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Over Plucked Brows and Wanted Them Back - Layton, UT
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Dr. Bitner is amazing. By far the greatest Doc I...
ALC1979May 25, 2014
$2,950
Dr. Bitner is amazing. By far the greatest Doc I have ever met, and had the pleasure to be a patient for. He is calm, and very patient. I couldn't use anesthesia for my transplants because I was nursing. He and his staff were very supportive, and I was relaxed the whole time. He is by far, the best!!
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UPDATED FROM ALC1979
1 year post
New update!
ALC1979January 24, 2015
Hello all. So, I decided to get eyebrow transplants after over plucking my eyebrows and NOTHING helped to grow them back. I reasearched and was too afraid to go the tattoo route. I felt my thin brows would look funny. So, I did the transplant surgery. All in all it was not terrible. I was not able to be put under sedation so I was awake. I'd recommend sedation! It wasn't a long session and I was able to sit back and watch Elf. :) when I initially had the Doc draw my "ideal" brow shape on, I went by pics I liked. We didn't go as far in as I hoped and wanted. But, I was nervous and maybe should have really looked in the mirror and studied them. Anyways, it was done and recovery was easy. Itchy and sore, but easy. As for the brows anyways. For my donor spot! That was the pain. It's taken from the back of your head!! Ouch! So you aren't super comfortable. But once the stitches were removed its a whole new world there too. I had my surgery in UT and am from AK so I emailed any questions. The Doc always helped and answered.
I am a year out now. I can't honestly say anymore I love that I did it. I like them, but I do have issues that I don't think will ever go away. In many areas my brows stick straight out. Especially the "club" part which is right up front. Drives me bonkers! I really had hopped they'd lay closer to the skin so I could use a little wax to train, but these aren't trainable. For a year I've tried. :-/ I also have very patchy spots and I can see most of my natural thin brow on my right brow as it shows through. I know in many cases you need another session, and I emailed and got a quote, but I don't know if I want to risk more brows sticking out. My hair might not be a good fit for this. It may be my follicle or something isn't laying right? I don't know. So, I'm kind of stuck with what to do next. It takes me a lot of time to "do them" everyday. So, that's where I am at! Feel free to ask questions or give advice! Thanks.
I am a year out now. I can't honestly say anymore I love that I did it. I like them, but I do have issues that I don't think will ever go away. In many areas my brows stick straight out. Especially the "club" part which is right up front. Drives me bonkers! I really had hopped they'd lay closer to the skin so I could use a little wax to train, but these aren't trainable. For a year I've tried. :-/ I also have very patchy spots and I can see most of my natural thin brow on my right brow as it shows through. I know in many cases you need another session, and I emailed and got a quote, but I don't know if I want to risk more brows sticking out. My hair might not be a good fit for this. It may be my follicle or something isn't laying right? I don't know. So, I'm kind of stuck with what to do next. It takes me a lot of time to "do them" everyday. So, that's where I am at! Feel free to ask questions or give advice! Thanks.
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February 4, 2015
Hi ALC, thanks for the 1 yr update. I got an eyebrow transplant done one month ago and most of my hairs have shed by now. I can relate in that I think my doc was also a bit conservative. How many grafts did you get? And do you remember if you were much more satisfied with the initial results before the hairs shed and regrew? I know I already want to do a second round of grafts because the before/afters always looked much better (not just denser, but darker) with the people who did it twice. I'll be doing my second one late this year myself, although may think about trying with a different doctor who would be more aggressive with graft placement. I had 420 grafts and expecting maybe another round of 400-500. Also, what's your hair type? I unfortunately don't have super straight fine hair, which seems to be the best match for eyebrows, so I'm also worried about mine.
August 4, 2015
Contact Dr. Umar for a consult. He uses nape hair or body hair for eyebrows I stead of scalp hair. It is finer and matches the texture of eyebrow hair better than scalp hair and because it is finer it won't stick out as muh as scalp hair.
August 9, 2015
Thanks, I guess I should update my comment. I am now pretty happy with my transplant now that they've grown back, although I may still add some more grafts later. The hairs blend in fine with my native eyebrow hair; I guess it was more a fear of the unknown. Best of luck.
December 6, 2016
I got an eyebrow transplant a year and a half ago and I think i did too much hair lol i did 300 on one and 250 on the other which is a better problem to have. I wish I had gotten eyebrow stencils from Sephora and really played with them at home first and brought that for an outline. I have 2 small areas that COULD get filled in and he said he would do it for free but it would cost me a flight out there and I don't want to go through the procedure again when it takes 2 seconds with some brow powder to fill it in. Mine stick out too and I feel like they are untrainable. I use mustache wax every night before bed and they are still out of control and stick straight out. Not sure if it's my hair or the placement of them? I guess it's better than having hardly any eyebrows like i did before.
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April 26, 2016
You still have holes after over a year? I am so scared as I had the procedure done two and a half months ago, my skin is absolutely terrible and the scarring and putting is not improving at all. I am now convinced this is permanent damage. I am so upset.
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