Eyebrow Restoration

The procedure typically takes four to six hours, and cannot be rushed due to the meticulousness required at each step. First is the design process, where some patients provide photos of their desired results or even draw them out themselves, but most trust in Dr. Epstein to design eyebrows that best complement facial structure and meet the patient’s goals. The next step is the harvesting of the grafts, most containing two hairs but sometimes one hair and occasionally in the appropriate patient three hairs. To harvest the grafts, the FUE technique is utilized, most often with a no-shave approach. The choice of recipient areas is key to assure the transplanted hairs most closely match the natural shape, curl, and color of the eyebrows.

The making of the recipient sites is the key aesthetic step, for it determines the angulation, direction, and position of hair growth. Using custom-cut 0.5mm sized blades, each recipient site is carefully made by Dr. Epstein to assure optimal naturalness and maximum density. These recipient sites- likely the smallest used by any surgeon in the world- are so small that they assure the grafts stay in the desired intended position during healing. Into these recipient sites go the grafts, placed individually using inplanters so that the process proceeds smoothly and is atraumatic. Each graft is carefully aligned within the recipient site so that any natural curl of the hairs follows the intended angle and direction.

The procedure is truly painless, and recovery is rather quick. Any bruising and swelling are typically resolved by three days, and most patients’ transplanted eyebrows look fully presentable (and full!) at four to five days. The transplanted hairs will usually fall out by two weeks, then start to regrow three to four months later. They will continue to grow so thus require trimming on a regular basis. However in nearly all cases no “training” of desired angle and direction is required, as the hairs will grow as intended.

Given his years of experience, he has mastery of techniques that involve the meticulous making of the smallest possible recipient sites positioned to mimic natural growth. Dr. Epstein performs three to four of these procedures on women and men weekly, and continues to refine results.