Thinking: Hair
May 10, 2006
When a man's head begins to bald, why doesn't he also lose his eyebrows and eyelashes?
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When a man's head begins to bald, why doesn't he also lose his eyebrows and eyelashes?
Comments
Deep thoughts, by Jes.
Posted by: AmStaff Mom | May 10, 2006 11:42 AM
I don't know, but wouldn't that be great? I'm just saying it really pisses me off when guys have long, full lashes and I poke myself in the eye with mascara at least three times a week!
Posted by: Nikol | May 10, 2006 11:48 AM
P.S. Thanks for the compliments!
Posted by: Nikol | May 10, 2006 11:49 AM
Nikol: THAT is exactly the reason I even started thinking about this in the first place. I'm totally convinced that the reason men and children have such beautiful eyelashes IS BECAUSE they don't wear mascara.
Therefore, I am boycotting it.
Posted by: jes | May 10, 2006 11:52 AM
Mens hair migrates. It travels from the head to the ears, nose, and other pits and parts of the body later in life.
Thus, the Eyebrows and Eyelashes are spared, because there is a constant marching of hairs into and through them on their way to other resting places.
Posted by: eric | May 10, 2006 01:44 PM
HA-HA... what a funny thought!
While I don't have to worry about balding, I fear the grey hair that is slowly sprouting on my head
Posted by: Aimee | May 10, 2006 01:59 PM
hmmmm good question, women bald, do we lose those too?
Posted by: Katie | May 10, 2006 02:09 PM
Good question. Never really considered that. I will now consider it.
Okay, I'm done. I can now get back to other important things.
Posted by: Lia | May 10, 2006 02:56 PM
I like Eric's reasoning.
And Jes, I'm scared that this thought even crossed your mind. And that you have now forced us to think about it.
Posted by: heather | May 10, 2006 03:23 PM
hmmmm... I wonder what I would look like without eyebrows? I should give it a whirl. If I shaved all my body hair off though then people would suspect me of being a serial killer. That is what I read in a book by Greg Iles once. Every night the killer shaved himself from head to toe in the shower and then removed the drain from the shower and scoured out the drain so there would be no trace of his DNA.
Posted by: eddo | May 10, 2006 04:54 PM
I'm with the migration theory.
Posted by: jonniker | May 10, 2006 09:10 PM
Gah. I wish they would - I'm constantly tucking Daren's eyebrows behind his ears because they're so long. And twisty. And long.
Posted by: Karen Rani | May 10, 2006 10:41 PM
I think men reach a certain age and they spontaneously grow a rogue eyebrow lash. Eyebrow lash? Is that right? It's not their whole eyebrow, just one hair. And it seeks to be at least an inch long. I have seen this first hand on several guys and it DRIVES.ME.CRAZY. It's all I can do not to just reach up and pluck it. How do their wives stand it??? I'd be trimming it or plucking it in their sleep or something.
AUGH!
Posted by: AmStaff Mom | May 11, 2006 07:07 AM
Ha! JCol! It's so funny you mention that. I was just having a conversation with my BlogHer roommate buddy, Karen, about THE VERY SAME THING.
Do you ever read Dooce? Anyway, a few months ago she plucked her husband's eyebrows and then actually TOOK PICTURES.
Posted by: jes | May 11, 2006 08:58 AM