In the craze to have mega groomed, sexy, framing eyebrows, there is a newer trend that I find intriguing and want to know more about, called threading. In fact, I saw a guy at the mall with a stand who was threading a girl’s eybrows just recently, so that’s when I knew this trend was really starting to take off. Here’s what I don’t like about threading that I just read though. I am of the school of thought that you should only pluck one hair at a time, otherwise you may overpluck and undershape.
However, it looks like threading involves removing several hairs at one time. Not a fan of that, personally although this may appeal to some people to get it overwith faster. That being said though, threading the eyebrows may be ideal for men, since men tend to have more out of control, thicker eyebrows than women in general, and also since men don’t require the level of shaping as women do, in my opinion, in fact guys look ridiculous when their brows have been overly groomed.
Eyebrow threading involves taking a double strand of cotton thread, and utilizing it in such a way (by an experience technician), that it removes one clean line of hair at a time, and ideally if it is done right, it does not produce any type of irritation or redness, and it looks very clean and uniform. Obviously, this technique can be great for those that just want a clean shape and who already have a lot of eyebrow to spare, or for cleaning up guy’s eyebrows, but caution should be used since if your technician is inexperienced, they can create uneven lines, or overpluck, and let’s face it you’re screwed if you’re overplucked, you can’t really grow them back until they want to come back on their own.
The good thing about threading is that you get the clean line, there are no chemicals or irritants, because it is all natural, and there should be little to no irritation or pain or redness as long as it’s done right. Drawbacks are that you could end up with a botched job and uneven brows, which in my view may not be worth it, but then again I’ve been plucking my own eyebrows for twenty years now, so I’m used to it and I know what I like.
