Eyebrows

Eyebrows play an important role in framing your face. Genetics can play a role in the look and fullness of your brows — some people are born with thick, ample eyebrow hair, while others have thin, sparser hairs above their eyes. People who don’t have a lot of eyebrow hair often make them appear fuller or thicker by filling in their eyebrows with cosmetic products.

What Are Eyebrow Transplants?
Eyebrow transplants are a procedure where a cosmetic surgeon takes a graft of hair (plug). The surgeon takes the graft with both the hair and its roots (follicle) and moves it to the eyebrow area. The hair graft is usually removed from the nape of your neck or the area around your ear.

Once the hair grafts are removed, they’re placed in a storage container with a chilled saline solution for up to an hour before they are implanted in your eyebrows by the surgeon.

Eyebrow transplants are usually done under local anesthesia, so you won’t feel anything during the procedure.‌

After the procedure is done, the area is left open and a crust starts to form around the newly transplanted follicles. These crusts are a normal part of the healing process and should fall off after a few days.

There can be slight bruising and swelling in the area for up to five days. A saline spray should be applied every 2 to 3 hours. It’s common for your doctor to prescribe painkillers, antibiotics, and steroids to take by mouth for up to five days after your surgery.

After the initial implantation, the newly placed hair will fall out. This is normal. Hair regrowth in the area should begin around the 3-month mark after your surgery. If some of the grafts don’t “take” or the hair isn’t quite as dense as it should be, you might be able to have a touch-up nine months after the surgery. This will depend on a case-by-case basis, and you should talk to your doctor.