My thinning eyebrows..

Has your thyroid been checked?

No not had any testing done but if I look up the signs and symptoms I don't have any other signs apart from the thinning eyebrows..no tiredness , weight gain or depression etc ..

You should still have a thyroid check...I mentioned my disappearing eyebrows to my GP and she said that it was really important. It could be an initial symptom. (Mine checked out OK)

Thanks lucid I'll mention it next time I see her..

In the meantime, you could always try this:

www.boots.com/en/RapidBrow-Eyebrow-Enhancing-Serum_1252036/

Mine are a bit thin, but that's down to over-enthusiastic plucking in my youth!

Meanwhile - what suggestions do people have for good eyebrow makeup. I found a product that was great - sort of greyish mascara gloop at one end and gel at the other. Much more successful than pencil. But it was discontinued.

I use Benefits Brow Gel, but they now only do it in a sort of neutral/beige colour.

My eyebrows are like tree trunks jutting out! I spray hair spray on an eyebrow brush and try to brush them into shape. (Not easy to say!)

Thank goodness I am not alone, I thought it was just me! I use Avon grey cohl (think I have spelled that wrong!) pencil on my brows as it is soft and does not leave a hard line and the grey is now more flattering than black.

Hmmm thats expensive but the reviews look promising I might treat myself and give it a try... thanks ladies..

Ella46 Snap proper Dennis Healey's here, have to attack them with nail scissors at least once a week and train em with hairspray

My eyebrows have always looked like I pluck the life out of them but I rarely touch them. I think it stems from when I was 12 ish and my Dad cut my fringe with the electric razor blade and forgetting the circular discs were still going around. when I looked in the mirror to see my newly cut fringe I broke my heart I had no eyebrows and would not go to school, they tried eyebrow pencil and everything but nothing worked .They never grew back!

My eyebrows have almost disappeared. also hair in other parts!
I've been been prescribed thyroid tabs.for last 5 years but it hasn't improved my eyebrows.

Who else plucked all their eyebrow hair out, and then drew them back in, a la Clara Bow, back in the early 60s?
Mine never recovered! I now use my brown eye shadow to make them look slightly darker and thicker, but it's a very subtle effect.
About 12 years ago I had them tattoed, but it only lasted a couple of years, and all that remains are a pinkish outline!!

Hey - you can have some of mine - they are like the New Forest!!

Thanks Mishap

Bobbi Brown do a sort of mascara for eyebrows which is easy to use and looks more subtle than a pencil. I have also had mine tinted (like yours, they are thinning and getting paler)

MAC Brow Set is good as well, for darkening pale eyebrows, but I find the lightest shade too dark for me and so I mix it with the Benefits neutral shade.
Oh, the trials and tribulations of unruly/unwanted/too sparse/just not right eyebrows!

I use that Bobby Brown stuff - very good, easy to use and more natural looking than a pencil

Er, what exactly are eyebrows?

My mum has very sparse brows, so do I and one son and one daughter. My daughter dyes hers but I find that a scary prospect. I wear glasses all the time and find any 'enhancement looks awful.

My eyebrows have become sparse - I had a thyroid problem a few years ago and did not know about the connection.
I brush on light brown powder eye shadow which gives a less obvious look than a pencil.
I do dislike the current trend for painted-on heavy brows, I can't help noticing them on TV and how they are sometimes at different angles or start at different distances from the centre. I assume a stencil is used.

Oh yes! A girl at our local supermarket is sporting those at the moment - they do look very odd!

I sometimes have my faded and thinning eyebrows tinted along with my eyelashes particularly when going away in holiday..it's OK and not too scary. Rest of the time I brush on some eye shadow powder which at least gives a bit of shape! Hard to believe now how dark &shaggy they used to be!!

I used Eyebrow Growth Serum of Dermalmd after undergoing chemotherapy in where I lost all my eyebrow hair. This actually helped the hair grow back thicker and longer. I'm a faithful customer!