I don't pluck.
For years, I've sort of hoped no one would notice. I'm not a very hairy person, and my brows need to be filled in more than they need to be plucked. Which is not to say that they wouldn't benefit from a little cleaning up with the tweezers.
But in the last few months, I've heard that bushy brows are back. (I haven't seen much evidence of this on the streets, though.)
Now, perhaps, the makeup tables have turned. A press release dropped into my e-box today announcing that Eric J. Carlson, a doctor right here in Philly, can perform eyebrow transplants on those who have over-plucked and -waxed, to restore their brows back to Brooke Shields-like luster.
"Hair is taken from a 'donor area' at the back or sides of the scalp and artistically placed in the eyebrow area with attention to shape, thickness and appropriate degree of the arch," the release says. "As with hair transplantation, the hair is dormant for three months before the new growth begins.
"Patients can easily repeat the procedure if additional fullness is desired."
... or thin brows come back again.
