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  0 0 In an active follicle where the hair is actually growing, it is a general rule of about 1 mm per day or about an inch per month although some resources list a centimeter per month. There is variability in that between persons, age and in the location of the follicle on the body affects this rate of growth. Growth of hair is a little bit more complicated in the following ways. Any particular follicle has several phases of activity in its growth cycle. It actively grows to a genetically preset length (which is why we don't have eyebrow hair that extends for inches). Then the follicle goes into a quiet phase and lastly the hair is shed and a new one regenerates in its place. This process actually has named phases (anagen, catagen and telogen) and if you want to know the distinct terminology and process you can research it. Those hairs that have been cut may be in any one of these phases and will undergo their natural process to eventually get to replacement phase and the overall look of the eyebrow to become more normal. Considering the various phases and overall rates of hair replacement it appears that for the full return to the way it was will be somewhere around a year or more. Having said that the situation will continue to improve over time but won't happen suddenly. Russ Campbell, NWEBS answered in Hair/Body Care about 1 year ago | Report 2 comments by Russ Campbell, NWEBS and O my captain… 0 0 Reflecting on the wait for this process to occur you might speed up the replacement by plucking some of the shorter clipped hairs in the cut section. This essentially forces the follicle into a quicker replacement cycle and that one will probably regrow faster than if it was still in growth or resting phase at the time it was cut. Do this judiciously and periodically but look carefully each time with a magnifying glass and be sure you are pulling cut hairs and not those that may be shorter because they are new hairs growing. Russ Campbell, NWEBS commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 I would think that a nine-year old who sits through plucking of eyebrows will certainly feel it is punishment enough... And I'd be surprised if you get them to sit through more than three... O my captain commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 I shaved half of my right eyebrow when I was thirteen...it grew back by the time I was in high school (kidding! I'm remembering it at about three months to look almost normal), but the hairs have always grown upward, not outward, in the previously shaved spot.  I'd be inclined to leave the cut spot alone, plucking sometimes discourages future growth, that's why old ladies have such funny thin eyebrows.  It'll be back to normal by the time school starts next year, and at nine at least she's not under the kind of serious self conscious glamour-pressure she would be if she was older. CrazyCatLady answered in Hair/Body Care about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 Are you aware of the problem that Lana Turner ran into? She was required or asked to shave off her eyebrows for a movie she starred in (I THINK, it might have been "The Adventures of Marco Polo" in 1939). .... and lo and behold, they never grew back again. For the rest of her career, she had them drawn in, and made-up to appear on camera. I believe the purpose of eyebrows are to either protect from dust or dirt, and/or to protect from glare. But I'm not sure where I learned that. Anyway, the point is that eyebrows grow very slowly. O my captain answered in Hair/Body Care about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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