Eyebrow: Encyclopedia - Eyebrow

Eyebrow

The eyebrow is a bony ridge above the eye that protects the eye and bears a tuft of facial hair in most mammals. The function of the eyebrow hair is to prevent debris such as dandruff and other small objects from falling into the eyes, as well as providing sense of something near the eye, such as an insect and prevent water or sweat from dripping into the eye.

Eyebrow - Human eyebrows

Most people have two eyebrows, but some people only have one.

Some people, in some cultures, especially women, go through the time consuming process of plucking their eyebrow hair with tweezers to shape them; others remove excess eyebrow hair through hot wax or other techniques such as eyebrow threading, some simply rip the hair out with their fingers. One form of body piercing that is becoming increasingly popular pierces the eyebrow skin; this can create the risk of an infection.

The Guinness Book of World Records states that the world record for the longest eyebrow hair is held by Frank Ames whose eyebrow hair measures just over three inches.

See also

• Trichotillomania
• Eyebrow threading
• Unibrow

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