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Ruined my Eyebrows and my Looks - San Francisco, CA

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I had my eyebrows treated 3 times in the course of...

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$3,500

I had my eyebrows treated 3 times in the course of a month. I only wanted the hairs in the unibrow area and a few stragglers close to the eye and way above the brow to be removed as I knew I would never want them and they would never be part of the brow. I drew a thick outline around all the hairs except for these and told the electrologist to only work outside the line. She ignored my instructions and destroyed the follicles on the bottom 1/3 of my brow as well as a few other spots, leaving me with too thin, too high, assymetrical, and badly shaped brows that make my eyes and face look unattractive. It's been 10 months since then and hardly any hairs have grown back. My natural brows were beautiful and Keira Knightley thick and I loved them and never let anyone else touch them. I always plucked them myself and people would ask who did my brows and tell me I did a good job. I was considered a very attractive woman before and this has ruined my looks and devastated me emotionally. I wish I had never done electrolysis and could still feel good in my skin and happy when I look in the mirror.


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Vera Weiler

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Vera Weiler ruined my looks and the only way to replace the hair is to get an eyebrow transplant, which use head hair and always look weird in the photos I've seen. It costs $5000 with a top doctor.

Replies (23)

July 27, 2010
So sorry to hear of your bad experience with Electrolysis.  This certainly makes me think twice before getting the same procedure.  I will definitely do my research on the procedure AND the service provider before choosing to get this done!
August 6, 2010
you can fill them in with eyebrow powder!
August 7, 2010
No, I can't. What is left are very thick black brows that don't need to be filled in. I need my brows to grow back underneath what's left. It would look ridiculous to have so much flat drawn on pencil or eyebrow tattoos underneath Keira Knightley thick real brows. The only option is to get an eyebrow transplant and all the pictures I see online look unattractive and even the doctors here admit that it never looks natural. If makeup or anything else could give me back my looks, believe me I would be doing it. Comments like that trivialize what was taken from me. People used to come up and tell me I was beautiful, and I was happy to look in the mirror. Now I hate how my face looks and don't want to live.
January 7, 2014
I know exactly what u mean. Mine are the same but I did it to myself as a teen over plucking. No amount of eye pencil or brow shadow would look natural or make them look how they used to. That's like complaining about a chronic, severe cystic acne problem & someone suggesting you wash your face before bed & use oxy 10 lol. So yeah, I feel your frustration.
August 13, 2010
I'm sorry about what happend to your eyebrows , I was only trying to help! Do you mind posting a picture??? Eyebrow transplant can look natural if you already have eyebrows that will make it blend in! Where do you live?? have you contacted Dr. Epstein?? I've heard from multiple people he is amazing!
August 16, 2010
I've never seen pictures of eyebrow transplants that look natural, even though the pics on doctors' websites are supposedly their best cases. Believe me if there was a way to get my beauty and life back I would do it. Please no more posts pretending it's possible to be as beautiful as I was before with unnatural brows of any sort.
March 31, 2011
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July 18, 2012
I believe that it would be most prudent to display compassion for a dissatisfied customer, even if you disagree with the outcome and representation of your services.
August 22, 2012
You are making the assumption that what this woman says is true. I didn't see a before and after picture of the alleged disfigurement. It is only natural for a person to defend their professional reputation from an attack with could damage their business. Maybe she did get messed up. I don't know and you dont know either. Post some picture and prove this doctor did damage. For all we know the victim could own the electrolysis shop across the street from this doctor. And this is an attempt to destroy the competition. Just sayin.
January 31, 2014