Topical Treatment For Eyebrow Regrowth
Healthy eyebrows may begin to thin due to many reasons. It could be as a result of treatment for illness, through heredity, part of the aging process, over-plucking or they may have been shaved off and never returned. One of the options to promote new growth is to apply a topical medication. These medications may either be as foam, cream or diluted solutions that are then applied directly to the bald area.
Before we get started on any specific medications it should be noted that eyebrow growth is part of the growth cycle of your body and the hairs will continue to grow and fall out naturally. There is no guarantee that your eyebrow hair will respond to the application of any hair loss medication no matter how strong the claim may be that it will work.
Possibly the best known regrowth product is Rogaine which uses a drug called minoxidil. Minoxidil was originally created to help people with high blood pressure but it had an interesting side effect in that it was noticed there was increased hair growth in patients. This then led to the use of the drug in the treatment of male-pattern baldness.
Just like with scalp hair, eyebrow hair loss can be reversed by stimulating the hair follicles responsible for producing healthy hair. Minoxidil will work on these follicles exactly the same way as it does on the scalp. The only difference is that eyebrow hair growth happens at a much slower rate than scalp hair and so the results will take longer to become apparent.
There are warnings related to the use of minoxidil involve possible adverse reactions that lead to flaky skin or scalp irritation. This will also apply to use on the eyebrows with the possibility of itchiness to the eyebrows after prolonged application.
Another topical treatment that is available is the use of copper peptides which shorten the resting period undertaken by the hair follicles. In effect the growing phase is increased giving more time for growth to take place and less time to the resting and falling out part of the cycle.
Other medications which help in hair growth includes Avodart with the active ingredient Dutasteride and Propecia which contains Finasteride. Both of these products are used in treating male pattern baldness but results are not clear as to whether they are effective in helping with eyebrow regrowth.
There are more methods of eyebrow enhancement available and most of them will give you quicker results but this method attempts to assist the follicles in becoming stronger and more healthy.
More information about alternative methods of eyebrow regrowth or eyebrow replacement is available on the following pages.
Vitamins For Eyebrow Regrowth
Eyebrow Replacement Options – discussing more permanent solutions when it is not possible to regrow eyebrow hair.