It’s been 2 years since my last chemotherapy and radiation treatments for breast cancer and my eyelashes and eyebrows have never really come back as full as they were before I lost them. I am contemplating micro blading, but I also scared myself by looking at micro blading nightmares online. Still, I’m tired of drawing in eyebrows after 2 years, so I am wondering if anyone has any suggestions. I used Castor Oil the first couple of months after all my treatments to help with growth. I was just wondering if anyone had any recommendations. I may also ask my dietician about possible supplements I could take as well. I am not sure if the Tamoxifen I’m on is causing me not to have my eyebrows and lashes grow in fully as well; I suppose it’s possible. Funny how I have tons of leg hair and lip hair though! Lol. Ugh! 😩 TIA
@AniD I am going through the same thing. My one eyebrow is only a ½ of an eyebrow (cancer side) but the other one is fine. I am still taking Letrozole and want to finish it before I do anything drastic as I do experience hair thinning on my head from it. While on chemo, I bought Embryolisse lash and brow booster. I used it for a while during my chemo but I experienced very watery eyes and don't think I gave it a good try. Might bring it out and start using it again. Like you, I am hesitant to do the microblading and tired of doing the makeup. The one thing is I wear glasses so my eyebrows are kinda hidden. Hopefully others will post and there will be some more suggestions.
I can't speak to microblading as I haven't tried it ( also because of the nightmare pics ) When I finished treatment ( almost 11 years ago ) I used Rapidlash on my lashes and brows and it worked really well. It was definitely better when I was using it consistently but they came back better than pre-chemo. I am sure there are other similar products now too. I used to get it from Costco as it was cheaper than online.
Good luck and let us know what you end up doing.
Lianne
Hi, I’m also in the same boat. I cannot draw on eyebrows that look real. I have shaved off what was there and use these tattoos www.mytwobrows.com They look real and for me they last 5 days. They can be a bit shiny at first so I put them on the day before I need them. They are better than what I ever had and even up close it is hard to tell.
@AniD I also finished treatments two years ago. My eyebrows and lashes thinned a lot during treatments but them completely fell out a few months post treatment. My lashes did come back, are shorter and thinner that before treatment and my eyebrows never came back at all. I bit the bullet and did micro blading bad actually love my new brows. They look better than before treatments. I think the trick is finding a very good technician. I have also recently started taking biotin in the hopes it will thicken up my lashes. Fingers crossed 🤞