Women plucked their eyebrows beyond recognition until recently. Now thick and bushy eyebrows à la Cara Delevingne are in. Like most of the models who belong to the Crème de la Crème of the model business, Cara distinguishes herself with one special characteristic – her significant distinctive eyebrows. The British supermodel is starting a new trend now with her special feature.
It’s not surprising that women look up to the young Briton because of her successful career in the world of beauty. Among others she was seen as face of Burberry, was modeling as Victoria’s Secret Angel, has been photographed for Louis Vuitton and Dolce & Gabbana and is now taking her first album as singer. Great support is ensured by none other than Rihanna’s producer, with whom she was presenting herself recently on Instagram.
As frequent reader of my blog you know why thick, dense eyebrows are perceived to be sexy both in men and women: They reflect a vast production of thyroid hormones (T3, T4) and sexual hormones (testosterone, estrogen, progesterone). Both are important hormone groups for metabolism, vitality, and sexual attractiveness. Elder men and women, who are considered to be sex symbols in spite of advanced age, are characterized by thick and dark eyebrows. This reflects the opinion, that people from the age of 50 are perceived as sexy, if they obviously have enough hormones.
Do plucked eyebrows have any allure? They let women appear unoffending and weaker and are able to wake up our protective instinct for that reason. This effect was emphasized especially at young women in the last years. The fact that young men with enormous plucked eyebrows appear less male anyhow has not sprung from nowhere.
Now it was time for a trend change! Unfortunately brows do not regrow properly if they were “maltreated” by plucking for years. There we have a new therapy: With special growth factors from hair follicle cells (hair follicle growth factors, HFGF) hair growth can be stimulated.
In the treatment a serum with appropriate growth factors, which can nowadays be produced in a biosynthetic way, gets injected into the skin in the eyebrow region by the help of short micro-needles. New brow hairs grow relatively quickly. The treatment is easy to handle and can be performed at home by yourself after a short demonstration.
Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy can be performed in combination with treatment with growth factors or as an alternative. In the PRP treatment valuable platelets are obtained out of a small amount of autologous blood, which get afterwards injected in concentrated form into the eyebrow region by gentle micro-needles. The injected platelets stimulate the function of stem cells, by which hair growth gets supported.
We can also utilize stem cells isolated from autologous fat, which have a notable regenerative potential that can be utilized to provide thin, fine hair and eyebrows greater density. This treatment is a little bit more elaborate because the isolation of stem cells out of a small amount of fat requires a liposuction with microcannulas. Each treatment can be repeated on demand.
As a complement to this Perfect Skin, an optimal combination of amino acids and peptides strengthens the hair from within and makes the skin fresher and more vital.
If the great breakthrough is actually coming for Cara Delevingne with the help of Rihanna’s producer, she will probably have less time for the runway and her model life will take a backseat. But in the meantime a lot of women worldwide will have followed the trend of wearing bushy eyebrows set by her. And who knows – maybe Rihanna is going to copy Cara and we can also soon admire her with new, thick eyebrows.
DDr. Heinrich, MD