Eyebrow

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The eyebrow is a bony ridge above the eye that protects the eye and bears a tuft of facial hair in most mammals. The main function of the eyebrows is to prevent moisture (mostly sweat and rain) from dripping into the eye. The typical curved shape of the eyebrow (with a slant on the side) and the direction in which eyebrow hairs are pointed, make sure that moisture flows sideways of the eyes (mainly along the side of the head but also along the nose). Eyebrows also prevent debris such as dandruff and other small objects from falling into the eyes, as well as providing a sense of something being near the eye.

Human eyebrow(s)

Eyebrows, as marked by the red line

In some cultures, some people, 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 rejection or infection.

The Guinness Book of World Records states that the world record for the longest eyebrow hair is held by Frank Ames of Saranac, New York whose eyebrow hair measures just over 3 inches (7.6 centimetres).[link]

People famous for their eyebrows

• Bela Lugosi
• Jerry Orbach
• Colin Powell
• Denis Healey
• Frida Kahlo
• Leonid Brezhnev
• Leonard Nimoy in his role as Spock
• Jack Nicholson
• Konstantinos Karamanlis
• Brooke Shields
• John Howard
• Christopher Judge in his role as Teal'c
• Eugene Levy
• Peter Gallagher
• R. Lee Ermey
• Dwayne Johnson as The Rock and his "People's Eyebrow"
• Roger Moore
• Liam Gallagher
• Noel Gallagher
• Andy Rooney
• Whoopi Goldberg
• Rock Lee (fictional)

See also

• Trichotillomania
• Eyebrow threading
• Unibrow

External links

• [Eyebrow Central]

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