I had really sparse and patchy eyebrows, but they’ve grown thick and bushy thanks to an £8 Amazon buy, it works so well
THIN eyebrows were all the rage of the 90s.
And millions of women overplucked their eyebrow hairs, or worse, shaved them, to follow the trend.
Then came the bold, bushy brows of 2020, made popular by Cara Delevingne, and everyone was taking au natural to the extreme.
Nowadays, women tend to follow their natural eyebrow shape and subtly enhance them.
But if you’ve struggled with patchy, sparse eyebrows, then read on.
Is it possible to grow your eyebrows?
In short, yes! Eyebrow hair is just like the hair on your head and it grows in a cycle.
Can overplucked eyebrows regrow?
Yes – but it can take longer.
Plucking, or removing the hairs from the follicle usually disrupts the hair growth cycle but that doesn’t mean it stops altogether.
Ultimately, this depends on how healthy your brow hair follicles are, it can take a full 12 to 16 weeks to see hair growth return to normal.
One woman, who struggled with patchy eyebrows, revealed the Amazon buy that helped them grow thick and bushy in a couple of months.
Rachael Towner left a five-star review online for the Goldwold Castor Oil for Lash & Brow, priced at £8.91.
The oil is said to lengthen eyelashes and thicken eyebrows.
The official product description reads: “Castor oil has a significant effect on the growth of eyelashes.
“Before going to bed every night, use our brush to gently brush the castor oil on the roots of the eyelashes.
“If you persist for four weeks, your eyelashes and brows will be lengthen and thicker.”
But does it really work? Rachael uploaded before and after photos of her eyebrows.
Before using the castor oil, the ends of Rachael’s eyebrows were virtually non-existent, with just a few random hairs growing below the natural arch.
After, however, her eyebrows were bushy, think and hairs were long.
She described the results as “amazing”, adding: “Before and after three months of using castor oil.
“The best thing ever works so well, [I] will never stop using it.”
Someone else also experienced brilliant results.
Their review read: “Omg! Made my eyebrows bushy, and my eyelashes longer.
“I suggest when using it not to apply too much, can give you blurry vision if it gets into your eyes but doesn’t hurt at all.”
It’s always recommended to test the product in a small area, and if any irritation occurs, to stop using it immediately.
Another customer called Sophie Glover left a five star review which read: “This product is amazing for anyone trying to grow their eyelashes or eyebrows!
“Works so so good and use daily… also lasts around 2 months when in little bottle and then so easy to refill.”
The 4 stages of the hair growth cycle
Hair experts at Philip Kingsley shared the four stages of the hair growtn cycle are: Anagen, Catagen, Telogen and Exogen
Anagen Phase: Also known as the ‘Growth Phase’ or ‘Active Phase’, is when the cells in the root of your hair are most rapidly dividing so more new hair is formed.
During the Anagen Phase, hair grows around half an inch a month [about six inches a year], and faster in the summer than in winter.
This phase of the hair growth cycle lasts an average of three to five years.
Catagen Phase: Following the Anagen Phase, your hair cycle enters a short transitional phase known as the Catagen Phase, which signals the end of active hair growth and cuts individual hairs off from the blood supply and from the cells that produce new hair.
Approximately three percent of all hairs are in this stage at any time and it lasts for around 10 days.
Telogen Phase: The third stage of your natural hair growth cycle is the Telogen Phase, a resting period when strands remain in their follicles but are not actively growing.
An estimate of 10-15 percent of your hairs are in the Telogen Phase at any given moment.
The Telogen Phase lasts around three months or 100 days.
Exogen Phase: The final stage of the Hair Growth Cycle, when individual hair strands are released from their follicles and fall out.
Now the whole process begins again.