Here's an Instagram prank that maybe, just maybe went a little too far. Comedian @destorm, who has a whopping 3.2 million followers on the platform, did something all pranksters know never to do: Fall asleep near your friends. If you do, your friends may write stuff on your face, put your hand in warm water, or in his case, put a piece of duct tape over your eyebrows and rip them completely off. This video is terrifying and will make you never want to take a nap ever again. (It's also, we admit, pretty damn funny.)

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Now, we have to say we have a healthy level of skepticism as to the legitimacy of this video if for no other reason than Instagram pranksters stage stuff all the time. But imagine the horror of actually up with no eyebrows. As someone with pretty thick eyebrows, I can say a move like this might be enough to make me never talk to my friends again. Thing is, while eyebrows do grow back, according to most beauty blogs out there, this process can take two to three months. I for one would don't think I could tolerate the humiliation of walking around even for a day without my eyebrows.

But if you become the sufferer of this kind of mean prank or lose your eyebrows for any other reason (messing around with sparklers around the 4th of July, being overzealous with some tweezers), know there are a few ways to grow them back quicker.

1. Eat healthy: Though your initial reaction might be to hole in somewhere for months and binge eat/drink the pain away, eating vitamin rich and healthy fat foods like avocado, salmon, and almonds are all good for hair growth.

2. Castor Oil: One of the more popular beauty blog natural remedies for hair growth is castor oil, a vegetable oil that has lots of good stuff in it like Ricinoleic acid (one of the essential amino acids required by the human body, nice!). Basically you just rub in on your eyebrows a couple times a month and let it soak for 30 minutes, which will get the follicles to make hair faster.

3. Don't do anything drastic: Don't go shaving your head in an attempt to go for the full Mr. Clean vibe. Don't get some crazy neck tattoo just to draw attention away from your lack of eyebrows. Two months is a long time, but truly bad grooming moves can last a lifetime.

4. Don't mess with them: Here's the thing. Your friends are kinda jerks. This whole re-grow process ain't gonna be easy, either. But constantly touching your eyebrows or plucking them before they've grown back isn't going to do you any favors. All you can really do is use this time to eat healthy, use some natural hair growth remedies, and plot your revenge.

Watch Now: The Donald Trump MakeoverJake Woolf is a writer who has covered men’s style for over ten years and has contributed to GQ since 2014. A graduate of Parsons The New School for Design (good school, long name), he also has bylines at Robb Report, HighSnobiety, Pitchfork, and the defunct #menswear website Four Pins... Read moreWriterXRelated Stories for GQGroomingEyebrowsHair