Can I regrow my overplucked eyebrows?

Question

I had big bushy eyebrows when I was younger so my mom introduced me to tweezers. I over plucked my brows for many many years (about 9). December 2015 I decided to stop tweezing and grow them out. I have not tweezed my brows in over a year and I have also taken vitamins, used RapidBrow, castor oil, olive oil, and Vaseline. Still, my brows are pretty sparse and have bald spots. Have my hair follicles died completely? Is there still hope?

Sanusi Umar, MD · Answer

Once overplucking leads to permanent hair loss, the follicles have been damaged to the point where they can’t produce new hair. However it’s possible to surgically implant follicles into your brows from other areas of your head. This is conventionally done with regular head hair. Our office at the Dr.U Clinic  has developed specialized devices to remove hair from anywhere on the body, so that patients can benefit from the option to have thinner more natural looking hair in their eyebrows.  In the article link below is an example of a woman who wanted fuller brows instead of her pencil thin arches. We made this possible using nape hair.

Jae Pak, MD · Answer

Over plucked eyebrows may never grow back.  If it has been over a year then it may never grow back.  One option to address this would be eyebrow transplant surgery.

Bernardino Arocha, MD, FISHRS · Answer

iarerissa, The single most common cause of thin eyebrows is over plucking. This leads to permanent eyebrow hair loss. It does respond well to surgical eyebrow hair restoration. Hope this helps.Sincerely,Bernardino Arocha, MD

Sean Behnam, MD · Answer

Yes, this likely means your follicles are dead and will not grow any hair. You can get a transplant if you'd like to restore hair to the area.

William Rassman, MD (retired) · Answer

If you continued to pluck your eyebrows, then you probably have traction alopecia in this area and these hairs will most likely not return. You can transplant them to get them back

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Can I regrow my overplucked eyebrows?

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