Eyebrow transplantation is marvel of modern science. It is a surgical process designed to restore growing hair to eyebrows that are thin, missing or have scars. Hair absence may be due to laser hair removal done before, overplucking, genetics, prior electrolysis, thyroid or other abnormalities in the hormones, trauma suffered in surgery, burns or other types of accidents. Some patients want to get full, thick eyebrows while some seek a subtle thickness. Some, on the other hand, seek to have their scars made less visible. You can read the details of each of these options, and how the hair transplantation works in each case at the Hair Loss Learning Center.

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The donor hair is taken from the scalp. This is then transplanted into the eyebrows, and continues to grow for a lifetime and have to be trimmed periodically, usually once a month. To give a natural look, one or two hairs are transplanted at a time. This gives the impression that the eyebrow hair is growing naturally. The operation is very delicate, hairs have to be transplanted perfectly into place. Tiny half-millimeter incisions have to be made at the right angle and the right direction. All of this has to be done to give the impression of the natural growth. Scarring to existing hairs is minimized by using smallest incisions where the microscopically dissected grafts are placed.

The procedure usually involves placement of a minimum of 50 hairs to a maximum of 325 hairs into each eyebrow. This number depends on the existing amount of hair and the desired size and density. The 2 hour procedure is performed under mild oral sedative. It is painless, as is the recovery period.

Tiny crusts can be found around each transplanted hair for the first 2 to 4 days after the procedure. Some mild pinkness remains for the consequent 3 to 5 days, but there are no other signs of surgery. Sutures done in the donor area are removed after a week. The transplanted hair falls out at the second week and regrows at 3 months. They keep growing and thus need to be trimmed.

There are a few risks associated with this process. Most of these are risks of standard hair transplants. The donor site is usually 1 to 2 inches long. It heals but a 2 mm wide incision mark remains in the area. A few hairs may grow in the wrong direction but can be plucked out.