As any Goth could tell you, if you shave your eyebrows, they grow back. (Actually, only a small percentage of self-described Goths shave their eyebrows. We have no precise statistics on this, but base it on empirical evidence gleaned from friends and family who are themselves Gothic Americans – the term we prefer.)
Remember, all the elements involved in hair growth are in the living part, down in the root. Shaving hair on the head, the face, or any other part of the body leaves that root intact. Shaved eyebrow hair is no exception – it will certainly grow back.
There was a study done in 1999 and published in the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery. It was called “Cilia Regrowth of Shaven Eyebrows.” We love this study. Five patients had a single brow “randomly” shaven, while the unshaven brow served as a control. The patients were evaluated for brow regrowth during six months and photos were taken. “Two masked observes analyzed the final photographs to determine if they cold identify the side that was shaven.” Result: all patients had full brow regrowth without any discernable difference between the shaven and unshaven brow.
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Will shaved eyebrows grow back?