Dealing with a unibrow

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Registered: 12-04-2003
Dealing with a unibrow
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Sun, 02-18-2007 - 10:33pm
This may seem very trivial but my 16 year old DS is sensitive about his "unibrow". He's a very good looking young man but has said, not in so many words, that he wants to shave and get rid of the unibrow look. I don't really care but just want to help him do it right. (He and his track buddies decided to shave their legs and his legs came out OK but the bathroom took a long time to recover . . . ). I've never done anything with my eyebrows - basically I'm too lazy. Can anyone help? Thank you!
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Sun, 02-18-2007 - 11:07pm
I'd take him to a salon that does brows, they can wax them for him, and while momentarily painful, the end result will be MUCH more satisfactory for him than shaving it. It will take longer to grow back than shaving and won't leave him with an annoying stubble. My sis just started taking my 12 y/o niece to a salon for the same reason, and my niece's self confidence in her appearance has grown immensely since.
Rose
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Registered: 07-19-2003
Sun, 02-18-2007 - 11:24pm

I agree. Do NOT let him shave his brows. Estheticians wax men's eyebrows all the time these days. Its quick and they don't grow back for a few weeks and even when they do it will be finer hairs that he can then go wax off again. After a while they will come in very, very fine.

They'll take him to a back room so he won't feel all "weird" and its very inexpensive.

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Mon, 02-19-2007 - 12:12am
I also agree with the ladies above.

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Registered: 12-20-2005
Mon, 02-19-2007 - 12:54am

I agree with all the previous posts. And tell your son not to worry about feeling "weird," because you can take him to any salon (nail or hair - but I'd go with hair - nail salons tend to shape them thin) - even outside of town.

I get my eyebrows done usually once ever 3 months - every OTHER haircut. Since I've been getting them done, they grow in much finer, and I can go longer without getting them done. I'll often use a tweezer to pluck stray hairs that get in the way.

Do NOT let him shave them - everyone above is right - they'll grow in coarser, give him stubble, and it's difficult to shape them properly. Let a professional do it - he'll be much happier.

For the record, my son got his brows done before prom last June - he hasn't had to go back (although he's talking about going back now as they're growing in more) - he didn't feel weird at all, and the girl in the salon told him she does teenage boys all the time.

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Wed, 02-21-2007 - 4:16pm

My 16 yr. old dd does my 12 yr. old ds's brows all the time!


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Registered: 09-26-2005
Fri, 02-23-2007 - 4:27pm
I agree with the other posts, but a word of caution. The first few times, it does hurt more because of the number of hairs. As it grows back thinner, it is much easier.
Give DS an advil about an hour before going to take the edge off the sting....
Good luck!