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Another day, another bizarre beauty trend. Apparently, in the wake of the royal wedding, women are heading to their local tattoo parlors to ink a constellation of faux freckles on their faces, often in the hopes of looking like Meghan Markle. Remember when we all wanted to emulate Princess Diana’s iconic hairdo after her wedding to Prince Charles? This is way more extreme, and possibly more regrettable.

So now women are subjecting themselves to a procedure called freckling to achieve Meghan’s look. In the procedure, which takes around 45 minutes, individual freckles are inked onto the skin using a needle as opposed to a traditional tattoo gun, as you can see in this video.

As you’d expect, getting stabbed in the face repeatedly by a needle is a little painful (and, according to the video, at $200 a pop, it’s not cheap either). The pigment used to create the spots will fade over time, depending on skin, care, and sun. The results can last up to three years. Professional freckler Bethany Wolosky told Harper’s Bazaar that the procedure is quite in demand right now:

There is definitely a trend right now to look as natural, youthful and fresh faced as possible. Freckle tattoos help achieve this without the negative consequences of actually spending time in the sun. [They’re] also a great way to camouflage or detract from acne scarring or hyper pigmentation.

[From Harper’s Bazaar]

I’m Irish, pasty, and naturally freckled. Does this mean I’m on trend now? This trend sounds so silly to me, but maybe it’s because I got mine for free and without the assistance of needles. As I get older, I can only hope that age spots and wrinkles get trendy…and the sooner the better, if you know what I mean.

Photos: WENN, Getty, Instagram

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