Tag Archives: Eyebrow

August 28, 2008
Why do I sneeze when I pluck my eyebrows?– also tagged

Duh… that’s so obvious. Just kidding. What could possibly be the connection between a tweezed eyebrow hair and a sneeze?
The sneezing reflex is a complex, almost Rube Goldbergian sequence of physiological events. It typically starts with an irritation to your nasal passages that excites your trigeminal nerve. (No, it doesn’t take much to get a [...]

January 16, 2008
Do eyebrows grow back if shaved?– also tagged

As any Goth could tell you, if you shave your eyebrows, they grow back. (Actually, only a small percentage of self-described Goths shave their eyebrows. We have no precise statistics on this, but base it on empirical evidence gleaned from friends and family who are themselves Gothic Americans – the term we prefer.)
Remember, all the [...]