Eyebrows - how long to grow back?

Ilovelucy

Arrived home today to find my daughter had taken the tweezers to her eyebrows and now she only has half brows. How long for them to grow back? Will they grow back at all?

I just hope no one comments on them at school tomorrow she is dreading going in and has spent the last hour trying to make her hair cover them up.

Any reassurance would be welcome.

IsaMtq

Did the same thing when I was younger - got carried away.

Poor thing - they will definitely grow back. The best thing is to put castor oil on them - it’s great for encouraging hair growth - its thick and sticky but a bit before bed each night will speed it up slightly. http://www.castoroilhome.com/castor-oil-hair-growth-treatment

If it’s quite bad - could she consider getting a fringe? - till they grow back.

IsaMtq

Note: Be sure to use only cold-pressed (or cold-drawn) castor oil that is hexane-free. Any other kind could clog your pores. Another good reason to use cold-pressed castor oil instead of refined castor oil is that cold-pressed oils retain much more of their valuable nutrients.


Pukka does a good one & available in most health shops (not holland & barrett though) http://www.pukkaherbs.com/castor-oil-2.html

krankykitty

Ah I feel her pain, I did that myself at one stage.

I got a great pencil thing from Boots No 7, eye pencil on one end and brush on the other, it was good for filling in the missing bits. I'm sure there's other powder things as well you can use to conceal the gap a bit. It will grow back before she knows it..

Ilovelucy

Thanks so much. She actually mentioned a fringe. She wears glasses so she is going to wear them more than usual for a while.

Caraville

This won't help the growth issue, but if she uses something like this then it might give the illusion of having thicker/better shape brows. It's brilliant but if might help her to have the assistant in the shop show her how it works. You can get it in Brown Thomas, Debenhams, House of Fraser, the larger Boots stores and probably other bigger chemists too.

http://www.benefitcosmetics.com/product/view/brow-zings

Seren_

Poor girl, we all tend to do stuff like that at that age! I once cut my own fringe, with disastrous consequences

I think filling them with an eyebrow pencil for a while is the best idea. If you can't get any proper brow pencils/kits for a while, using a light brown eyeliner/eyeshadow (obviously it depends on her hair colour) will be grand either. There are loads of tutorials on youtube as well, which will help with how to fill them in.

jenizzle

Have a look at this video - it's aimed at those who don't have brows, and gives techniques towards the end (around 10mins onwards) on how to make them more realistic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeqvBqJ1zQU

Ilovelucy

Thanks so much for those links. At least it is a lesson learned now.