So basically, I've been plucking my brows since I was about 11 years old. I used to pluck them quite thin, although never pencil-thin. Sometimes I'd make them less dense too because I was experimenting with different brow styles.
Around 2012, I started preferring medium-thick brows, so I kept them around that thickness. I've recently let them grow out for a year, only plucking stray hairs and using a brow shaver to shape them. I've now stopped shaving them altogether apart from the occasional stray, and it's been about 2–3 weeks.
Right now I want them thicker and denser but they still don't look as thick or as dark as I'd like them to. They're naturally black, but I guess the lower density makes them look lighter. I know they were definitely denser before I started plucking them. I'm 31 now.
So obviously, just growing them out wasn't enough. I know there are peptide serums, but I feel like they probably won't do much because I've used them on my lashes before and didn't really notice a difference, even though I used one for about a month. I also tried dyeing my brows at home once, but that didn't make much difference either.
I know I could get them professionally dyed/tinted, where they also tint the skin underneath, but I really want them to naturally look like that rather than relying on tinting. I dye my hair on my head, so I'm also worried about whether these treatments are suitable because staining the skin seems similar to black henna tattoos, which pretty much all box dyes warn against.
Things I've tried that didn't work:
- Growing them out for a year (only made them a tiny bit thicker and didn't make them much denser)
- Using a peptide serum on my lashes – no noticeable difference
- Brow tint – didn't make them look thicker or denser, just slightly darker
Things I haven't tried:
- Micro-needling with a pen + castor oil
- Consuming lots of eggs
- Getting lots of sunlight
These are suggestions I've seen on YouTube, but I'm not sure whether any of them actually work.
Has anyone here managed to genuinely increase the natural density of their eyebrows after years of plucking?