Tuesday, 26 May 2015

Why do your eyebrows stop growing ?


Today we are going to having a look at Why do your eyebrows stop growing ? 

Why do your eyebrows stop growing ? Is a question we get asked a lot

Why do your eyebrows stop growing ? Now this one baffles people as hair everywhere still seems to keep on growing so why not eyebrows?
The hairs life cycle
All hair whether  it is your  head, eyebrows,  eyelashes or underarms  grows in  3 phases.  The only thing that differs (from, your lashes to the hair on your  head  is how long the phases takes. The three phases are called anagen which is the growth phase . How long anagen lasts is determined genetically, and varies between the sexes and even  from one person to another. It is the length of this time that determines how long the hair will grow. For head hair, the anagen phase can last from three to as much as seven years. The next phase is catagen  this phase lasts between two and four weeks. No pigment is made during this time, and the follicle stops producing hair. The base of the follicle moves upwards towards the surface of the skin. the final phase is telogen this phase lasts for three or four months. During this time a new hair begins to grow from the hair follicle. As it grows upwards the old hair will be shed naturally or may be pulled out. Tweezing is easily and painlessly done with telogen hairs.
As we age
As we age, the hair cycle can become shorter ( although this isn’t true for everyone and depends on your genes). The follicles gradually give up producing long, strong hair, and the hairs become thinner and shorter. This can also  happen to lashes, brows, leg and arm hair and so on.
Whats the difference between the hair on our head and our eyebrows?
Well actually not much,the growth cycle of eyebrows  are a mere blink of the eye compared to head hair. Eyebrows take up to 64 (give or take) days to come back fully. If you pull a hair out of a follicle another one will grow up in its place. “Well if thats the case why haven’t my eyebrows grown back i hear you say” well this is a bit of a mystery  as  there doesn’t seem to be a common logical reason why this happens. There is a lot of theories why this happens, one of them is if you apply creams to your face and forehead around the eyebrows this can block the hair follicle and prevent the hairs from growing. Other theories are that constant friction from clothing being pulled on and off face rubbing on pillows, has the same effect that your  trousers  have on your legs. Another is scar tissue around the follicle  from plucking could also be a problem although there seems to be very little evidence that would in fact happen unless it was an actual scar.
Why do your eyebrows stop growing ? Its not conclusive but at lease a couple of reason why it happens.

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