Why don't my eyebrows grow long enough to braid?

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Why: Maybe I want to put some beads in them or something. Or in my arm hairs.

Answer: All hair grows in 3 phases:

1. Anagen, the growth phase. The duration of this phase is genetic and determines how long your hair will grow. For head hair, this may last from 3 to 7 years. For eyebrows, it is 4-7 months.
2. Catagen, the resting phase. For 2-4 weeks, the follicle stops producing hair and no pigment is made. The base of the follicle moves toward the surface of the skin.
   
3. Telogen, the shedding phase. A new hair begins to grow in the follicle, and the old hair is pushed out. The old hair may be easily tweezed or naturally fall out during washing or brushing. For head hairs, telogen lasts about 3 months. For eyebrows, it lasts 9.

The phasing of the growth cycles is staggered among the follicles. This prevents periodic phases of baldness when growth stops. For eyebrows, the whole cycle is completed in around 4 months, while it takes the scalp 3–4 years to finish. This is why eyebrows hairs have a much shorter length limit than hairs on the head. Eyelashes take only 4-6 weeks. Normally, up to 90% of a person's hair follicles are in the growth phase, while 1-2% are resting and 10–14% are shedding.

Source: TruthInAging

The More You Know: Cutting your hair does not make it grow back faster or thicker, nor does shaving make the hair coarser. The width of the hair shaft - like the duration of the growth phase - is determined by your genes.