An electrologist removed a large portion of my eyebrows without my permission. Is there any treatment that could work to regenerate and/or repair the follicles, such as laser or plasma? I've had some very thin hairs regrow and wish I could get them back to their original strength and thickness. What are the prospects for new treatments to repair my follicles in the next 5 years?
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October 9, 2015
Answer: If your eyebrow hairs were removed with electrolysis, it may never grow back.
Jae Pak, MDHair Restoration Surgeon, Board Certified in Emergency Medicine
Post-procedural care will vary widely from one surgeon to the next after any hair transplant procedure, including brow transplants. In my practice, I recommend that patients wait 48 hours before getting the grafts wet in the shower, and even then, instruct them not to let the water hit the g...
Eyebrow transplants can be a great improvement for many patients.
A few things to keep in mind:
1. With any hair transplant procedure, not all grafts will survive. Although in most cases, the success rates should be well above 90% of grafts, this still means that some grafts will be lost.
2. Six...
The results of an eyebrow transplant (or any other hair transplant) should be evident by about month 12. Hair should be growing and evident by about month 6, but not fully mature until around one year.
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