Eyebrows are one of the most important and expressive features of your face that play a significant role in facial aesthetics and shade and protect your eyes from dirt, sweat, and debris.
Unfortunately, we often do not fully appreciate the importance of our eyebrows until we begin to lose them. Eyebrow hair loss may occur due to medical conditions like alopecia areata and contact dermatitis, treatments like chemotherapy, and nutritional deficiencies. Thankfully, replacing eyebrow hair is possible.
If you are experiencing eyebrow hair loss, you may be looking for a permanent way to achieve healthy, attractive eyebrows. Let’s discuss a permanent method to replace eyebrow hairs: eyebrow transplant and where you can go for this in Seattle, Washington.
Eyebrow Hair Transplantation
Eyebrow hair transplantation is one of the most popular and permanent procedures to replace eyebrow hairs. It is a successful cosmetic surgery that can improve the fullness of your eyebrows and replace lost hair.
Who Is the Candidate for Eyebrow Transplant?
Eyebrow transplant is a suitable option for those who:
- Have lost their eyebrow hair due to medical conditions, like alopecia areata and trichotillomania, or an injury like burns or scars
- Have faded brow tattoos
- Want their eyebrows to look fuller rather than relying on makeup to fill them in.
Eyebrow hair replacement procedures are most common among women. However, they can also be done on men, people assigned male at birth, and female at birth.
Before Eyebrow Hair Transplant
If you have any of the conditions mentioned above, meeting an eyebrow transplant surgeon is best. Your eyebrow transplant surgeon will examine your eyebrow hair growth and the potential donor area of your scalp (a donor area is a section of skin from which hair follicles will be removed during the procedure to replace the hair in the eyebrows). They will also talk about your medical history, family medical history, any medications you are taking or have been taking, and your lifestyle.
They will also discuss your expectations for the eyebrow transplant procedure and advise about potential risks or side effects. It is wise to ask the surgeon what type of anesthesia they will use and how long the surgery will take.
During the Eyebrow Hair Transplant Procedure
During the procedure, you will receive anesthesia that will put you to sleep so you do not feel any pain. The team of your eyebrow transplant surgeon will trim the hair of the donor area to make it easier to access the hair roots.
Then, the surgeon will remove the hair graft from the scalp donor area with a scalpel and close it with stitches.
After removing the hair grafts from the donor area, they will be placed in your eyebrows after a slit is made in your eyebrow skin to make room for the graft. Once the graft is in place, your surgeon will stitch the transplant area together.
It is pertinent to mention here that your eyebrow transplant surgeon can use either of the two techniques to remove hair from the donor area: follicular unit excision (FUE) and follicular unit transplantation (FUT).
Post-Op Care and Expectations
After your eyebrow hair transplant procedure, your surgeon will give you instructions on caring for your surgical sites. These instructions include getting plenty of rest, wearing bandages until advised to remove them, taking pain medications, avoiding strenuous activities, and attending follow-up appointments.
Your eyebrow surgeon will also talk about your expected recovery timeline. Normally your newly transplanted hair will fall out within a few weeks of the surgery to make room for new hair to grow. The new hair from the transplanted area may take up to six weeks to several months to grow.
Once your hair starts to grow, it will continue to grow, unlike your natural eyebrow hair which only grows 2 to 3 centimeters and then stops growing. Therefore, after your eyebrow hair transplant, you may need to trim your eyebrow hairs to a desired length regularly.
Eyebrow Hair Transplant in Seattle, Washington
At Northwest Hair Restoration, we offer a full range of surgical and non-surgical treatments for hair loss. Our highly trained and skilled hair surgeons use cutting-edge hair transplant surgery techniques to replace your lost eyebrow, scalp, and facial hair. Additionally, we also offer platelet-rich plasma therapy and ACell therapy to optimize the results of our hair transplant procedures.
To learn more about eyebrow hair transplant or to arrange a consultation with our surgeon, call us today at (253) 572-2949 or use our convenient online appointment request form.
