's body art community.
No. The prescribed products, Bactine Max Spray and Aspercreme with 4% lidocaine, are sold over the counter. Pick them up anywhere: Walmart, Amazon, your local drug store. But the prescriptions can be filled at a pharmacy if you choose.
Yes. Per the state regulations, one prescription per procedure. Your artist is required to keep documentation for each appointment.
Most prescriptions are emailed within a few hours. Submit at least a day before your appointment to be safe.
If your medical history means you're not a candidate for a telemedicine evaluation, we'll recommend seeing an in-person provider. You won't be charged. Payment is only collected after you complete the intake and are cleared to proceed.
A copy of your prescriptions (printed or on your phone) and the medications. Your artist keeps the prescription on file. That's a Michigan requirement.
We don't. You can buy the medications wherever is most convenient for you. We provide the medical evaluation and physician prescription for documentation.
Anyone 18 or older who is getting a body art procedure in the state of Michigan.
Send them to studiomeds.com to check out our artists pages or email admin@studiomeds.com.
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