eyebrow advice for a male

[jigsaw]

Hi

Hopefully someone here can help me...this probably isn't the best place to ask but it's worth a go, i expect more girls have had problems like this than guys..

This might be hard to believe but i've had serious eyebrow problems for many many years...maybe 7+ years now(i'm 27)..and during those years i have not been outside without something hiding my eyebrows, this makes life very hard especially in summer when i wear a woolly hat, winter is the only time of year it's not a nightmare leaving the house..i hide them at work and i have to live with people thinking i'm very weird..i'm not i just have to hide them, not sure why they think i enjoy wearing a hat when it's 30c in the middle of summer..anyway

it started when i ermm set fire to them, not on purpose i might add..anyway since then they never looked right, at first i shaved them a bit, then i started pulling them out, which has now gone on for a long long time, now they grow very i suppose "prickly" and the bits closest to the top of my nose grow towards the top of my nose if that makes sense, my eyebrows are not the same length and it's extremely obvious that there is something wrong with them, hence me not letting anyone see..

i really don't think anyone else has been through this but i'm just wondering if anyone on here has any tips to help me have normal eyebrows again?

there is no way i could get them plucked/waxed by an expert as it's no where near the stage of just tidying them up..i'm hoping someone on here has had a problem like mine, probably not for as long as i have but does anyone have any tips on making them grow softer, faster or anything? should i force myself to leave them alone and let them grow even if they feel and look terrible for now, will the prickly ends grow disappear after time? half of me feels like i'm now addicted to pulling them but when i leave them for a week or so, they just feel terrible so i feel i need to pluck them again

i feel enough is enough and i want them to look normal or at least slightly normal again, i fear i cannot get away with hiding them at work forever and my only option would be to leave my job, that might sound stupid but it would seriously be my only option, also i've recently ish met this girl who is perfect in every way and i would quite like to keep her interested in me

i feel bad writing this on here without her knowing as we talk about anything and everything..but i'd like to look normal before i explain my nightmare to her

sorry if i've gone on about my problem but this is the first time i have talked about this

hopefully someone can offer some advice

thanks

 

[Dalylah]

It sounds like maybe you need to leave them completely alone so they can grow and you can have something to work with. If you keep shaving and plucking it is going to keep the problem going. Once they are grown a bit you can tame them. If you have bald spots in your brows now you can purchase an eyebrow kit in the cosmetics section to help. Something like Milani's Brow Fix kit (sold in most major drugstores, Walmart, Target, etc). Make sure it has powder similar in color to your eyebrows and that the powder is matte (no shimmer). You can apply that very gently to fill in holes while they are growing out. Also you can control them with the use of eyebrow wax. It helps shape and tame them.

Once you have more grown in you can go to a salon or a barber for professional help. If you choose not to use a professional I recommend plucking not shaving. You can also trim very long ones back so they are all uniform. If you try some of the ideas I said you may just get used to doing your own instead.

Most of all, don't worry. I am sure you are fixable with some patient and time.

 

[MissLindaJean]

Stop messing with them and let them grow out first. Dalylah had some great advice and to add to it..if you decide to trim the hair and even the length, be sure and comb upwards and then snip a bit. Personally, I'd just let them grow out and then see a professional. They can get your shape in order and you can just tweeze and maintain them afterward.