Do the eyebrows ever grow back?

[Churchie]

If ever medication is optimised and you feel well again I was wondering if the eyebrows every grow back fully or not? Cosmetic in the whole scheme of things i know but have been wondering.

[lb003]

Yep mine did once I was optimal

[galathea]

Mine have grown back... But they were missing for years.......

[Spareribs in reply to galathea]

AWOL?

er.. check ferritin & biotin (and receiving optimal treatment) J

[lizanne in reply to galathea]

Sorry to jump in here but I am interested this too - did your eyebrow completely go, nothing left? And if so how many years were they missing for and what made them grow back? I ask because mine fell out 9 years ago - completely gone within months and it took me about 2 years before I got treatment - 7 years on treatment and they have never grown back - I was told they probably wont now which is why I am interested in your post!

[galathea in reply to lizanne]

I have been hypo for a long time.... 25 years plus. I lost the outer third of my eyebrows a long long time ago and I only really noticed that they have grown back fully, this year. I was on t4/ t3/ t4 and t3 combinations until I started self treating about three years ago... Am now on NDT.

When I was first diagnosed. I had lost a lot of hair, it was very sparse at the front and sides.... It grew back after a couple of years t4 treatment but the eyebrows never did.

G x

[Hidden]

Mine have never grown back - I literally have none and very few eyelashes too. Am so self-conscious. My health had taken an upturn and thought I'd cracked it, boo.

[wall in reply to Hidden]

Hello !! I los mine years ago and used a pencil to make eyebrows which I came to do with perfection, I have over a few years (twice )had then tattooed in with great success ...delighted with the results .. costly but worth it ..... Good Luck

[Flowers2]

Mine grew back after a couple if years.

[Pink_Bear]

4 years since diagnosis and mine are just starting to grow back.

[lizanne in reply to Pink_Bear]

Do you mind me asking did all your eyebrow hair fall out and then regrow or where they just sparse?

[Pink_Bear in reply to lizanne]

I totally lost the edges of my eyebrows, both inner and outer, and was left with a few strands in the middle. In the last few months almost half an inch has regrown at either end. The hairs are a bit straggly at the moment and rather uneven, but hey, I'm so relieved something is finally happening.

[helenbones]

It may be cosmetic but affects how you feel. It took a long time but mine grew back too - a friend had the eyebrow tattoo which worked well. I use a product called gimme brow by benefit which acts a bit like a mascara for eyebrows and helps thicken them.

hope yours start growing soon

[Hidden]

I asked a consultant - he says to me that if someone has a genetic predisposition for hair loss including eye brow thinning or 1/3 of eye brow(s) then it would be likely to stay though it may come back from time to time.

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

Like he knew anything. Pah. Ask him for the research refs. If a consultant has a genetic predisposition for bullshit, they make stuff up.

[Silver_Fairy]

I lost the outer third of my eyebrows when I was over medicated on Carbimazole (I have Graves). They started growing back when I was only very slightly hypo and they are now back as they were when they were normal.

[bossbird]

yes after 20 years they are coming back but sporadic and all over not the nice eyebrows i once had

[Churchie in reply to bossbird]

I know what you mean. The duchess of Cambridge has many things to be envious about but who'd had thought her eyebrows were covertable!!

[Stray]

Lol........that is funny my eyebrows seem to have run off or escaped.........lol........my husband said as we passed a beauty parlour would you like some stuck on eyebrows........I thought omg.......I said No my eyebrow pencil will do...........to be honest my eyebrows have almost disappeared and I doubt if they will ever come back...........sorry......

[Pearl1981]

Mine has on NDT

[Pearl1981]

Oops didnt realise this thread is over 2 years old!🙈

[Lorraine_Bensky]

Not fully, and possibly blonde. I highly recommend an inexpensive brow/lash thickener called Select Lash Eyelash serum. The high-cost stuff is no better and untill then, use a pencil and toothbrush. It's frustrating, but they will please you again.

[hachiko in reply to Lorraine_Bensky]

I find it so peculiar and rather interesting that the outer part of the eyebrows get weak/are gone with hypothyroidism. So specific area. I wonder why exactly that happens...

[TSH110 in reply to hachiko]

hachiko

This article is quite interesting on why it happens it even has a name: Madarosis

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

And Helvella has posted this which may shed more light on our miserable madarosis I have yet to plough through it is a bit heavy duty

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

[TSH110]

Mine have sort of come back but are very scrubby and in the last 1/3 very spartan and unruly - as a younger pre hypo me they were so perfect I never even needed to pluck them. I don't let it bother me just glad to be here really