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.

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Some people, especially women in some cultures, 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.

Eye: : This article refers to the sight organ. See Eye (disambiguation) for other usages....

Facial hair: Facial hair is a secondary sexual characteristic in human males. Most men develop facial hair in puberty....

Dandruff: Dandruff is flakes of dead skin that form on the scalp. As it is normal for skin cells to die and flake off, a small amount of dandruff is normal and in fact quite common. Some people, however, either chronically or as a result of certain triggers, experience an unusually large amount of flaking, ...