Am I a suitable candidate for eyebrow transplant?

The decision to undertake an eyebrow hair transplant doesn’t mean you will end up with huge, bushy eyebrows. You can choose the result you are looking for. What it does mean is that you will have eyebrows that are even, well-shaped, thick and glossy.

Not everyone has naturally thick eyebrows and a transplant can be a good way to increase what you already have. Excluding age and hereditary eyebrow pattern, there are a number of common reasons that an eyebrow transplant is embarked upon,

including: –
• Over-plucking
• Chemotherapy or radiotherapy treatment
• Scarring or skin trauma, caused by such things as piercings, burns or tattoos
• Trichotillomania, a self-harming behavioural trait that includes tugging or pulling at the hairs in the brow
• Systemic disease.

How does an eyebrow transplant work?

Requiring no prolonged hospital stay and only a local anaesthetic, an eyebrow transplant is a relatively simple process. Our team of specialists will work with extreme accuracy and precision in order to achieve great results. Depending on whether a partial or full graft is required, on average between 250 and 400 individual hairs are required per eyebrow in order to obtain a natural, healthy look. Each hair needs to be transplanted following the natural growth direction of the other hairs of the eyebrow, making sure that they lie flat against the skin. To achieve an even and full look to the eyebrow, the hairs also need to be placed very tightly together.

To make sure that there is no scarring to both the head and the recipient’s eyebrow, tiny needles are used to remove the donor hair follicles, usually from the area behind the ears. Other small needles, just a few millimetres in diameter, are then used to add the eyebrow implants one at a time; a meticulous process. A local anaesthetic is administered before the procedure so that the patient is able to relax and to avoid discomfort. Following the transplant you can immediately leave the clinic and return home to recover.

What can I expect after an eyebrow transplant?

Some patients will experience a small amount of bruising and swelling for a short period of time. However, the recovery period for the transplant is relatively fast and pain-free. It can take time for the full effects of an eyebrow graft – either partial or full – to be visible, but these results will be permanent. You will see an improvement in both the shape and thickness of the eyebrow. However, some of these hairs will drop out within a couple of weeks. There is no need to panic when this occurs, shedding is a perfectly normal part of the recovery process, and new hairs will continue to grow. You can expect to see the long-term results within a couple of months of the transplant, though it can take up to a year for the final effect to be fully established. Implanted hairs will keep on growing, so in order to maintain brow shape, it is important to clip or trim them on a regular basis – approximately every four weeks. If left unchecked the transplanted hairs will continue to grow so it is important to implement a regular maintenance routine. Thanks to modern technology and medical advances used in the leading specialised hair transplant clinics, an eyebrow transplant is a simple, straightforward procedure, with minimal recovery time and permanent results.

Eyebrow transplant aftercare

Every Eyebrow Hair Transplant Clinic patient is provided with an aftercare pack that contains information on how to look after your transplanted hair. In addition to this, your aftercare pack will also contain specialist products such as shampoos that will aid in the healing and recovery process.