Besides stocking up on brow products to recreate your now-missing brows, is there anything else you can do to get your eyebrows back? But sometimes other underlying factors can also affect how long it takes for your brows to grow back. Specifically, Rachel Lee Lozina, an esthetician and the founder of Blue Water Spa & Boutique, notes that some women may experience even slower regrowth phases as “hair growth cycles can slow dramatically after menopause.” Your standard brow serums usually contain peptides1. The research on these is young—as it’s a newer area of beauty—but anecdotally people swear by their ability to foster healthy hair. Regardless, amino acid peptides contain good-for-skin and hair ingredients, so even if they can’t spur regrowth according to scientific data (at this time), they can at least encourage the hairs you do have to be their healthiest—which might create a fuller-appearing brow. Additionally, antioxidants can help the hair follicle with free radicals. See hair ages with free radicals and oxidative stress2. And since hair thins as it ages, you can potentially keep the strands healthier with antioxidants. If you already have an antioxidant serum in your skin care arsenal, you can just make sure you cover the brows with it as well. PRP stands for platelet-rich plasma. In the last few years, dermatologists and doctors have started utilizing it in various means and modalities to ease issues from skin concerns and joint pain to hair loss. PRP works by separating your red and white blood cells from the platelets, which contain growth factors; these platelets are in charge of recovery and regeneration. As board-certified dermatologist Joshua Zeichner, M.D., says, “PRP is an all-natural option because it uses growth factors derived from your own blood. The growth factors act like fertilizer for your skin cells and hair follicles to help them behave to the best of their ability.” Note, you’ll need to go to either a physician or a trained esthetician for this as you can’t perform PRP at home.
