eyebrows

I will watch this thread with interest SalsaQueen as I too am in the same situation with my brows ! Come on GNetters ! ??

Am watching too, I wouldn't mind if I could draw them on, I can't , I make a real mess!

DH has some to spare. What are they worth?

Same here!
I can hardly see them anymore, and with drawing then on, I can never seem to get both looking the same!

I had my eyebrows microbladed about two years ago, which should give a much more natural look than tattooing. However the girl that did mine was not very experienced- I think I was one of her first customers and the result was not as good as I’d hoped for so I would recommend you do some research first and chose a salon with a fully trained specialist in the technique. The shape of mine was very good though so although the colour didn’t last as long as expected I still have a faint outline I can pencil in.

Following also! One is worse than the other!

If you have them tattooed, the shape you choose may go out of fashion.

My friend had her eyebrows microwaved and was very pleased with the result.

So sorry. I meant "microbladed".

A friend of mine had it done, it lifted her whole face.
She looked 10 years younger.

thanks for all the replies. I meant Microbladed but couldn't think of the word/term. I'll ask around locally.

Some girls in my office have had microblading and it looks very natural.

My MIL who is late 80's had hers tattooed several years ago, and the colour is not very natural now; they have faded to a bluish colour. I would look into micro-blading, but as others have said, try to get someone with a good reputation.

Gosh weren’t we silly plucking out (just about all) of our eyebrows in 1969? What on Earth were we thinking of? We must have walked around looking permanently surprised! Did we think we looked good?
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I’ve investigated this before as I’m in the same boat but I didn’t realise it only lasts ten years or so, it’s quite expensive but mainly because the one girl I asked wouldn’t do mine because I have a blood cancer and would bruise easily so her insurance wouldn’t allow her to do mine. What a shame.

Luckylegs I would be worried about infection as well. You have to be so careful .

I have never done anything to my eyebrows never plucked coloured or a thing and although I say it myself they are pretty decent brows but my elderly cousin has plucked hers all her life and for years has had nothing so drawn them on Now at the age of 93 she has had them tattooed she said it was painful and she wouldn’t do it again That’s my only experience

I’m not sure what micro blading is, can anyone enlighten me?

My eyebrows are sparse too because of too much plucking. (Why do the hairs on my chin regrow although they are plucked frequently? Just a thought!) Anyway, I have a fringe that covers my eyebrows so that's one solution

What has happened to mine? I have plucked mine all of my life and I have two hedges unless looked after.

I have never been an eyebrow plucker - too painful. But I can now feel a rogue long coarse curly one that has got to come out!

My aunt accidentally singed all of hers off when bending over the ancient gas stove, back in the forties. She lived all her life with drawn in eyebrows.

Charleygirl I'm with you, in fact, if what I have on my legs plus eyebrows was on my head I would be a very happy bunny!

A 'halfway house' solution could be Tattoo Brow by Maybelline which you paint on maybe twice a week. In the ad the girl uses it very thickly but you can turn the brush sideways to make narrower brows.
It still requires a fair bit of precision but you can wipe it off and start again if necessary. I've found this quite useful.
I over-plucked my brows in the 70's and then chemo almost finished them off completely.

I never plucked my eyebrows when younger, but they are still sparse now, so think it is just an age thing. I pencil them in, not very evenly, but I heard a beautician say that brows can be siblings rather than twins, so it doesn't matter if they don't exactly match each other.
I bought one of the JML pens which are being advertised on TV at the moment, but the colour is far too dark even though I chose dark blonde, the palest. I can rarely find a pencil to match my hair colour which is greying dark brown. The best I have found is a Top Shop grey/brown one which has been discontinued, so have bought all available ones on Ebay!
I wouldn't be brave enough to have microblading in case it was too false-looking. I don't wear much make-up apart from mascara.
There have been previous threads on this subject so a search might reveal more helpful comments.

Salsa Queen, before you do anything get your thyroid checked. My eyebrows had thinned greatly and almost disappeared at the outer edges. I thought this was because I had plucked them.

Two years (I think) after being put on thyroxine my absolute confidence that I had caused the thinning has been overthrown and I have very normal eyebrows. It is a symptom of hypothyroid but I didn't now that until I was diagnosed.