This popular beauty hack is causing people’s eyebrow hair to fall out

Terrifying!

Eyebrows really frame your face and in the last few years they have become a very important part of our beauty routines, after years of thin eyebrows being in fashion, bigger fuller brows are now favoured. But because the previous trend was to over-pluck them into little lines many people have been left with barely-there brows. People look at all sorts of products and DIY ideas to try and salvage the damage but it's important to remember that not everything you read online is true. One product which was highly praised on the likes on Pinterest and beauty blogs was castor oil. It was hailed as miracle growth oil that apparently strengthened and thickened eyebrows and lashes. Well if you're planning on using it, or have even started, we recommend you should probably stop. One woman shared her horror story about using the product on Marie Claire. The woman, impressed by online reviews bought a bottle for under $20.

"I started applying the oil religiously, until about a month in, when I noticed something very wrong: The skin in my eyebrow area felt extremely rough and dry, almost sandpapery in texture." She said.

She quickly stopped using the oil but added that it was unfortunately too late and the damage was done.

"The next day, a few hairs fell out, which was a little unsettling, but no big deal. But then, the problem quickly worsened until it became uncontrollable—I was easily losing more than 100 hairs per day. As I woke up each morning to find new hairs dangling loosely from my brow bones, there would be occasions when entire sections went missing, sometimes the tail, other times the arch or the head."

The distraught woman adds that she can't get eyebrows tattooed on or get them tinted because of the damage already done to her skin. "I've resorted to creating my own makeshift brow extensions to cover up bald patches, which involves gathering fallen hairs and carefully replacing them. It's tedious and time-consuming (it can take an extra hour to get ready), and, without being able to use an adhesive, there are downfalls. Windy days can leave me with stray hairs strewn across my forehead." How scary. This story highlights the importance of asking experts and professionals  before you undergo some online advised 'hack'.