Unibrow

A unibrow, or monobrow, is the presence of excesss hair between the eyebrows. Copious amounts of this can make the person bearing the unibrow appear to have only one eyebrow.

Related Topics:
Hair - Eyebrow

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In Western culture, the unibrow is often derided as being a throwback to a "primitive" state or as exhibiting a lack of self-grooming. Hence, especially among women, the region between the brows is often plucked or treated with electrolysis or other forms of depilation. Unibrow separation is often the only form of eyebrow grooming (a stereotypically feminine behavior) among men. However, in some countries this facial hair does not have the same stigma.

Related Topics:
Electrolysis - Depilation

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The Mexican artist Frida Kahlo often depicted herself with a prominent unibrow and a thin moustache, which was seen as unconventional and purposely unflattering by Western audiences.

Related Topics:
Frida Kahlo - Moustache

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As of yet there seem to have been no serious scientific studies of the unibrow in culture or whether or not certain ethnic groups are more prone to developing a unibrow or not (or less likely to pluck them or not), though it is likely caused by an excess of testosterone, one of the major factors in the growth of body hair. The word is not in either the Oxford English Dictionary or the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Medical dictionaries such as Dorland's Medical Dictionary contain the word "synophrys", defined as "the condition in which the eyebrows grow together".

Related Topics:
Ethnic group - Testosterone - Oxford English Dictionary - Merriam-Webster Dictionary

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