Eyebrows

November 27, 2001

I'm glad she didn't hurt herself with that razor. It's funny how our girls want to copy what they see. I've had try to pee standing up (why, Daddy does it!), drench herself in perfume, and try to paint her nails and put on my mascara (she even makes all the required funny faces while doing it, just like her mom). Maybe with Grace it is that puberty/adolescent thing, wanting to be like everyone else.

Vickie

November 29, 2001

Your story made me laugh out loud! I remember when I was about 10 or 11,

taking a pair of scissors and trying to cut my bushy eyebrows. Only I didn't

cut them off...just one big snip in the middle of each eyebrow leaving a

nice white hole. I walked around for months with my head down and if anyone

asked me what happened, I told them I was sick and the hair fell out

<giggle.

December 5, 2001

> Last night, Grace (age 11 in ten days) went into the bathroom

several times

> after she'd gone to bed. I went in to check on her and she seemed

odd, if

> you can imagine that! I talked with her and asked if her stomach

was upset

> or anything, and she said no. Then I noticed a razor on the sink.

I asked

> her if she tried to shave her legs, and she said no. Then she

turned and I

> noticed she had shaved her eyebrows! She started screaming and

crying

> hysterically, because it was a hack job and she knew she would be in

trouble

> for touching a razor (older sister was home from college over the

weekend and

> left it in the shower). Thankfully, she didn't hack them up too bad

and they

> will grow back. Big trauma all around. Seems she'd seen something

on a tv

> show (possibly 7th Heaven, which is her all time favorite now) where

one of

> the girls shaved hers off. Thankfully, she didn't do that. She

went to

> school this morning looking a little sullen and worried people might

notice

> something different. I told her to tell them she got a hair cut.

Girls!

Tell me about it! I've got three of them. The only ones who did any

cutting were the oldest (NT) and my youngest (autistic). They (at

different times) both cut their bangs off. I've got pictures and they

looked really goofy. They can smile about it now. At the time I was

more afraid of what if....scissors in the eye what ifs. I'm shaving my

autistic's underarms and I'm concerned that she'll start shaving other

parts of her anatomy. I talk about not using the razor by herself a

lot. Last year her older sister plucked her eyebrows. They were of the

cyclops varity and she looked really good. Now I have to keep it up.

It's not too bad and after several decades they do seem to dimenish in

quanity. Teri

February 11, 2002

If you have an oriental beauty or nail salon near you ask about threading.

The one I go to charges $20 to remove all the extra hair from my face and

shape the brows. It takes about 15 min. I am not a hairy person so I guess

for some it takes longer. Stings a bit the first time but isn't bad. It is

amazing.

Anne

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February 11, 2002

to a certain extent-yes.use an eyebrow brush. spray with a little hairspray

and brush brows into shape.of course if you have a stray -it will still need

plucked-but this helps.

SAndi

eyebrows

Is there any way for me to shape my eyebrows without plucking hair after

hair???

February 11, 2002

I've been lurking on this list for a while now, so I guess I'll make this my

first post.

There are a few ways you can shape your eyebrows other than plucking them.

1. There's waxing them. I suggest you go to a make up artist or other such

person who knows what they are doing if you are going to do that. Don't buy the

waxing strips that are sold in such places as walgreen's or walmart etc....they

are nothing but a waste.

2. You could shave them. By this I'm not suggesting that you shave them

completely off (though if you did that you could just draw in your eyebrows as a

lot of people do). Beauty supply stores sell razors meant for just this task.

The razors are shaped nicely and have guards on them so you won't end up cutting

yourself.

3. You could have them threaded. I don't know where you are at geographically.

However, here in Chicago there are a few places that do it, mostly located in

section that some refer to as : " Little India " . I haven't had it done myself,

but a good friend of mine swears by it. It's fast and there is a very minimal

amount of pain. I really wouldn't even say pain...sort of hard to explain or so

I'm told.

Good luck,

eyebrows

Is there any way for me to shape my eyebrows without plucking hair after

hair???

February 12, 2002

what is threading?

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Re: eyebrows

> If you have an oriental beauty or nail salon near you ask about threading.

> The one I go to charges $20 to remove all the extra hair from my face and

> shape the brows. It takes about 15 min. I am not a hairy person so I

guess

> for some it takes longer. Stings a bit the first time but isn't bad. It

is

> amazing.

> Anne

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February 13, 2002

I have had my eyebrows waxed and threaded, I would choose the

waxing , it is painful but quick.

Grace

February 13, 2002

What exactly is this process?

Kerry

Re: eyebrows

If you have an oriental beauty or nail salon near you ask about threading.

The one I go to charges $20 to remove all the extra hair from my face and

shape the brows. It takes about 15 min. I am not a hairy person so I

guess

for some it takes longer. Stings a bit the first time but isn't bad. It

is

amazing.

Anne

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February 14, 2002

Don't know that I can describe threading correctly but I think this is what

the woman I see does. She takes thread--I think it is just regular cotton

sewing thread and somehow wraps it around both hands so that in between she

has a loop. She grabs onto hairs with the loop and pulls out one hair at a

time. This is very fast- by the time I would get the tweezer on a hair she

would have pulled out many many. There is no danger to this and there is

some related to sharing and it is my understanding that waxing in the eye

area can have some pretty devastating results even when done by

professionals.

Anne

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February 14, 2002

I did some research, and from what I found it's a traditional method

of hair removal used by Indian women. It's a process where you take a

thread, quickly wrap it around the base of each hair and yank it out.

I've heard contrasting stories about whether it hurts more or less

than waxing

~rebecca

> What exactly is this process?

>

> Kerry

February 16, 2002

Hey,

Now that is interesting.. learned something new.

