Rubbed off eyebrows

One day my eyebrows fell off.

How and when I don't know. But one day I woke up with no eyebrows. Let me tell you, a face without eyebrows is a rare image. It looks completely odd. Awful. I hated the look. I looked downright ugly.

Immediately, I began using an eyebrow pencil. I was not particularly talented at finding the right line, but then again I was not overly fussy.  This was fine for a while, but often in the day I would glance into the mirror whilst washing my hands, and noticed that somehow I had rubbed one eyebrow off by leaning on my hand. Crap!

Why doesn't anyone tell you these things? If they were brave enough to tell you, I guess it would go something like this, "Hey you have only one eyebrow!" I guess this doesn't roll off the tongue, which explains people's reticence to speak up.

After a few months of pencils and experimenting with various cosmetic solutions (yes there are a few). I was getting very bored with it. Not only did the lines rub off, but after any sport they disappeared at the first sign of sweat.

I googled some options and landed with the idea of permanent make-up / eyebrow tattoos. It seemed affordable, apparently not overly painful and accessible. But how on earth do you pick a place to get it done?  Again I turned to the internet. There were many choices, too many and no one I could talk to, to offer advice.

I may not have explained, but I am a very impulsive person. I tend to get an idea and have an immediate need to execute it. This time it was different as I did not know where to turn.

One day, I was feeling particularly miserable about my condition, I decided to take immediate action.  I cycled to a little place in my Swiss neighborhood, where splattered on their windows, was the words "permanent make-up". I took a deep breath and went in. I said I wanted to get my eyebrows done immediately. They sat me down, showed me some photos, colours and designs and explained I needed up to two hours. 

I didn't have two hours to spare,  but I didn't dare back out now, so I booked for the next day and agreed to come back.  

I did go back and have them done.  I had to pick the style, the thickness, the length and the colour. I then had my eyebrow line numbed and waited for that to kick in. Then the needle and ink get going. The process did indeed take 2 hours and despite the numbing, it really hurt. It was worth it, but  still it was not as pain free as promised

The next days the "eyebrows" developed what can only be called scabs and only when they healed did the eyebrows begin to look normal.  Two weeks later I could begin to reap the benefits of the process and I have never looked back.

So there you have it. One of my solutions for living with Alopecia. They look perfect and don't need monthly plucking. See its not all bad! 

So if you are considering this an option for your thining or disappearing eyebrows, I say go for it. For me it restored that "normal" look that I took for granted for over 30 years.