Regrowing eyebrow hair can be a long and arduous process. Factors to consider are your general health and whether you have any hair disorders such as alopecia or folliculitis. If you have a hereditary disease, you may have to resort to more drastic measures. However, if you have simply over-plucked or have slow-growing eyebrows, there are a few steps you can take to regrow your brow hair.
Stop Plucking
Plucking and waxing damages the hair follicles and prevents future growth. If you are trying to regrow your eyebrow hair, you should stop plucking and waxing altogether; even the little rogue hairs that annoy you. This may be a very slow process, but eventually the hairs should start to grow and fill in.
Vitamins
Vitamins are essential for re-growing eyebrow hair. The "beauty vitamins", the B-complex vitamins, help grow, renew and maintain healthy hair, including eyebrow hair. The antioxidant vitamins C and E increase blood circulation and oxygenation to the follicles to grow and fill in sparse patches of eyebrow hair. Without these vitamins, hair may become dry and brittle. Additionally, vitamin C blocks damage caused by free radicals, which cause aging. Vitamin H (Biotin) helps hair grow faster and healthier, as well as thicker and longer.
Oils
Olive oil is purported to aid in regrowing eyebrow hair. Simply spread a small amount of oil on a cotton swab and dab it onto your eyebrow hairs. Castor oil is another oil that may grow eyebrow hair fast, as well as make the hairs grow in thicker. Vaseline may promote thicker eyebrows and faster hair growth. Put a small amount onto a cotton swab, then dab it onto your eyebrow hair. Even if the oils don't actually promote hair growth, they will at least cover the individual hairs that are currently there and plump them up to give the illusion of fuller eyebrows.
Surgery
Cosmetic surgery is available to help reconstruct eyebrows with free skin and hair-bearing composite grafts, according to a 1999 article published in the Journal of American Academic Dermatology. This cosmetic surgery uses hair-bearing, full-thickness skin grafts to repair large gaps in eyebrow hair. This option should be a last resort and you should speak with a dermatologist or surgeon to see if it is right for you.
References
- Natural Solutions: Heading off Hair Loss
- University of Maryland Medical Center: Vitamin H (Biotin)
- Eyelash Growth Products: How to Grow Eyebrows Back
- MedlinePlus: Vitamin C
- Journal of American Academic Dermatology: Eyebrow reconstruction with free skin and hair-bearing composite graft;Tanja M. Fritz et al.; 1999
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