I guess you can tell I don't spend much time in beauty salons.....( I need

too!!)

Lucinda

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Cocoa butter! Shea butter! Fragrance Oils! & More

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Re: eyebrows

> Don't know that I can describe threading correctly but I think this is

what

> the woman I see does. She takes thread--I think it is just regular cotton

> sewing thread and somehow wraps it around both hands so that in between

she

> has a loop. She grabs onto hairs with the loop and pulls out one hair at

a

> time. This is very fast- by the time I would get the tweezer on a hair

she

> would have pulled out many many. There is no danger to this and there is

> some related to sharing and it is my understanding that waxing in the eye

> area can have some pretty devastating results even when done by

> professionals.

> Anne

> ANNE LEE'S

> http://annelees.com/essentialoils.html

>

> is brought to you by the folks at Glenbrook Farms Herbs and

Such! www.glenbrookfarm.com/herbs

> Over 700 herbs & spices, soapmaking supplies, recipes,books,citric acid

and more!

>

October 16, 2005

This is kinda strange that my girlfriend is having the problem, and her

thyroid came back normal also, but her doctor told her that happens

sometimes even when the thyroid test come back so-called normal. What's

normal for you? Hmmm... that is the question to ponder on, because many

people symptoms go away when they are treated with medication, even though

their test came back in normal ranges..

It's important to get a doctor that knows his stuff (keeps up the latest

medical treatments) and is flexible. I know my mother in law has it and

she spent a lot of time and money before they finally treated her thyroid.

Hope this helps,

Pam

--- fuzzyelfone <fuzzyelf@...> wrote:

> Hi all! I haven't posted in a while. I've sorta fallen off the wagon

> so to speak secondary to a back injury (I haven't gained any weight

> back, thank goodness!), but good Lord Almighty, I have a new problem

> and I need to get some perspective: MY EYEBROWS ARE FALLING OUT!!! I

> know alot of you have talked about thyroid issues in the past and may

> have some useful info. I had a TSH done and it came back 1.1 (normal),

> so now I have an appointment with an endocronologist. None of the rest

> of my hair is falling out. Any ideas or comments or uplifting words to

> help me out of the unreal panic?

>

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October 16, 2005

I haven't lost eyebrow hair, but I have been losing hair in the crown

of my head for quite some time. It is painfully thin and very

embarrasing!! I see that it is one of the symptoms of

hypothyroidism. Like me, it sounds like you need to get to that

Endocrinologist ASAP! I've already started the process for my

appointment. Let's stay in touch. Eyebrow loss is not nearly as

threatening as some other things.....keep the faith, and let's just

pray that we both get doctors that are not too quick to just dismiss

our symptoms!!!

Take Care,

>

> Hi all! I haven't posted in a while. I've sorta fallen off the wagon

> so to speak secondary to a back injury (I haven't gained any weight

> back, thank goodness!), but good Lord Almighty, I have a new problem

> and I need to get some perspective: MY EYEBROWS ARE FALLING OUT!!! I

> know alot of you have talked about thyroid issues in the past and may

> have some useful info. I had a TSH done and it came back 1.1

(normal),

> so now I have an appointment with an endocronologist. None of the

rest

> of my hair is falling out. Any ideas or comments or uplifting words

to

> help me out of the unreal panic?

>

October 16, 2005

Thanks and Pam...

Another doc told me that if your thyroid comes back normal, it only

means that the levels in your blood are normal and it tells you nothing

about whether ot not your cells are absorbing it. I told that to the

general prac that I saw Thursday and she blew me off - that's the last

time I see her. Damned HMO's. Anyway, then another doc (someone I work

with) said that if my TSH came back normal (which as I've said, it did)

that the only other thing it could be would be ovarian cysts. All I can

do is wait for the appt with the next doc, meanwhile I'm looking like a

mangy dog and feeling like I'm losing my mind....

Pamela wrote:

> This is kinda strange that my girlfriend is having the problem, and her

> thyroid came back normal also, but her doctor told her that happens

> sometimes even when the thyroid test come back so-called normal. What's

> normal for you? Hmmm... that is the question to ponder on, because many

> people symptoms go away when they are treated with medication, even though

> their test came back in normal ranges..

>

> It's important to get a doctor that knows his stuff (keeps up the latest

> medical treatments) and is flexible. I know my mother in law has it and

> she spent a lot of time and money before they finally treated her thyroid.

>

> Hope this helps,

>

> Pam

>

> --- fuzzyelfone <fuzzyelf@...> wrote:

>

>>Hi all! I haven't posted in a while. I've sorta fallen off the wagon

>>so to speak secondary to a back injury (I haven't gained any weight

>>back, thank goodness!), but good Lord Almighty, I have a new problem

>>and I need to get some perspective: MY EYEBROWS ARE FALLING OUT!!! I

>>know alot of you have talked about thyroid issues in the past and may

>>have some useful info. I had a TSH done and it came back 1.1 (normal),

>>so now I have an appointment with an endocronologist. None of the rest

>>of my hair is falling out. Any ideas or comments or uplifting words to

>>help me out of the unreal panic?

>>

>

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October 16, 2005

Um, I don't know that this will be paritcularly upliftting, but it's

all I got. TSH isn't the only thing that needs to be looked at as

it doesn't tell the whole story - your T4 levels and your Free T3

levels need to be looked at specifically. They could be slightly out

of whack . If you've got an appointment with an endocrinologist then

you are on the right track.

I personally don't know of anything else which causes eyebrow hair to

fall out. With thyroid disease it usually falls out from the the

outside end, so if it's falling out in the middle or towards the inner

corners it may very well be something else.

But, hey, no weight gain with a back injury - that's great! Everytime

I put my back out I gain 3-5 pounds so I'm in awe of you.

Scout